Bad Burn

Help! I'm going crazy and just lost some income because the disc I burned would not play in the DVD player at the party! In fact, it stopped working in my player at home, but played fine the first time. Go figure! My DVD plays fine in the computer, but freezes on the DVD players (I have tried 3 of them). Please let my know what I can do to fix the problem. The only thing I can think of, is that the type of disk (Verbatim) is not compatable with mac burning? I thought it was the DVD player at the party, but a video someone else brought, played fine. I'm also having this problem with another project. I'm going to the store tomorrow to buy a different brand of disc. Any suggestions or brand you would recommend?

You have Toast? Brilliant! You will never look back!
Couldn't be simpler to use. Open Toast. Click on Video at the top of the window. In the window to the left click on DVD Video, and set coding to automatic. Set Menu Style to No Menus (you already did those in iDVD).
Drag the disk image to the main window of Toast and click burn. That gets you a dialogue window asking you what speed you want to burn at. Click 2x. Go and make a coffee.
In a short while (about 50% of the duration of the video) out will pop your perfect DVD!

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Consistent Bad Burns 1st Time

I'm having a very odd problem. Every time I burn a new DVD with iDVD, the 1st DVD that I burn is bad (it will glitch and skip when played in a DVD player). But, if I burn a second one (insert another DVD-R right after the first is done) it will work fine. This is happening EVERY time I burn a disc.
Any ideas about what might be going on? Anyone else experiencing this?

Not too many folks have this exact issue. If there is an issue at all it's usually with subsequent / additional copies when one forgets to allow the S-Drive to cool prior to starting additional copies. Most apple S-Drives are not built to burn back to back copies and sometimes the lens may overheat which makes for a higher rate of read / write errors on subsequent copies (as opposed to the 1st copy).
But when there is the exact reverse issue, then I'm inclinded to suspect a hardware related problem. But I can't be sure until you run an extended hardware test from apple's hardware CD that should have shipped with your mac (assuming you purchased it directly from apple). The CD looks like this:
Click Here
I'd recommend running the Extended Hardware Test asap, and then post those results here.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1583?viewlocale=en_US
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25402
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Bad burn folder function

I keep getting an error when I try to burn a burn folder made up of folders on a PC computer on my LAN to a CD. Yes, it has to be that way, and why not? It's called playing nice with others. The Mac tells me that it can't find an item and asks me if I want to skip it and continue. But it doesn't bother to tell me which item. Out of thousands. Big help. Then I have to go and check almost every **** file list in every **** folder to find what is missing or corrupted. If it knows that files are missing, why would it have been so hard for Mac OS programmers to let us know what they are? I'm working on legal papers. Despite those cute commercials, OS X wastes hours of my time and makes me justifiably angry. This is one of those basic flaws that Apple should have the integrity and courtesy to fix gratis.

Hi and welcome to the forums!
I agrre about the uncute commercials, but since you're working with "legal" stuff, perhaps you can tell me the last time, or approximate era, that a commercial had more than an extreme stretch of... uh-hmmm, the "truth" in it!?
Anyway, one long shot solution, since I've dealt with this silly "feature" myself in other ways...
I use Tri-backup4 for years for copying thing to other places, it in fact has a Log when you're done that shows the exact errors and files not copied, plys why!
Perhaps you could use it to copy stuff over before using the burn folder, not gree, but it's been worth efety penny to me over the years...
Tri-Backup...
http://www.tri-edre.com/english/index.html

Confirm hypothesis: bad DVD's & print to tape due to external drive format

I bought anexternal drive about three months ago. Ever since that purchase my DVD's have had continuous errors. (locking up, massive pixelation, just won't be recognized). The interesting part was not all DVD players had a problem-some played fine.
We thought bad DVD's, corrupt files, bad burner--all have been checked and was in to APPLE three times. I just opened the "info" on my external-that I thought I completed a Mac format-is labeled as MS-DOS (Fat32). I've heard FAT 32 can "silly errors". Can this be my problem.
After you call me "an idiot" can you confirm my hypothesis? As was recommended yeterday here, I will be formatting this external to "Mac OS X extended" shortly

FAT formatted drives have file size limits. FAT 32 is 4 GB, I think. If your file is larger it gets broken into chunks.
An hour of DV footage is just under 13GB, so that would be broken into four chunks. The fun starts when you delete or move one of those chunks as it makes the rest useless.
While this might be playing a part in your current issues, there could be something else going wrong too. Reformat your drive as Mac OS Extended -at least you have then closed off that avenue.
Don't forget that reformatting will also erase the drive completely.

