CD burner error: Burn Speed Too Fast

Whenever I try to burn a CD on my eMac an error message says
"iTunes can't burn this CD because the burn speed is too fast for your CD burner or media. Choose a lower speed in the burning pane of iTunes Preferences then try burning again".
It even says that when the burning speed is on x1. It says that on every speed. So does anyone know how I can fix this problem and make it be able to burn CDs? Is it because I have nearly 10,000 songs on my iTunes, so that is somehow making it slow down?
The blank disc I'm using is "High Quality Pure Silver CD-R 80 Tevion"
It has 700 megabytes (80 minutes) on it, and I want to burn a CD that is 60 minutes, exactly. So, help? Thanks.

Let me see if I can help you understand your delima.
Just because you buy a very expensive Media Brand, doesn't mean it is any good. There is such a wide range of quality in CD's and DVD's it is really hard to select what is considered to be the best.
A very good guide to use for Media in general for both CD, and DVD's is below.
http://www.digitalfaq.com/media/dvdmedia.htm
Next there are a couple of KEY points to remember when burning, these will help you.
Never have any other Applications open when burning.
I tend to use either CD-R or DVD-R Media, the reason is these 2 formats are the most widely used and recognized in all Players, and Computers alike.
Always choose the slowest speed to get a high quality burn.
This next suggestion is probably the most important.
Not all CD-R's and DVD-R's are the same
Read the packaging carefully
Many will explain that they will burn at all speeds from 1X upwards
This will help insure that your burner Software will choose the correct speed.
Don

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Can't burn disc via iTunes. Burn speed too fast. AGAIN!

"iTunes can't burn this CD because the burn speed is too fast for your CD burner or media. Choose a lower speed in the burning pane of iTunes Preferences then try burning again".
I have been having on going problems burning CD’s in iTunes for YEARS, and I know I am not the only one. I get the error message above. Having checked the forum at the time, and posted for help, I am know there is no real solution except to change brand of disc.
Thing is, now I can’t get ANY brands to work. I’ve been through Verbatim, Maxell, JVC, Sony, but none work. The only brand that would work were TDK audios which I can no longer find anywhere.
I know its not the burner, as Toast works fine, and I know I am not alone. Anyone got any ideas?
Even after years Apple seem to be blanking this question. It’s very frustrating not being able to burn my purchased itunes downloads to disc.

To anyone who is interested I think I may have found a possible solution. When you put a blank disc in the drive, wait about 30-60 seconds or so for it to stop spinning before burning.
This seems to work. It's a bit sticky but eventually works. I tried both TDK & Maxwell discs and 9 out of 11 worked. Absolutely no reason why the other 2 didn't, but it's a lot better than none.

Audio playback speed too fast

Please help. After installing Security Update 2010-002 on Leopard 10.5.8 all audio tracks play several bpm faster. This is true for pre created tracks in Logic and playing tracks in Toast or using quick preview. All iTunes material is also affected. I also have a Snow Leopard partition which I haven't updated in any way and the problem exists there too. I'm using a late 2008 Macbook Pro. Any ideas? Best, L.

Without actually looking at your system, I'd be hard-pressed to pinpoint the culprit. I don't even have a hunch. I could be a conflict between some third-party application/plug-in/login item/ and something else.
The only thing I can suggest is this:
1. Move the Preferences folder from ~/Library/ (that is the Library folder in your home directory) to the Desktop.
2. Log out and log back in.
Your familiar working environment will likely look very different from what you're used to, since Mac OS will recreate the missing preferences and use the default settings.
Launch the applications that you experienced trouble with and test them out. Be prepared to reconfigure them, as they will likely launch in their default state. If everything works fine, you're going to have to add your old .plist files back one by one, logging out and back in each time.
You can speed up the process by batch-adding back the .plist files that you feel have little to do with the underlying problem. (For example, iPhoto or iWork .plists are the least likely candidates to cause any problems, etc.) You're going to make a few educated guesses and learn a great deal on the way.
I'm sorry I can't be more specific. Your problem is very unusual, and if I experienced it myself, I'd do exactly what I described above. At least, you were able to localize the problem to your user account.
A few pointers.
It's a good idea to keep the two Preferences folders open side by side, both set to List View. When moving your old preferences to the newly created Preferences folder, hold down the Option key (to copy them, rather than move). This will save you a great deal of time if you have to start all over again.
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ITunes CD Burn error (media too fast)??

