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Where does iDVD save its encodings?

Feb 20, 2007 6:54AM PST

Hi,

I save a iDVD project, and even when I have deleted the project or deleted the movies from it, I notice that my hard drive is missing free space.

I figured out that this is because of the encoding - it saves the encoding so you can burn multiple copies, and to remove the encoding of a project you need to be in the project in iDVD and select Advanced > Delete Encoding Assets.

Now, my question is: where do the encodings get saved?

I have deleted projects without deleting the encodings, and notice that I should have more free space than I have.
These encodings must get saved somewhere on the Mac hard drive. Can anyone please tell me where the encodings are saved, as I need my free space back!

Thanks very much in advance

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Saved iDVD project
Feb 20, 2007 8:53AM PST

This may or may not be what you're looking for, but by default, my Mac saves iDVD reference project files in the Document folder. Double-click on the HD icon, then on the left side you will see a list of folder icons: Desktop, Application, Movies, Music, Pictures & Documents. Click on Documents and you may find some left over iDVD files. By default, my Mac saves iMovie project files in Movies. You can change where each application saves their files.

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I agree with Dan...
Feb 21, 2007 1:53AM PST

My iDVD projects end up in my "Documents". When I am done, I drag the iDVD project file to the trash and empty the trash.

Regarding your comment on using the "Delete Encoded Assets" selection in iDVD... I don't think it does what you want it to do. One of the iDVD preferences is that it can start encoding assets while you are doing other things (before you click "Burn"). This background work can give iDVD a head start on the rendering process leading up to burning the DVD - BUT, if you change stuff in the iDVD project that makes that encoded asset data no longer useful, then it would be beneficial to delete the already encoded assets before clicking "Burn". Just to make my life easier, I turned that preference off - so my iDVD does not do background asset encoding... and does asset encoding only after I click "Burn". It may take a few minutes longer to render the DVD project, but I do get to forget about the step of "delete Encoded Assets" before clicking "Burn".