Another headache - "problem during multiplexing/burning - buffer underun"

Hello,
After many iDVD issues, I finally got the burning process of my DVD project.. half way through it spit my DVD out and gave me these errors:
"Errors were found during the burning process:
The recording device reported the illegal request: Buffer underrun. (0x21, 0x02.)
There was a problem during multiplexing/burning."
What is this supposed to mean and how can I just burn my DVD?!
Thank you
Chris

It's been awhile since I had this error crop up, but I know 2 things that caused it for me.
1) Bad DVD media. It happened a lot when I was using some cheap, off brand DVD-R's. More expensive Sony DVD's (white) are much better and more consistent. The time wasted with bad burns from bad DVD media is not worth the time.
2) It could even be a problem with your DVD burner going bad, but not as likely. I did have one SuperDrive replaced because I started having problems even with good, recommended brands of DVD media. However, try getting some better media first. Don't buy a lot. Try out a small package of DVD-R's or buy a disc from a friend to try out a brand.
Another possibility: Lack of sufficient, free hard drive space. Here's what iDVD 6's help file states:
"When you burn a DVD, iDVD needs temporary space on your hard disk to store the encoded files for your project. To burn your iDVD project to a single-layer DVD disc, you should have 8-10 gigabytes (GB) of free disk space on your hard disk, depending on the size of your project. For double-layer discs, you need 15-20 GB of free disk space."
Apple's support forum describes "buffer underrun" in more detail at:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25750
You might also want to defragment your hard drive (with a 3rd party utiility such as TechTool Pro) so that you don't have a fragmented hard drive when burning a project.
Speed rating of the DVD media- I've seen reports that some SuperDrives work best with media rated the same as it's maximum burn speed (e.g.- 4x, 8x, etc). I would recommend trying to find media that matches your SuperDrive burn speed, or no more than twice the burn speed.
I hope this helps.
You didn't mention which version of iDVD you were using or which operating system. Sometimes other users have tips for you based on that info.

Not burning at 16x

I'm having issues with my internal NEC 3550A and LG GSA-H10N. I've updated the firmware for each to the most currrent. But at 16x burn, I'm only getting up to 9x on the first 35 sec of burning then starts to drop down and settle at about 5x. I've used Maxell, Fuji, Imation, Sony, and Philips 16x DVD-R media. And all are testing at that speed.
I've tested the burn speed on these drives using Toast 8, and MBBench. My older Mac G4 had the same NEC 3550A, and it burned at a much faster rate. That's how I first noticed the slower speed on these drives.
Using Toast to test time on burning. On the older G4 it would take about 3.5 - 4 min to burn a full 4GB DVD at 16x. The burners on G4 MDD says it will take about 4 min, but actually takes about 10 min.
But ripping a full 4GB DVD, burning CD-R at 48x, and reading DVDs is all within normal parameters. And I don't think I've ever had a bad burn (maybe one) under "16x" burn option.
I've read about the drives might be set to PIO mode rather than DMA. Not sure what these are, but the explanation of the switching between modes made sense. Just wondering how this can be done on a Mac.
G4 MDD Dual 1GB, 1.5GB ram, LG DVD-RW + Superdrive Mac OS X (10.4.8) 80GB, 120GB, 2x 250GB HDs, Radeon 9000 128MB