I upgraded to the latest iTunes version and now Im getting errors when I try to burn a playlist. I havent burned a cd off this computer in a long time, so Im not sure if it's iTunes. However, the error, if I remember correctly,said iTunes is unable to burn the playlist because the requested speed is too fast for the burner or the media.
I tried slowing my burning speed to 8X, but it still gave me the error.
Any suggestions? Is it time for a new drive? If so, what are my options? I have the blue CRT (500mhz) iMac.
Thanks

Since my original post, I have been able to burn a cd, but still most of the time get the error. Why would it work sometimes, and not other times?
Im guessing the drive is going. Can it be replaced? Are there upgrades available for the CRT iMacs ?

Burning speed is too fast even though it's at lowest?

I can't burn cds because i keep getting a message saying that the burning speed is too fast but when i turned it down to the lowest it still won't work someone please help?

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Itunes can't burn this cd because the burn speed is too fast for your cd...

For the first time since upgrading to 10.3.9 I'm trying to burn a data disc from iTunes to backup some files. It fails every time and ruins the blank CD. This is getting expensive!
The CDs are Phillips CD-R 52x. (Yes, I've used blanks from this very box before the 10.3.9 upgrade and it never failed before.) iTunes was set to 24x burn then changed to "maximum possible" for the burn speed.
Most times it looks like it's burning the playlist but around the 5th file it spits it out and gives the error "itunes can't burn this cd because the burn speed is too fast for your cd burner or media". Sometims it just locks up itunes with "checking media" and I have to force quit iTunes. Then the disc is ruined. It won't even show up in Finder.
Ugh. Anyone know how to fix this?
edited p.s.
Here's what the Console log says for the last failed attempt.
Mac OS X Version 10.3.9 (Build 7W98)
2007-05-13 14:20:36 -0500
iTunes: Burn started, Sun May 13 14:21:47 2007
iTunes: Burning to CD-R media with SAO strategy in MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-816 DXJ3 via ATAPI.
iTunes: Requested CD burn speed was max, actual burn speed is 16x.
iTunes: Burn underrun protection is supported, and enabled.
iTunes: Write (10), block: 72864, count: 32 -> 3/0C/00 Medium Error, Write error
iTunes: Burn failed, Sun May 13 14:24:37 2007
iTunes: Burn sense: 3/0C/00 Medium Error, Write error
iTunes: Burn error: 0x80020060 The device drained its buffer without burn underrun protection.

I just tried setting the iTunes preferences to burn at 4x (since in theory the specs say my SuperDriver burns CDs at 8x) and got the following error.
The attempt to burn a disc failed. The device failed to respond properly, unable to recover or retry..
and looking in the console this is the error.
iTunes: Burn started, Sat May 19 21:46:14 2007
iTunes: Burning to CD-R media with SAO strategy in MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-816 DXJ3 via ATAPI.
iTunes: Requested CD burn speed was 4x, actual burn speed is 4x.
iTunes: Burn underrun protection is supported, and enabled.
iTunes: Write (10), block: -150, count: 32 -> 3/73/03 Medium Error, Power calibration area error
iTunes: Burn failed, Sat May 19 21:46:25 2007
iTunes: Burn sense: 3/73/03 Medium Error, Power calibration area error
iTunes: Burn error: 0x80020022 The device failed to respond properly, unable to recover or retry.
iTunes: Burn started, Sat May 19 21:52:27 2007
iTunes: Burning to CD-R media with SAO strategy in MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-816 DXJ3 via ATAPI.
iTunes: Requested CD burn speed was 4x, actual burn speed is 4x.
iTunes: Burn underrun protection is supported, and enabled.
iTunes: Write (10), block: -150, count: 32 -> 3/73/03 Medium Error, Power calibration area error
iTunes: Burn failed, Sat May 19 21:52:35 2007
iTunes: Burn sense: 3/73/03 Medium Error, Power calibration area error
iTunes: Burn error: 0x80020022 The device failed to respond properly, unable to recover or retry.

