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'''iDVD''' is a discontinued<ref>{{cite web|url=https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3277294?start=0&tstart=0|title=Apple Support Communities - Where is iDVD on my new Mac - August 21, 2011|access-date=October 25, 2012}}</ref> [[DVD authoring|DVD authoring application]] for [[macOS|Mac OS]] produced by [[Apple Inc.]] iDVD allows the user to burn [[QuickTime]] movies, [[MP3]] music, and digital [[photograph|photos]] to a DVD that can then be played on a commercial DVD player. It was often considered the last step of [[Apple Inc.|Apple's]] [[iLife]] suite, bringing together the results of all of the other iLife apps onto a [[removable media|removable medium]].
'''iDVD''' is a discontinued [[DVD authoring|DVD authoring application]] for [[macOS|Mac OS]] produced by [[Apple Inc.]] iDVD allows the user to burn [[QuickTime]] movies, [[MP3]] music, and digital [[photograph|photos]] to a DVD that can then be played on a commercial DVD player. It was often considered the last step of [[Apple Inc.|Apple's]] [[iLife]] suite, bringing together the results of all of the other iLife apps onto a [[removable media|removable medium]].


== Features ==
== Features ==
iDVD included over 100 Apple-designed themes for DVD menus and submenus, which allowed for the easy creation of DVD menu systems. Each theme included "drop zones," onto which movies or photographs could be placed, some of which could be animated automatically. Any theme could be applied to each of the menus in an iDVD project.<ref>{{cite web |title=Apple - iMac - Comes with software you'll love to use |url=https://www.apple.com/imac/software.html#ilife |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120719134049/http://www.apple.com/imac/built-in-apps.html#ilife |archive-date=July 19, 2012 |access-date=October 21, 2011}}</ref>
iDVD included over 100 Apple-designed themes for DVD menus and submenus, which allowed for the easy creation of DVD menu systems. Each theme included "drop zones," onto which movies or photographs could be placed, some of which could be animated automatically. Any theme could be applied to each of the menus in an iDVD project.


iDVD integrated tightly with the rest of the [[iLife]] suite, as well as with [[Final Cut Express]] and [[Final Cut Pro]]. [[iMovie]] projects and [[iPhoto]] slideshows could be exported directly to iDVD. In the case of iMovie projects, scene selection menus were automatically created in accordance with chapter markers that were set within iMovie. The application also had a Media panel that provided access to the user's [[iTunes]] library, iPhoto library and Movies folder at any time. It also provided a map view, which showed a flow chart of the project's menu system.<ref>{{cite web |title=Apple - MacBook Air - Apps you need and want are already included |url=https://www.apple.com/macbookair/built-in-apps.html |access-date=October 21, 2011}}</ref> Another feature was the ability to hide or show an approximation of the 'TV-safe area' (as old televisions often cut off some of a video's outer areas). iDVD also incorporated a 'One-Step DVD' function, which would automatically rewind the currently connected [[DV]] [[camcorder]] and burn a DVD of the video footage stored on the tape.
iDVD integrated tightly with the rest of the [[iLife]] suite, as well as with [[Final Cut Express]] and [[Final Cut Pro]]. [[iMovie]] projects and [[iPhoto]] slideshows could be exported directly to iDVD. In the case of iMovie projects, scene selection menus were automatically created in accordance with chapter markers that were set within iMovie. The application also had a Media panel that provided access to the user's [[iTunes]] library, iPhoto library and Movies folder at any time. It also provided a map view, which showed a flow chart of the project's menu system. Another feature was the ability to hide or show an approximation of the 'TV-safe area' (as old televisions often cut off some of a video's outer areas). iDVD also incorporated a 'One-Step DVD' function, which would automatically rewind the currently connected [[DV]] [[camcorder]] and burn a DVD of the video footage stored on the tape.


== History ==
== History ==

Revision as of 20:15, 13 May 2023

iDVD
Developer(s)Apple Inc.
Initial releaseJanuary 9, 2001; 23 years ago (2001-01-09)
Final release
'11 (v7.1.2) / July 11, 2011; 13 years ago (2011-07-11)
Operating systemClassic Mac OS, Mac OS X
TypeDVD authoring
LicenseProprietary
WebsiteHomepage at the Wayback Machine (archived January 18, 2012)

iDVD is a discontinued DVD authoring application for Mac OS produced by Apple Inc. iDVD allows the user to burn QuickTime movies, MP3 music, and digital photos to a DVD that can then be played on a commercial DVD player. It was often considered the last step of Apple's iLife suite, bringing together the results of all of the other iLife apps onto a removable medium.

Features

iDVD included over 100 Apple-designed themes for DVD menus and submenus, which allowed for the easy creation of DVD menu systems. Each theme included "drop zones," onto which movies or photographs could be placed, some of which could be animated automatically. Any theme could be applied to each of the menus in an iDVD project.

iDVD integrated tightly with the rest of the iLife suite, as well as with Final Cut Express and Final Cut Pro. iMovie projects and iPhoto slideshows could be exported directly to iDVD. In the case of iMovie projects, scene selection menus were automatically created in accordance with chapter markers that were set within iMovie. The application also had a Media panel that provided access to the user's iTunes library, iPhoto library and Movies folder at any time. It also provided a map view, which showed a flow chart of the project's menu system. Another feature was the ability to hide or show an approximation of the 'TV-safe area' (as old televisions often cut off some of a video's outer areas). iDVD also incorporated a 'One-Step DVD' function, which would automatically rewind the currently connected DV camcorder and burn a DVD of the video footage stored on the tape.

