[susanchi]

I get a message saying that I don't have the right kind of drive. I am trying only to create the DVD not burn it on my computer. How do I get the program to open?

[Arne]

What are the specs of your computer?

[susanchi]

I have an iBook G3 running Jaguar 10.2.8.

[Arne]

susanchi,
Your computer is not supported by Apple for the use if iDVD.
From the Apple iLife Side you can get the System Requirements:

In reply to:

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733MHz G4 or faster required for iDVD

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Anyway, with the help of this Thread I was able to run iDVD on a TiBook G4 500 with 1GB RAM. But I can tell you, it's no real fun and will be even less on a G3 iBook.
If you really want to burn a DVD on your G3 iBook with possible support for an external burner, get Toast.
Cheers,
arne

[susanchi]

Thanks for your help. I have Toast to burn the DVD but I wanted to set up the DVD in iDVD so that I could have a professional looking DVD without spending a fortune on a new program. All I really want to do is open the program and create the DVD file then burn with Toast to an external drive. Any ideas for this?

[Arne]

Try the link above.
Download the 2 files, place them as discribed and you might be able to run iDVD, create your project and save it as a disk image.
But the problem will still be there: since even saving as a disk image (in order to save it with an external burner & Toast or another program) needs to render the project, your iBook will be very busy for quite some time.
Saving a 30min slideshow made with iMovie took me 9 hours rendering.....
Again: the processor intensive task is not bruning, but rendering!!
Hope this might help you,
arne

[susanchi]

I am just getting back to this. (We just adopted a baby and time gets away from me quickly.) I didn't receive any link for iDVD in my reply from you. Please resend so I can try out the patch. I am determined to get this to work.
Thanks so much for your help!
Susan

[Arne]

H isusanchi,
Congratulations on your Baby! Hope everything is running well and the integration of the new member in your family is happening smoothly /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
I was referring to this link. Follow the instructions and you will learn the slowness of your computer /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Cheers from Tokyo and, once again, congratulations!!
arne

[Daft&Dewey-eyed]

Unfortunately, iDVD will not run on a G3 processor. It requires the AltiVec processing functions of the G4, and will not run on a G3 machine. I am pretty certain that there are no workarounds to fool iDVD into launching on a G3.
Apple's reasoning in doing this (I suppose) is that MPEG 2 compression on a G3 can be glacially slow, and so they didn't bother to write the QuickTime MPEG2 compressor to run on anything earlier than a G4.
Toast 6 is the least expensive DVD authoring solution for G3 machines. It is fairly rudimentary, but does provide some menuing capabilities.
If you buy a LaCie external DVD-R Drive, you'll get a copy of CaptyDVD which will let you author a DVD on a G3.

Formac's Devideon software is bundled with their external DVD-R drives and will also let you author DVDs on a G3.
If you are really geeky, there are some open source solutions that will let you author a DVD, but they require much patience and geekiness to use.
That pretty much covers your options for authoring a DVD on your G3. If DVDs are something you really want to do, I'd suggest investing in an eMac with a SuperDrive if the budget's tight, or a G5 if you've money to burn.
I hope this was helpful to you.