"burn speed to fast"

When I try to burn a playlist from iTunes 4.9 I get the error message "burn speed to fast for your CD burner or media". I've tried setting the speed to X2 and even X1 and it still won't work. I've tried it as an audio cd, mp3, and data cd. There were quite a few threads about this in the last few months, but none seemed to end in a solution. I have a superdrive in a year old eMac. I have also noticed intermittent problems with it not reading purchased CD's. Could it be something as simple as getting the lens cleaned?
Please Help!

Having the same problem myself. Just started today. I burned a few CDs on Sunday, no problem. Now every time I try to burn with media that has worked before I have two things happen:
1) Not matter what media or burn speed I've selected, I get the "burn speed is to fast for your media or burner, lower it in preferences" message.
2) After adjusting the burn speed in preferences, I then try burning again. iTunes will check the media for a couple minutes and then just spit the CD out without any error message.
I've rebuilt permissions and restarted, since those are my only steps to trouble-shoot OS X. It's still doing it.
I'm seeing SEVERAL threads with this same problem from a variety of users in both iTunes 4.8 and 4.9. The only update I've applied between the last time I was able to burn and now was the most recent security update (did that yesterday).
Anyone out there finding any leads?
I'm about to try Toast, but that'll be a pain because it's a specific playlist I wanted to burn that I compiled in iTunes.
Thanks in advance...

Multiplexor/Burn errors

Since I can't imagine that I am the only one that experienced this problem I thought I would post this small piece of advice to anyone who is receiving the following error message when attempting to burn a DVD in iDVD 6.
Multiplexor Error
There was a problem during multiplexing/burning.
While I realize there may be a multitude of reasons for getting this error message, my solution was twofold:
1) Saving the project as a Disc Image and using Disc Utility to burn the DVD and selecting a slower burn speed. iDVD doesn’t allow this.
2) Buying 8x or slower DVD-Rs. For some reason, 16x discs are not compatible, at least with my two Power Macs (single 1.8, dual 2.0).
First save your project as a Disk Image. Then exit iDVD and double click on the .img file to mount it. Open Disk Utility (found in the Applications folder, under Utilities.). The .img file you mounted should appear in the left-hand column. Highlight it by clicking once which will activate the burn button above. Click this Burn button. Insert a 8x (or slower) blank DVD-R. Click on the blue triangle button in the upper-right to display advanced options. Select a slower burn speed, perhaps 4x. Click Burn.
Like I said, this is just what worked for me. Good luck.

You can get this error by trying to burn a DVD too fast. Slow it down, using a disk image and Toast or Disk Utility.
Did you try Flash's first suggestion?:
1) Saving the project as a Disc Image and using Disc Utility to burn the DVD and selecting a slower burn speed. iDVD doesn’t allow this.
I tried making a "diskimage" using disk utility, and the one step in IDVD did not recognize it at all.
If you have a disk image, just burn a DVD. Forget OneStep in iDVD.
File/Save As Disc Image...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=164927
This will isolate any encoding/burning issues you may encounter. Once the disc image is created, double-click the .img and burn the virtual disc that should appear on your desktop, using Toast to burn the DVD. Disk Utility to burn the .img file. Usually, you can select a burning speed in Disk Utility.
There are variations to this process based on which OS X you are using...
Open Disk Utility (in Utilities folder in Applications folder), click on the virtual disc (maybe the .img) in the left-hand window. Click the Burn icon. A new window should drop down and your SuperDrive tray will open after clicking the Burn icon. Insert a recordable DVD. (Verbatim DVD-R preferred by me.) Click the Close button. Wait. Select a burn speed. Then click the Burn button.
-->If the virtual disk selection won't allow you to click the Burn icon, use the .img file instead. This may have changed in 10.3.9 and did change in Tiger.
Also, you can use DVD Player to play the virtual disk to check your iDVD project before burning to DVD. Launch DVD Player. File/Open VIDEO_TS (Open DVD Media... in Player 4.6). Find the VIDEO_TS folder and open that. (The audio folder is for DVD-Audio disks.)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93006
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Unable to burn CDs -- can't burn at this speed

My superdrive suddenly no longer will burn CDs. I get an error message that "the drive cannot burn at this speed" and this is no matter what speed I try! Even 2X get's this message.
I upgraded to iTunes 5.0. Can this be the problem? I am using 10.2.x and hate to invest in whatever the latest OS is if that isn't the solution. Any one have any ideas?