History

Background

iDVD was part of Apple's push into digital video in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Apple had already released iMovie, and Steve Jobs thought users would want to burn their iMovie project onto a DVD to show their friends on a television. Apple executives decided to add DVD-R drives to Macintoshes, and make a simple tool to burn these movies.[1] In April 2000, Apple bought Astarte's DVD department (software and team), and used their software as the basis for iDVD and DVD Studio Pro.[2][3] One of the acquired Astarte employees was Mike Evangelist, who iDVD's interface.[4][1]

Announcement

Steve Jobs introduced iDVD at Macworld Expo SF in January 2001, as a companion tool to iMovie. The intended workflow was for users to be able to record footage with a digital camcorder, import it and edit it in iMovie, and then use iDVD to add DVD menus and burn their movie to a writable DVD.[5] iDVD was bundled with Power Mac G4 models with a SuperDrive, and Apple also began selling writable DVDs for $10 each. Simultaneously with iDVD, Apple announced DVD Studio Pro, a DVD authoring tool for professional users sold separately from Final Cut Pro.[6]

iDVD 1 had a brushed-metal, single-window interface, and includes pre-made themes, as well as the ability to create custom themes. It encoded movies to the MPEG2 format required by DVD players, using the PowerPC G4's AltiVec SIMD execution unit (called the "Velocity Engine" by Apple). According to Apple, encoding an hour-long DVD with the Velocity Engine would take 2 hours, as opposed to 25 hours with software encoders. During the keynote where he introduced iDVD, Jobs criticized competitors' predictions that the personal computer was "yesterday's platform" and would be supplanted by internet-connected mobile devices. Instead, Jobs said the PC would become the "digital hub" linking these peripherals, including camcorders and DVD players.[5][6] iDVD 1 could not burn movies longer than an hour.[6]

Updates

iDVD 4 extended the maximum movie length to 2 hours, by adopting the same MPEG encoding techniques as Apple's DVD Studio Pro and Final Cut Pro.[7][8] iDVD 5 remained unable to burn DVDs with third-party drives, though it gained the ability to save finished projects as a disk image, which could be burned with other applications like Roxio Toast. It also added support for DVD±RW, and gained the "OneStep DVD" feature, which could automatically rewind the tape of a connected camcorder, import its footage, and burn it to a DVD.[9][10] iDVD 5.0.1 added support for burning double-layer (DVD+R DL) discs with compatible SuperDrives; French Mac news site MacBidouille found a way to enable double-layer mode with third-party drives, and described the restriction as arbitrary.[11][12] iDVD 6 added widescreen support, and a "Magic iDVD" feature that automatically chose a theme and arranged clips and photos.[13][14][15]

iDVD received no significant changes after version 6.[16][17][18]

Reception

After the announcement, Andrew Gore described iDVD as "the most easily misunder­stood new product" Apple announced in January, but predicted that iDVD "will be to DVD-R what iTunes is to CD-RW".[19] In the following years, several news outlets described the reaction to iDVD as positive.[20][21]

CNET rated iDVD 2.0 a 7/10, criticizing the inability to import or edit footage in iDVD (as opposed to iMovie), the restriction on external disc drives, and the inability to link to scenes from a DVD menu.[22] CNET reported several bugs with iDVD 4,[23][24][25] and iDVD 5.[26][27][28] Reviewing iDVD 5, PCMag gave iDVD 4.5 stars, and said its burning speed was superior to most competing apps.[29] In a 2006 review of iDVD 6, reporter Jeff Carlson described iDVD's preview as choppy, even on a fast Mac, but said that this didn't affect playback of the burned disc on a DVD player.[14] Ars Technica criticized iDVD 6's performance and menu customization features.[30]

In 2007, Macworld's Jeff Carlson called iDVD an "afterthought" and framed its future as an open question, after Steve Jobs unenthusiastically referred to "people who still want to make DVDs" in a media event.[31] In 2009, Ars Technica described iDVD as a "quaint anachronism as more and more video is shared and streamed online".[32]

Availability

Initially, iDVD could only run on Macs with a built-in SuperDrive. In July 2002, Apple-certified vendor Other World Computing, which sold third-party external DVD drives, released a "DVD Enabler" patch that allowed iDVD to work with their Mercury Pro drive, and presented iDVD compatibility as a selling point. In response, Apple threatened a DMCA lawsuit, and OWC backed down, withdrawing DVD Enabler. Journalists noted that the patch could have threatened Apple's sales of Macs with SuperDrives.[20][33] iDVD 6 added the ability to burn DVDs with third-party drives.[14]

Until 2011,[34] iDVD was bundled with all new Macs that had a SuperDrive.[35] iDVD was no longer preinstalled on Macs shipping with OS X 10.7 Lion,[34][36] and was not available on the Mac App Store with all of the other iLife apps. It was, however, still available in the boxed copy of iLife '11.[37] Since iDVD is a 32-bit application,[38] it is not compatible with macOS 10.15 Catalina.[39]

Version history

Version iLife Release date Ref
1 — January 9, 2001 [5]
2 — October 31, 2001 [40]
3 iLife January 31, 2003 [41][42]
4 iLife '04 January 16, 2004 [43]
5 iLife '05 January 22, 2005 [44]
6 iLife '06 January 10, 2006 [45][46]
'08 (v7) iLife '08 August 7, 2007 [31]
'09 (v7.0.3) iLife '09 January 27, 2009 [47][48]
'11 (v7.1) iLife '11 October 20, 2010 [49]

See also

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