iDVD 3: Chapter Marker Submenu Not Created for Movies Over 60 Minutes

A chapter marker submenu is not created in iDVD 3 when importing a movie over 60 minutes long if the "importing movies" preference is set to "ask each time."
Symptom

No chapter submenus are created when importing a movie over 60 minutes in length.

This happens if the preference for importing movies is set to "ask each time."

Solution


  1. Open iDVD.
  2. From the iDVD menu, choose Preferences.
  3. Click the Movies icon.
  4. Select the "automatically create" option for "when importing movies".


Additional Information

When importing a movie containing chapter markers, iDVD 3 will create a "scene selection" submenu containing buttons for the chapters. If the preference for importing movies is set to "ask each time," iDVD will ask whether to create a chapter submenu. However, if the movie being imported is over 60 minutes long, iDVD will warn that the duration of the project is changing, but will not ask whether to create a chapter submenu. No chapter submenu will be created.

Note: This does not occur with iDVD 3.0.1 or later.
Published Date: Feb 18, 2012