Hi
I have a similar problem.
I get this error message :
"Itunes can't burn teh CD because the burn speed is too fast for your CD burner or media
Choose a lower speed in the burning pane of itunes preferences then try burning again"
The problem is that I have just burnt a few CD's and then gone back to burn another...In the interim the only thing that has happened is that the laptop has gone to sleep.
It is the inconsistency that bugs me plus the fact that surely that one could design it so you got the warning before wasting CD's or it automatically adjusted to the drives speed
I am running itunes 5.0.1 on OSX 10.3.9 on a G3 ibook 600mhz 14.1

PE8 and Encoding/Burning Error: Unknown Error:2131042562

Hello all:
I'm new to the forum and came across an issue. I had initially responded to an old post but at the direction of a couple veterans they guided me into doing a fresh post and to provide a lot more detail up front (thank you Bill & Steve). I apologize if I get too wordy everyone. Here it goes:
The end result is that I started working on a big project and when selecting "share" I'd burn to a DVD. It would go through all the processes of encoding and on the final step towards the end Premiere would give me the following message: Unknown Error: 2131042562. However a couple times it appeared I got further in which it would say it was burning to disc and then my system would reboot. Hard to say for sure what state it was at because I'd typically miss the reboot due to length of encoding process. To provide a little history, I suspected my system was infected a few months ago so I decided to rebuild and in the process upgrade the OS. I was running Windows 7 Home Premium, 64-bit. I ended up doing a low-level format and installed Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit. Followed the rebuild to a "T" plus have an IT background and have been building PCs for many years. Prior to rebuild I didn't appear to have a problem and burning discs from within PE worked. This is first attempt to burn disc through PE since the rebuild. Everything looks fine with latest drivers installed and installed in the order that Dell documents. Enough of that and let me get to PC spec's and the project details.
Dell XPS 8100
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
Intel i7-860 2.8GHz Quad Core
8GB RAM
Intel SATA RAID Controller - 3400 Series
2 x Seagate Barracuda 750GB HDD, 7200RPM SATA 32MB Cache (ST3750528AS) in RAID1 Configuration
Single partition, C:\ Drive, with 597GB free (probably not optimal for performance)
NVidia GeForce GTS 240 Display Adapter
DVD/BLURAY Combo burner: HLDS BH30N (can burn bluray) - running latest firmware A103
Pagefile: System Managed; min 16MB, recommended 12226MB, currently allocated 8151MB
Video camera used: JVC Z-HD300AU (Full HD 1920x1080; AVCHD)
Project:
Basically putting together a dance team video for my daughter's end of season banquet. It's a compilation of both mine and another person's video. I used my camera and the other individual's was also a JVC but not High Def.
Timeline - Just over 38 minutes
Settings; NTSC --> AVCHD-->Full HD 1080i 30 5.1 Channel
Intro was a "Universal Studios" intro that I found on the internet-->MPEG-4 Movie
Had 3 PE title screens with some effects and seperate audio playing a .m4a song
From there probably a total of 9 video clips consisting of other person's video--> .MOD file extension
Then has 20 photos with title screen with the girls with both the photo and names fading in/out.
During slideshow I had another audio soundtrack playing in background--> .m4a
Then came another 20 video clips mostly from my camera --> .MTS file extension
Throughput the video I either used some fade in/out between video clips or used some of PE's transitions
What I've done for testing:
- I tested the burner and burned a data disc with Roxio without issue.
- I created a new project using same NTSC settings. I first only took .MOD files and tried ripping and then tried it again with only using some of my clips (.MTS). Both were unsuccessful.
- I then changed NTSC format and install of Full HD I just select "HD 1080i 30 5.1 Channel". Again just creating a much smaller project with the steps prior and still no luck.
- I've also tried using bluray media instead of DVD+R but again it did not work.
- I've even disabled McAfee during the process of burning to disc to see if that made a difference.
- The only successful attempts I've had is when I share to my PC and export to a file. Was able to do that with my original project plus a couple of my test ones. I've done both an AVI and MPEG. Trying to determine which is really the best option/quality.
I've read that some people recommend exporting to a file because it provides a backup of the video and you don't have to rely on PE. That might be fine but want to be able to retain my disc menu's and on the occassion in which I record at the highest resolution on my video camera, that I can burn a bluray disc (which I have been successful doing through PE before). So might be missing a step on maintaining my menu and might need recommendation of a 3rd party software to keep menu and burn to bluray. Especially if I can't get past my issue. The end objective is to be able to rip a DVD so I can give one to each of the dance team girls.
At this stage I don't think I have more to add but I'm sure I overlooked something. I apologize if I put anyone to sleep. It is very possible that I'm overlooking something but have to admit that doing video editing and building home DVDs are new to me so still striving to learn more in this area. I hope that someone has had a similar experience or can perhaps give me some advice. I've combed through the system event logs and did go through the computer and can't find a single thing wrong with the OS or hardware. I know back in the day that people would recommend setting the min/max of the pagefile the same to reduce fragmentation of the pagefile. Not sure if this holds true to Windows 7 or not. Would think that there might be pros/cons to either configuration. Maybe something is awry with my rebuild.
Thanks again for everyone who have been patient enough to read through my post. Thanks in advance for any help that you might be able to provide.
Best regards,
Mark