There are so many variables with the various makers, that it just may well be a lack of native support for the brands in question, or, that the drives are somehow optimized to work faster under Windows.
I am partial to Pioneer. I've always had good luck with them, and my current DVR-109 burns consistently at 12x. I haven't flashed it, or changed the IDE cable to a 80/40 yet, but have read of good success at the 16x that it is rated for.
My DVR-110 (with Patchburn 3) in my Dual 450 Gigabit Ethernet, also is a stellar performer. I get 16x peaks, and average around 12x on most burns, Dual layer at 8x has produced no coasters.
The DVR-111 (8x DL, 16x DVD-R/+R) is supposed to be a nice device as well. I opted for the 109 (slower at 6x DL), instead, because of the lack of region encoding on the 109 (also only $29 at OWC).
I'm currently toying with the idea of putting the IDE cable in (my Sawtooth), and changing out for a Pioneer DVR-112D- 18x plus LabelFlash (Lightscribe). They are available here in Japan, but the labeling software is Japanese, and, though I can read Japanese fairly well, I'll wait till the US/EU version hits the market, and the English version of the utility is downloadable. But, I digress.....
You might (if you haven't) take a browse through the xlr8yourmac data base, and see if there are any similar user experiences with a similar Mac, or also check out what seems to be working for others.
http://forums.xlr8yourmac.com/drivedb/search.drivedb.lasso

I can't burn CDs in 7.0 with any consistency - most times, failure

Every time I think I have the problem solved (uninstall and reinstall iTunes, reduce burn speed), I go back to not being able to burn a CD. I've probably had a dozen "bad" burns (diagnostic, below), and 4 successful ones. I can't figure out what the difference is. I absolutley HATE the new iTunes and I wish Apple would pay attention to all of us out here having this troubles, and send out a fix of some sort.
Help, please!!!!!
Here is my diagnostic:
Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Dell Computer Corporation Dimension 2400
iTunes 7.0.1.8
CD Driver 2.0.6.0
CD Driver DLL 2.0.6.0
LowerFilters: AFS2K (3.1.21.0), PXHELP20 (2.0.0.0), CDR4_XP (6.2.0.110),
UpperFilters: GEARAspiWDM (2.0.6.0), Cdralw2k (6.2.0.110), pwd_2k (6.2.0.110),
Video Driver: Intel(R) 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller\Intel(R) 82845G /GL/GE/PE/GV Controller
IDE\DiskWDCWD1600JB-22GVA0____________________08.02D08, Bus Type ATA, Bus Address [0,0]
IDE\DiskWDCWD1600JB-75GVC0____________________08.02D08, Bus Type ATA, Bus Address [1,0]
IDE\CdRomHL-DT-STCD-ROM_GCR-8481B_______________1.06___, Bus Type ATA, Bus Address [0,0]
IDE\CdRomHL-DT-STCD-RW_GCE-8483B________________B105___, Bus Type ATA, Bus Address [1,0]
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.
Current user is an administrator.
F: HL-DT-ST CD-ROM GCR-8481B, Rev 1.06
Drive is empty.
G: HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8483B, Rev B105
Media in drive is blank.
Get drive speed succeeded.
The drive CDR speeds are: 48.
The drive CDRW speeds are: 48 0 0.
The last failed audio CD burn had error code -128(0xffffff80). It happened on drive G: HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8483B on CDR media at speed 0X.
Regards,
Mike

Hi,
I have not yet done as you've requested, but I have nevertheless successfully burned three cds in a row, after a series of one failure, one sucess and one failure. after the second failure, i opened the playlist that I wanted to burn, closed iTunes, re-opened iTunes (which opened in the playlist that i wanted), put in a blank CD-R and immediately burned the cd without further action. i followed this process with the three different playlists that i wanted to burn, and for whatever reason, i was able to burn the three cds. the first time i had the failure this evening, i changed the burn speed, and it burned the next one. but then i tried to burn a second playlist, and i had a failure. so, that's when i tried the "open" and "close" iTunes process above. i have no idea whether that had anything to do with my success, or if i just got "lucky". maybe next time, i'll chant and whisper some incantations first...
thanks for your help. i see that you have been responding to a lot of folks. i'm just not sure what those updates are, and i have replaced my harddrive since i bought the computer, so i wasn't sure if dell had my proper information still, which is why i didn't follow your advice (at least at this point).
regards,
mike

