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Part I. How to import MPG/MPEG to iDVD on Mac OS X

I'm trying to make a DVD of home movies for a Christmas present, but have run into a problem. In iDVD, when I double click on any of my MPG files, they play fine, but when I try to drag them onto the iDVD menu, I get a message saying, This action is not allowed in iDVD. These videos were taken by my wife's Sony Cybershot, and have not been edited in anyway. They play fine in QuickTime, and in the iDVD preview pane.

There are so many users asking such kind of questions, but you know what, only a MP4 file with H.264 or MPEG-4 codec could be imported to iDVD. Adding a MPG/MPEG video to iDVD, we need a third-part software to convert MPG/MPEG video to iDVD MP4 (MPEG-4) on Mac OS X including Snow Leopard and Mac OS X Lion.

Mac MPG to iDVD Converter is the exactly what you need for importing MPEG/MPG to iDVD. Please see following step-by-step guide.

Step 1. Free download and launch this MPEG to iDVD Converter for Mac. And drag MPG/MPEG files into the application.

Step 2. Select MPEG-4 (.mp4) from output panel on the bottom of the program window as the output file format.

Step 3. Hit Convert at the bottom right corner of the program window, and the MPG/MPEG to iDVD conversion will be started.

Part II. How to export iDVD project as MPEG format

Step 1. Open your project in iDVD 5 and export it as a disk image.

Step 2. Once you have the .img file, double click it to mount it as a drive.

Step 3. Open iDVD to MPEG Converter for Mac (the same program with MPEG to iDVD converter Mac)

Step 4. Drag and drop the .img file into the converter, and select MPG/MPEG as the output format.

Step 5. After conversion, you can enjoy the MPG/MPEG video.

In all, this program enables you convert both iDVD to MPEG/MPG and MPEG/MPG to iDVD at ease with ultrafast speed. Try it now.