Mark,
Well-stated. Here are a few comments, and some questions:
You have both HD and SD material, and plan on burning to DVD-Video, which will be SD. How are you handling the mixed footage?
It appears that you started with an HD Project Preset, to match your JVC's source video. Is that correct?
What about that SD material? Did you just Scale it up to match the HD material, or did you leave it with full letter-boxing and pillar-boxing, i.e. black bars all around?
Instead of the iTunes music, can you convert the M4a files to PCM/WAV @ 48KHz 16-bit? Adobe programs can have issues with MPEG Audio, whether MP3, or M4a. The great free audio-editing program, Audacity, should be able to do this easily. This might have zero to do with the issue, but is the workflow that is 100% for me, though I use Adobe Audition to convert to PCM/WAV.
What are the pixel x pixel dimensions of those still images? Are you Importing overly-large stills, and getting PrE to Scale them down to the Frame Size of your Project?
As for your Page File, I recommend setting that up to be statically managed, and for two reasons:
With a statically managed Page File, the OS is freed of having to calculate on the fly, and that takes CPU cycles and reads and writes.
Depending on the CPU and the I/O sub-system, if the dynamically managed Page File is expanded a bit more slowly, than the program is expecting, it can fault, rather than wait, assuming that the system has hung.
Though you have two physical HDD's with the RAID 1, they are seen as one, plus the redundancy. It also seems that you have partitions. Is your D:\ just the Dell Recovery Disc? If so, then everything is on one HDD, the OS, the program, the media, the Scratch Disks, everything. This can cause bottlenecks when editing and Exporting/Sharing. Is your RAID controlled via software, or by a dedicated hardware controller card? If via software, then there are many CPU cycles used for that, and especially with a RAID 1.
You have adequate free space, and that is better than many. PrE requires plenty of HDD space for the very large working files.
Do you have Windows Indexing ON for your HDD's? This can really get in the way, when editing.
Now, there are two ways to Burn a DVD - Burn to Disc (where you are getting your errors - right?), and Burn to Folder, which will retain the full Menu system and all authoring. That will create the full DVD VIDEO_TS folder structure, with the IFO, BUP and VOB's. All will be included. Then, one can use a burning utility, like the great, free ImgBurn, to do the physical burn. This also has the advantage of allowing one to slow down the burn speed. About half of max. is better.
When you do burn, I strongly recommend using either Verbatim, or Taiyo-Yuden blank media.
I would also carefully check your Timeline for ANY gaps in your Video. Those can cause Transcoding errors. This ARTICLE will give you some background and tips.
Glad that you have turned OFF your anti-virus software, when you are editing and authoring. Especially the newer real-time monitoring, has caused no end to grief, as it insists on scanning every file accessed, and this can cause many errors.
For the BSOD/reboot, this ARTICLE might be useful.
It seems that you have already addressed most of the things in this ARTICLE, but perhaps there is something that has been overlooked.
I am sure that I am overlooking some things, and hope that others will have ideas.
Good luck,
Hunt

Disk Utility: Burn error: 0x80020022 The device failed to respond...

