Imac Go-Pro DVD Crash ?...

[itspilsbury]

Hi,
I have recently upgraded from Windows to a new Imac thinking that they are better and don't crash, run slow etc....
One of my mates has a new Go-Pro camera which he took on our recent bike trip around the Picos. He edited the video and produced a DVD which is great. Picture quality on my non HD Panasonic TV is okay, but on my sons HD TV played with his Playstation was absolutely brilliant, why more pixelated on my Plasma non HD ?
Anyway I decided to watch it on my Imac thinking the quality would be great. I put it in the SuperDrive and it didn't play, the Imac had the ball of death and I couldnt even eject the DVD, in the end I had to pull the plug out the wall as the computer wouldn't restart, shutdown etc. To eject the. DVD I had to plug the DVD into my Old Windows vista laptop to eject the DVD. On the Windows laptop in explore it has two folders! one Audio one Video, but didn't auto play. If I put it in the normal TV standalone DVD player it auto plays.
Any ideas around why it crashes my Imac,? Was thinking of getting a Go-Pro myself for our Article Circle trip in 2014 and editing the video on my Imac but now this has put me off somewhat.
Ian

 

[Jason P]

It will be what he used to edit and produce the DVD on. I'd bet it's some freeware on a PC - I've had this a lot, DVDs that work ok in the machine they're made on and nowt else. It's very specific to DVDs authored on some pcs and there's nothing you can do to stop it once burned. Don't worry re editing go pro footage on a mac, it'll be fine in something like iMovie. I do it regularly with no problems.

 

[cookie]

i wouldn't transcode the mp4 files produced by the go pro into dvd format unless i absolutely had to. transcoding takes forever, even on a fast mac, and many dvd players will play mp4 (i think. i don't have one anymore).

TBH everything to do with editing video takes forever and the results are usually excruciatingly boring.

 

[Deleted account 190920001]

I can transcode a 2 hour movie in around 25 minutes on my windows pc.

No idea why it crashed your Mac but it sounds like a properly formated DVD since it plays on a proper player. I take it bought movies play OK on it?

If you look at the front of your drive you will see a small pin hole, this is to put a pin in and manually eject a stuck disk. No need to pull it out and stick it in another machine.

 

[Loiq]

no idea.....

your mate made the DVD?

Using what software?

When you say MP4 this could be a wrapped file, it could explain why it does not play.

can't you import this into imovie, quicktime or premier and export it via media encoder? to format the DVD correctly this might cure the issues.

right that's about it I'm off to the pub

 

[itspilsbury]

Yep it plays other DVDs fine.
Ian

 

[stolzy]

If you look at the front of your drive you will see a small pin hole, this is to put a pin in and manually eject a stuck disk. No need to pull it out and stick it in another machine.

Actually Macs don't usually have these little holes for ejecting disks.

 

[Deleted account 190920001]

Actually Macs don't usually have these little holes for ejecting disks.

Another example of pay more for less ;-)

Sorry couldn't resist!

 

[stolzy]

Another example of pay more for less ;-)

Sorry couldn't resist!

They're not needed because the disks never get stuck in Mac drives.

Right back atcha!

 

[Deleted account 190920001]

Read above, apparently they do lol

 

[cookie]

I read it that it got stuck in Mac an PC drives, but is ok on a stand alone DVD player.

Just leave the go pro footage in its native mp4. It's not as if anyone's going to want watch it anyway