Drive Stopped Burning Audio Discs

My Disc drive (G5 3 years old) seems to have stopped burning Audio discs using Toast. It seems to be doing data discs ok, but it appears domestic and computer players will now no longer accept my audio discs (Even both my Macs). Its always worked fine in the past and nothing has really changed to my system. Is this the sign of an ageing drive and do I therefore need a replacement? Is there anything I can do? I have tried burning different speed settings.
Thanks folks

If the G5 is also having trouble reading the discs it sounds as if the drive is producing really bad burns. Having either the cd or dvd side of things stop working properly is a classic sign of a drive on its way out. The drive begins to produce burns with much higher error rates, and more serious kinds of errors, than usual. All drives produce errors with each burn, but it's the kind of error and intensity of the error that matters. Drives have built in error correction circuitry that can handle the most common error type as long as they are below a certain level. Older drives often begin to either produce much higher error rates that the reading drive can't compensate for, or produce a non-correctible type of error. To make matters worse, the number of errors depends not only on the drive, but the relationship between the drive and disc being used. Each drive has firmware written to tell the drive how to write to different brands of media. Apple rarely updates the firmware on their drives, so after a few years the drive has to guess the writing strategy for each disc and this too can lead to high error rates. And to confuse things even further, companies that sell discs rarely make them, but buy them from oem manufacturers. So one batch of say TKDs may be Optidisc and another CMC and you have no way of knowing by just looking at the disc- you are thinking you are using the same discs but aren't.
So one or more of these factors is giving you burns so bad that the drive the disc was burned on is having trouble reading it, and that's a very bad sign. I would suggest from my experience with many drives that a drive behaving as yours is - one that is 3 years old - should be replaced. A new drive will only run you about $40, it will have new firmware allowing it to work with current discs, and should be faster also.
If you have access to a pc there are actually a number of programs that will allow you to test the discs and see what type and how many errors the burn has produced (I find this one of the few redeeming values of PC's). These programs are invaluable in situations like yours, and as I said, from my experience, the programs usually indicate with your symptoms very high error levels or errors that cannot be corrected.

Burned DVD works fine in a mac but audio out of sync in a DVD player!?

The titles kinda says it all. Nearly. I've made my most complicated (for me) DVD to date. It's a concert DVD shot in anamorphic. I've edited in FCP and exported with compressor with all the appropriate settings, to mpeg 2. I've built the DVD in DVDSP with an intro from motion, motion menus etc. It previews fine and looks outstanding (if I do say so myself!). I burned the finished folder with Toast 8 ( as a UDF) and the burned DVD plays under DVD player on all my macs faultlessly. When I put the DVD in a normal DVD player, the audio is SERIOUSLY out of sync (the dancing is out of time let alone the lip sync) and the picture is stretched wide, like it's trying for 2.35.1 when it's only 16.9 or something.
Can anyone offer any suggestions? All help appreciated.
Gareth

I've edited in FCP and exported with compressor with all the appropriate settings, to mpeg 2.
Double check to make sure that you edited in Anamorphic and also encoded as 16:9 video not 4:3 - also make sure you set the Track to 16:9 Letterbox in DVD SP.
What encoding rates did you use for the video and audio? Sometimes if the rates are too high it can cause drifts.
On the audio side, did you export the FCP as self contained and make the audio AC3? Also you can try just exporting the audio as an AIF and encode that as an AC3.
How did you burn the DVD (Speed and Media used?) Sometimes bad burns/media can cause issues.
Also look at these threads
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3131142&#3131142
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1872235&#1872235
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1363574&#1363574
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1086775&#1086775

Burning flip video in iDVD

Filmed video with Flip camera. Imported via Flip software. Used Flip software to convert clips to MP4s on my desktop.
When I open the folder, 2 of the 3 go from a QuickTime MPEG4 icon to a picture from the video clip. The 2 clips that show a picture will go into iMovie. The one with the Q icon still on it, won't.
Please advise. Thanks.