I've been working on archiving a ton of video to DVD. I'm using Dual-Layer discs to minimize the amount of physical storage space needed for the finished project. I burned several discs in iDVD in July and regularly received errors. Then the drive suddenly stopped loading any type of media. Anything I inserted would spin briefly and then eject. Repaired permissions and followed steps outlined here and here. Took the Mac back to the store where I bought it (sadly, not an Apple Store - nearest one is 12 hrs away) where naturally it performed flawlessly for the store rep.
So I took it home and resumed burning, now saving as a disc image (ignoring iDVD's warning about the performance of DVDs burned this way) and using Disk Utility, since iDVD didn't seem to be reliable. Burned about 25 discs, error-free, in this fashion, then three days ago, got the error: "Unable to burn “Disc 19.img”. (The device failed to respond properly, unable to recover or retry.)"
Retried the same image, and it worked. Then burned two more in the same fashion with no errors. Today I got the same error again. Logs are identical for each failed burn, except for the time span between certain lines.
Price of DL media being what it is, I'd hate to keep ruining discs if there's something I can do to avoid it. I suppose it could be bad media, but it seems odd that I'd get two bum discs that close together after burning so many without issue. Checked the site and the forums, and there doesn't seem to be any answers. Does anyone have any ideas? (Other than "try a different brand of media." I've got a buttload of these discs and it's too late to return them now.) Even if it just helps determine where the issue lies. Warranty will be up soon, so if it's hardware related, I need to get it taken care of quick.
Media: Philips DVD+R DL 8x
*Drive info:*
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS21N:
Firmware Revision: SA15
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipping Drive)
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -R DL, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media: Insert media and refresh to show available burn speeds
DiscUtility.log:
2009-10-03 08:54:01 -0600: Burning Image “Disc 22.img”
2009-10-03 08:55:15 -0600: Image name: “Disc 22.img”
2009-10-03 08:55:15 -0600: Burn disc in: “HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS21N”
2009-10-03 08:55:15 -0600: Erase disc before burning: No
2009-10-03 08:55:15 -0600: Leave disc appendable: No
2009-10-03 08:55:15 -0600: Verify burned data after burning: Yes
2009-10-03 08:55:15 -0600: Eject disc after burning
2009-10-03 08:55:15 -0600:
2009-10-03 08:55:15 -0600: Preparing data for burn
2009-10-03 08:56:30 -0600: Opening session
2009-10-03 08:56:35 -0600: Opening track
2009-10-03 08:56:35 -0600: Writing track
2009-10-03 09:01:37 -0600: Finishing burn
2009-10-03 09:02:37 -0600: Closing session
2009-10-03 09:02:38 -0600: Finishing burn
2009-10-03 09:38:37 -0600: Burn failed
2009-10-03 09:38:37 -0600: The device failed to respond properly, unable to recover or retry.
2009-10-03 09:38:37 -0600: Additional information can be found in the ~/Library/Logs/DiscRecording.log log file.
2009-10-03 09:38:37 -0600: Unable to burn “Disc 22.img”. (The device failed to respond properly, unable to recover or retry.)
DiscRecording.log:
Disk Utility: Burn started, Sat Oct 3 08:55:15 2009
Disk Utility: Burning to DVD+R DL (CMC MAG D03) media with DAO strategy in HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS21N SA15 via ATAPI.
Disk Utility: Requested burn speed was 47x, actual burn speed is 4x.
Disk Utility: Burn failed, Sat Oct 3 09:37:15 2009
Disk Utility: Burn sense: 4/44/90 Hardware Error,
Disk Utility: Burn error: 0x80020022 The device failed to respond properly, unable to recover or retry.
Message was edited by: Weasel42

I have encountered the same problem. I have a Mac Book Pro from 2007, and it has gone through 3 DVD writers so far, all of which have ruined DVD+R DL disks. I have occasionally been able to burn one, but usually during verify, I get this error message:
Communication to the disk drive failed: 0x8002022
And disk utility fails with a "Invalid B-tree node size" error
Oddly, when I try to burn a disk near capacity (6.5Gb or more) it is more likely to fail than if I burn a smaller disk.
I've been using Memorex DVD+R DL disks, but I have used other brands in the past but they have failed, too. Out of about 50 disks so far, I have had success with about 5.

