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To remove background audio:
1. Bring up the Menu Info window or the
Drop Zones Editor.
2.
Drag the sound file out of the Audio well
(or Menu well in the Drop Zones Editor).
The well’s icon changes to a generic
speaker icon.
4 Tips
n To play more than one song in the back-
ground, select multiple audio files and
drag them to the Audio well together.
n If you want the background audio turned
down, not off, use the Volume slider at
the bottom of the iDVD window. This
setting only affects the volume while you
work, not the volume of the audio when
the project is burned to disc.
n Background audio doesn’t need to be
music. Spoken-word content or other
sound effects work just as well.
n You can drag a QuickTime movie to the
Audio well and use only its audio track.
n GarageBand songs need to be saved with
an iTunes preview before you can add
them to iDVD.
n Speaking of GarageBand, that type of
audio is great for a DVD menu: you have
control over the duration of the song, and
it can loop in the background.
n If you add a background movie, then
delete the movie from the Background
well, the audio stays. You also need to
delete the music from the Audio well.
n iDVD recognizes when it’s using protected
audio files, such as older songs you bought
from the iTunes Music Store, and displays
the file’s icon (which includes a small lock
image, Figure 3.23).
Figure 3.23 The icon in the Audio well can tell you if
you’re using protected audio content.
Protected audio file
Setting Background Audio
Supplement for iMovie 09 and iDVD for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide by Jeff Carlson.
Copyright © 2009. Pearson Education, Inc. and Peachpit Press.
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