I do have some additional info on "Burning Successful DVD's"...
First, I bought a Lacie External Firewire Lightscribe Dual Layer DVD Burner - ONLY for the purpose of having "LightScribe" DVD's for my Projects.
In other words, I just always used Apple's internal Super Drive to burn all my projects. Well, my above post talked about many many many ruined DVD's. I have tried all different brands and so many burns are inconsistant.
I sick and tired of reading all the excuses on these forums (use Apple DVD's or Name Brand DVD's). So I decided maybe this is the SUPERDRIVE!!
Guess what? I NEVER have a bad burn using the Lacie drive. EVER!!!! It doesnt matter what type of DVD I use, Brand, Color, +R, -R, etc - they ALL come out 100% perfect!!!
So now you tell me, with all these forums and complaints I have read over and over about inconsistant, choppy or poor quality DVD Projcts?? Could it be all this time we have been fighting with poor quality SuperDrives???
I tell you what - I will never go back to using the internal SuperDrive. All the DVD's I wasted and time trying so many different brands.
My solution was staring at me all this time!!
Now with the advice from Shippy and the hard knocks life learning DVD Brand doesnt matter - Im off using my Lacie burner with Lighscribe and moving on.
Shame on you Apple!!!! Get better quality Superdrives.

Burning additional dics in iDVD

Hi,
I've worked a lot in iDVD 4, and new to iDVD 5. When I burned a disc, I had no problem, then put in a second disc, and it seemed like in seconds it was done, or got stuck perhaps since it didn't indicate through the steps that it was working, but I checked the disc and it seems fine. In the meantime, since I had panicked in a small way and did a force quit, I tried it again, watched it burn a "first" disc, as before, but this time, when doing an additional disc, it went through a series of steps which took much longer than the first time, though still quick (maybe 20 min. instead of 2 - I wasn't timing it).
Am I imagining that the above happened? Is there reason to believe there is any problem with the first "second" disc? (I couldn't find any, though I'm still running to look for problems.
Thank you so much.

I do have some additional info on "Burning Successful DVD's"...
First, I bought a Lacie External Firewire Lightscribe Dual Layer DVD Burner - ONLY for the purpose of having "LightScribe" DVD's for my Projects.
In other words, I just always used Apple's internal Super Drive to burn all my projects. Well, my above post talked about many many many ruined DVD's. I have tried all different brands and so many burns are inconsistant.
I sick and tired of reading all the excuses on these forums (use Apple DVD's or Name Brand DVD's). So I decided maybe this is the SUPERDRIVE!!
Guess what? I NEVER have a bad burn using the Lacie drive. EVER!!!! It doesnt matter what type of DVD I use, Brand, Color, +R, -R, etc - they ALL come out 100% perfect!!!
So now you tell me, with all these forums and complaints I have read over and over about inconsistant, choppy or poor quality DVD Projcts?? Could it be all this time we have been fighting with poor quality SuperDrives???
I tell you what - I will never go back to using the internal SuperDrive. All the DVD's I wasted and time trying so many different brands.
My solution was staring at me all this time!!
Now with the advice from Shippy and the hard knocks life learning DVD Brand doesnt matter - Im off using my Lacie burner with Lighscribe and moving on.
Shame on you Apple!!!! Get better quality Superdrives.

Thanks to all, but giving up on Mac and going back to windows. Had enough!!

Thanks to all who have tried to assist with my issues with Mac movie and burning.
In short, I have made a 105 minute movie which includes photos with transitions, video, some titles and backing track, music. When I "share" the movie to Quicktime, it plays just fine. When I create a DVD in IDVD and then burn to a blank DVD, it does not play correctly on DVD players.
Specifically, the sound track is erratic in volume, cuts out in parts, or the DVD crackles up and is jolty.
ALTHOUGH it does play just fine in the Mac DVD player (not much good to those smart people that don't have a Mac).
Based on a lot of feedback on this forum I have tried:
- creating disk image (works fine) but has same issue during play back on standard DVD
- using verbatim quality disks
- using professional quality in project properties
- Simplifying the menu option
- Ensuring I avoid drop zones when putting movie into IDVD
- Ensuring I have minimum 25GB of free hard disk space (actually have over 140GB)
- and most recently, changing the BURN SPEED to 1X.
Changing the burn speed to 1X did actually mean that the DVD played back fine on one of our DVD players. ALthough subsequent copies have cracked up a bit towards the end of the DVD.
When we try it in different DVD players, we tend to get different issues!!!!
Given that we are wanting to distribute the DVD to other families, we do not know what they are going to get. ie. it plays back differently on each DVD player we try.
Never used to have same issues with windows, plus find IMovie very limited in what you can do.
Back to windows for the next DVD, write this one of as a bad experience and a waste of money buying the IMac. Will NOT be recommending Mac at all.