Burn error message 261

I too am getting burn error message when I try to burn my playlists to CD since I downloaded iTunes 5.0. I am burning a MP3 CD and there are only 640 MB to be burned to a 700MB CD. I have gone through all of the iTunes suggested solutions. I have contacted Dell (my OEM) and the manufacturer of my CD-R/RW drive (Samsung). I upgraded the latest firmware for my computer and CD Drive. I still get the same message...burn failed for unknown reason...error message 261. It works in Windows Media. What gives? Is there a fix? Seemingly, quite a few other customers are having the same problem. HELP!Apple is there a fix on the way?
Here are my diagnostic results:
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
iTunes 5.0.0.35
CD Driver 2.0.4.3
CD Driver DLL 2.0.3.2
LowerFilters: AFS2K (3.1.20.0),
UpperFilters: GEARAspiWDM (2.0.4.3),
Video Driver: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 \GeForce FX 5200
IDE\DiskMaxtor6Y160M0_________________________YAR51HW0, Bus Type ATA, Bus Address [0,0]
IDE\CdRomSAMSUNGCD-R/RW_SW-252S_________________R954___, Bus Type ATA, Bus Address [0,0]
If you have multiple drives on the same IDE or SCSI bus, these drives may interfere with each other.
Some computers need an update to the ATA or IDE bus driver, or Intel chipset. If iTunes has problems recognizing CDs or hanging or crashing while importing or burning CDs, check the support site for the manufacturer of your computer or motherboard.
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D: SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-252S, Rev R954
Media in drive is blank.
Get drive speed succeeded.
The drive CDR speeds are: 4.
The drive CDRW speeds are: 4.

Hello Armando,
I'm not too sure if I could help you since you're running a Windows machine but if you want some reliable answers, could you re-post your question in the iTunes for Windows forum? I'm sure the people on that forum would help you better. Sorry about that.
Just FYI, you posted this thread on the iTunes for Mac forum.

LaCie DVD RW Burn Error

Hi all, Can anyone give me advice on this problem ? I have a new LaCie DVD rewriter (Model= LaCie D2 Dual DVD+RW Drive) I have had some success in burning DVD's but keep getting burn errors !!! I have an iMac G4 and I am using Toast 7 Titanium. I have used Verbatim DVD-R and Sony DVD-R and out of about 25 discs,(of each media type), only 5 have burned successfully ! I have tried burning at a slower speed (4x)....... still no joy ! The strange thing is that when I try to burn first thing in the morning, it works fine ????, then as soon as I try again, they repeatedly fail ! Costing me a fortune in wasted blank DVD's !!!!! I tried re-launching the Finder before burning but still consistant errors ! I have re-installed both the LaCie and Toast 7 Titanium twice and the problem still occurs !!!!......... Now I'm close to crazy and can't think of anything else to try to solve the problem ???? any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. With thanks for your time !
iMAC G4 Mac OS X (10.4.8) LaCie D2 Dual DVD+RW Drive / Toast 7 Titanium

Hello again ! ......... I think I spoke too soon ! After one successful burn this morning I am now still getting burn errors ? "Buffer Under-Run" at 4x ??? I can't select any slower ? and also a simple "Disc failed to be written"
I have made sure the iMac is not running any other application whilst burning and is not connected to the internet. I am burning from a Video TS folder which I have checked and it is ok. I am creating a Disk Image via DU first then copying to folder in movies then burning via Toast 7 Titanium. This was very successful on my first try this morningwith a great result !
I just can't understand why I can burn one disc ok then get constant errors. The only successful burns I have made have been first thing in the morning when I start up my iMac G4, after that I have repeatedly failed burns. Could this be relevant ? I have also tried re-starting before setting up a burn and shutdown. Still no joy !
Any help or advice you Guys can give would be appreciated. I am slowly losing the will to live !
LaCie D2 "Best Coaster-Maker on the Market" !

FCPX DVD export to Compressor: error burning disc; video file incompatible for DVD creation

I've been working on a project for months now (feature film) in Final Cut Pro X. Therefor I have done about 20 exports already from within FCPX to Compressor for DVD. Did the same process last night as always.
From within project timeline I go to SHARE -> DVD -> setup a basic menu then select USING COMPRESSOR
Compressor opens. I click submit and after the progress indicator fills up way too fast, I get this error:
"there was an error burning your disc the video file is incompatible for DVD creation"
DVD spits out and that's it. Compressor and FCPX are both still running and haven't crashed but I'm confused. I have burned since the recent 10.0.3 upgrades (and whichever upgrade just came out for Compressor as well) so I can't imagine it's the upgrade.
Any ideas?
I tried making a duplicate of the project and renaming and exporting and had the same results.
At this moment I am trying to export to DVD directly from FCPX with default settings and it has bee "processing" with no movemtn on the progress bar for an hour (it's a 2 hour video so this may not be abnormal).

