You can make a difference in the Apple Support Community!

When you sign up with your Apple Account, you can provide valuable feedback to other community members by upvoting helpful replies and User Tips.

Looks like no one’s replied in a while. To start the conversation again, simply ask a new question.

How do I make a DVD movie from MP4 or M4V files?

A cousin handed me four video DVDs that had been converted from old family movies. The movies were in MP4 format on the DVDs. I want to make copies of these DVDs to give to other family members. I've used Handbrake to convert the MP4s to M4V format (so they'd open in iMovie), but that's as far as I've gone.


My MacBook Pro runs Catalina ver 10.15.5. Of course, I don't have iDVD, but I do have an Apple Superdrive model A1379. I've searched the community for answers, but it seems most of the posts date back several years and aren't much help.


I hope someone can answer what looks to me like a simple project. I remember that older versions of iMovie would let me make DVDs of my projects, but no such tool is available in the current version. I don't see how to use Handbrake to do what I want to do, but surely there's a way to do it ... isn't there? I'm not trying to duplicate "The Godfather" or anything like that—these are simple family movies of people celebrating Christmas and birthdays.

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Jul 6, 2020 3:21 PM

Reply
Question marked as Top-ranking reply

Posted on Jul 6, 2020 3:39 PM

The procedure is to export your edited movie from iMovie to your desktop. From there drag it, or any video from your desktop, into the import window of a DVD authoring program, or otherwise follow the import instructions of the app. Then burn your DVD to a standard single layer DVD-R disc, at 4x speed. If the authoring program allows you to save to a disc image, do that and then you can burn your DVD from the disc image by control clicking on its icon and selecting Burn Disc from the dropdown menu. That way you can burn several DVDs without having to repeat the encoding process over and over again.


iDVD is not compatible with Catalina. However, one poster on this forum, Batman15, did some testing and recommends replacement software made by Peng GUIPING and is called DVD Creator and is available in the app store for $14.99. Take a look at this thread for his findings:


https://discussions.apple.com/thread/250714476


-- Rich

5 replies
Question marked as Top-ranking reply

Jul 6, 2020 3:39 PM in response to Lucas1948

The procedure is to export your edited movie from iMovie to your desktop. From there drag it, or any video from your desktop, into the import window of a DVD authoring program, or otherwise follow the import instructions of the app. Then burn your DVD to a standard single layer DVD-R disc, at 4x speed. If the authoring program allows you to save to a disc image, do that and then you can burn your DVD from the disc image by control clicking on its icon and selecting Burn Disc from the dropdown menu. That way you can burn several DVDs without having to repeat the encoding process over and over again.


iDVD is not compatible with Catalina. However, one poster on this forum, Batman15, did some testing and recommends replacement software made by Peng GUIPING and is called DVD Creator and is available in the app store for $14.99. Take a look at this thread for his findings:


https://discussions.apple.com/thread/250714476


-- Rich

How do I make a DVD movie from MP4 or M4V files?

Welcome to Apple Support Community
A forum where Apple customers help each other with their products. Get started with your Apple Account.