How new is your iMac? I wonder if you have a bad burner. What you describe in terms of different players playing discs differently is really odd. I have authored over 40 DVDs of family stuff, DVDs for the soccer team I coach, etc. all on the Mac and without any problems with any player I've tried, and family members have used them as well without problems.
If you just bought the iMac you might consider seeing if they will replace the superdrive, though it sounds like you have made the decision to go back to Windows. From everything I hear (and no, not just from Mac people), Windows software is very challenging to use and yields very limited results - but good luck to you if you go that route.

HP Pavilion Elite HPE-480t computer and an HP bd 340i 12x blu-ray writer

I purchased HP 12x Blu-Ray writer model bd340i in the middle of last year. When I purchased my desk top from HP in December of 2010 model HP Pavilion Elite HPE-480t I installed the burner and every thing was working fine. Today I tried to burn a blu-ray disc and it came back with can not read media, that was on imgBurn. So I tried the same on the systems burner and it came back as no disc in tray. I also tried CyberLink burning software and the same thing no disc.
I then tried to play both store bought and home made blu-ray disc and it could not read the media. I was ready to blame it on a bad burner but I then tried a regular DVD both store bought and home made and it played fine. I then tried to burn a dvd single and dual-layer with all three burning softwares I have and again it was fine, no problems. Its just the blu-ray media that can not be read or writen. The only blu-ray media I used from day one has been Kodak and never had a problem. Thats what baffles me.
I at this point dont know if its a hardware or software problem with the computer or blu-ray burner or both. 3 different burning programs works fine on DVD's but not blu-ray, Plays DVD's fine but can not play or burn blu-ray discs.
Could it be the blu-ray laser crapped out and the dvd reading and writing laser is still working ? Does a blu ray burner even have to lasers for the two medias [DVD and Blu Ray]???
Everything else with the computer works fine. I even tried uninstalling and reinstalling and its the same, I tried to update the drivers and firmware on your site and still did not work. Please some help.
When did you purchase your product? : December2010
Product HP Pavilion Elite HPE-480t CTO Desktop PC
Select a problem area: other
What is your serial number (SN): [Personal Information Removed]
What is your operating system?: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64
Is your computer unable to work with accessory products? Please select all that apply. other
What type and brand of CD/DVD media do you use? Kodak Bu-Ray 25gig and HP dvd
Was the CD/DVD writer drive built into the computer when you purchased it? No
Can you hear the sound from the connected speakers?
Does the display on the product appear to be working properly? Yes
Have you connected the product to your TV, DVD player, or music system? No
If there is an error message, please specify: can not read media
Problem Description: I purchased HP 12 Blu-Ray writer model bd340i in the middle of last year. When I purchased my desk top from HP in December of 2010 model HP pavilion Elite HPE-480t I installed the burner and every thing was working fine. Today I tried to burn a blu-ray disc and it came back with can not read media, that was on imgBurn. So I tried the same on the systems burner and it came back as no disc in tray. I also tried CyberLink burning software and the same thing no disc. I then tried to play both store bought and home made blu-ray disc and it could not read the media. I was ready to blame it on a bad burner but I then tried a regular DVD both store bought and home made and it played fine. I then tried to burn a dvd single and dual-layer with all three burning softwares I have and again it was fine, no problems. Its just the blu-ray media that can not be read or writen. The only blu-ray media I used from day one has been Kodak and never had a problem. Thats what baffles me.
Please provide previous troubleshooting steps, or information that can help HP assist you.: I at this point dont know if its a hardware or software problem with the computer or blu-ray burner or both. 3 different burning programs works fine on DVD's but not blu-ray, Plays DVD's fine but can not play blu-ray.
Has anything changed since the unit functioned properly (installation of SW, settings, cabling, etc.): Everything else with the computer works fine. I even tried uninstalling and reinstalling and its the same, I tried to update the drivers and firmware on your site and still did not work. Please some help.
How would you describe your technical skill level?: Intermediate
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Arcticwolf, welcome to the forum.
Let's try another burner to see if that helps solve your problem. I have used CDBurnerXP for years. It has burned CD/DVD's when no other burner would work.
Please let us know if this solves your problem or not.
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How to reset free memory to the highest