Disc recording log; Finder: Write (10), block: 4294967146, count: 32 - 3/73/03 Medium Error, Power calibration area error, Burn failed

Hello All Apple Heads (Brit. short for headmaster or headmistress.)!
My MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-846
(Firmware Revision: FQ3T, ATAPI, Burn Support: Yes [Apple Shipping Drive], Cache: 2048 KB, Reads DVD: Yes, CD-Write: -R, -RW, DVD Write:-R, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW, Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, DVD-DAO), optical super drive is unable to burn on any CD or DVD.
The Disc Recording log list below writes: "Finder: Write (10), block: 4294967146, count: 32 -> 3/73/03 Medium Error, Power calibration area error, Burn failed".
DiscRecording.log:
Description:          Disc recording log
Size:          2 KB
Last Modified:          11-09-15 4:50 PM
Location: /Users/-/Library/Logs/DiscRecording.log
Recent Contents:          Finder: Burn started, Thu Sep 15 16:40:47 2011
Finder: Burning to CD-R media with SAO strategy in MATSHITA DVD-R   UJ-846 FQ3T via ATAPI.
Finder: Requested burn speed was max, actual burn speed is 24x.
Finder: Burn underrun protection is supported, and enabled.
Finder: Write (10), block: 4294967146, count: 32 -> 3/73/03 Medium Error, Power calibration area error
Finder: Burn failed, Thu Sep 15 16:41:57 2011
Finder: Burn sense: 3/73/03 Medium Error, Power calibration area error
Finder: Burn error: 0x8002006D The disc can't be burned; it might be incompatible with this disc drive. Please try a different brand of disc, or try burning at a slower speed.
Finder: Burn started, Thu Sep 15 16:43:37 2011
Finder: Burning to CD-R media with SAO strategy in MATSHITA DVD-R   UJ-846 FQ3T via ATAPI.
Finder: Requested burn speed was 8x, actual burn speed is 8x.
Finder: Burn underrun protection is supported, and enabled.
Finder: Burn finished, Thu Sep 15 16:49:31 2011
Finder: Verify started, Thu Sep 15 16:49:31 2011
Finder: Verify failed, Thu Sep 15 16:50:20 2011
Finder: Verify sense: 3/02/00 Medium Error, No seek complete
Finder: Verify error: 0x80020063 Verifying the burned data failed.
Can this issue be solved by means of firmware/updates, terminal command lines, or through other open source OS?
Is this issue related to lense cleanliness?
Much thanks!
Sam
Message was edited by: saltislandsam

I have also tried TDK, Maxell, Verbatim and Sony media
Me too. Out of that list the only brand that has NEVER produced a coaster (on the same burner as yours) is Verbatim DVD-R and Fuji DVD-R. All the others produced a 25-50% failure rate.
Have you tried burning at a slower speed?
Using 16x DVD media is fine - in fact it is difficult to buy any other - but there is a consensus in the Apple Support Forums that a slower burn is a better burn i.e. 2x or 4x (slow burns are better burns!). I always use Toast for burning.
The term "Best" means the fastest speed that the drive told Toast it can write to a specific disc. The drive's firmware and info on the disc decide what speed burns are available. When you press the speed setting button in Toast (after inserting a disc) you'll likely see some speeds in italics and some in bold face. The ones in bold face are supported by that media on that drive. The fastest one is what Toast calls Best.
Audio CDs in particular should be burned at the lowest supported speed.
Verification is a good indicator the disc is burned okay. However, other DVD players can still have problems with the disc. Media problems with various drives is not uncommon. Slower burning may reduce the chance of those problems, and is one of the reasons why RW (read/write) media is always rated slower than DVD-R.
There are some interesting facts here:
http://www.osta.org/technology/dvdqa/dvdqa4.htm and here:
http://www.osta.org/technology/dvdqa/dvdqa4.htm
But many will tell you that the 'slower burn is best' theory is outdated. Who really knows? At the end of the day, if your home-made DVD was verified by Toast and will play anywhere on anybody's DVD player, then that is the result we are all after!

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