I sometimes restart Tiger to reset the "Free" memory (RAM) higher.
Is there a way to reset this without restarting?
I have 768 MB DDR SDRAM 1/4 of which is used once restarted. After a while of use, it never gets back to a 1/4. With no user apps open it can be as high as half used (My human memory seems to think it is near 1/2). So I restart to claim back the 1/4. Is there another way to clean out the processes that are using up resources?
ALSO
If I use widgets, they not only take up memory, but seem to use CPU resources as do other applications. I clean all this by restarting. I can quit all widgets to clean that out without a restart, but clearly other things claim resources. If I burn a movie DVD and another process calls to the computer, there can be for an instant a surge on available resources. I do not mean something I activate during the burn, I mean hands off but some process which is less likely if I am burning just after a restart vs after much computer use. I am assuming it delays the feed to the recording DVD which given the burning process, clocks steady and at one speed, different than the CPU and computer resources which can compensate clocking during a process. So a restart seems to minimize bad burns. It sure seems I get no bad burns if I burn after a restart. That most occurred with burns on computer time many hours and other usage past the restart.
Is there a way to reset all or close at least the most aggressive activity, to basic without a restart? I realize there are many things that build-up though I know not all. RAM, Cache, monitoring activity, -=-any know a list of all the types of activity called to play after a good bit of computer use, different than a fresh restart?

10.4 is even better with on the fly exchange, virtual memory is the same. Only the "specialty" apps are accessing any type of memory management/control and they are developed at the kernel level. You'll know which one's fall into this category as they put a very big strain on your wallet. Most seem to be working fine. A 3D CAD modeling program I am familiar with is absolutely incredible yet on the same machine running Apple's own universal apps choking and sputtering. It is not Universal but Intel native and even the previous and current PPC release run great under Rosetta, it also requires a USB security device just to open the application.
Restarting is working but it shouldn't make any difference whatsoever. The reason why it is is that apps and HW are not releasing resources properly i.e other apps, files, HD's, ports, CPU's, GPU's, keyboards, track-pads etc (even after they quit) this type of resource sharing is a new thing for them. The restart is simply releasing the resources from everything. Well almost everything, FW devices as well as partitioned internal HD's seem to misbehave, slowing things down or hanging, during startup and shutting down. A common way people are finding to force their computers to see certain USB and FW devices is to plug them in prior to startup and/or launching of any apps that may want to use such devices. However, this is not a reliable fix for devices that want to launch, control or be controlled by apps. i.e. video cameras, Maxtor OneTouch HD's etc. An all new system architecture in 10.4. I believe the majority of issue with HW and SW and the incredible number of kernel panics people are experiencing across HW configurations (G4-Intel) is that there is and error in the I/O kit at the kernel level.
One thing I see that is needed to tame this beast for USB and FW devices to work properly is a System Pref such as CD's and DVD's. When you connect a FW camera: When you connect a FW Video Device: When you connect a FW MIDI Device: When You Connect a FW HD: etc. with the same exact answers like Ask what to do, Open App, Ignore, Open finder, Run script etc. A system pref like this I believe would even help smoke out the popping kernel in a heartbeat.
People should not be looking for lists of supported equipment rather a very small list of "unsupported" devices. AFAICT any device or external piece of equipment that conforms to industry standards should work regardless if the manufacturer developed "drivers" for it or not.
I have waited for an OS like this from Apple for about 10 years. No longer had the need for it 2 or so years ago and stopped having to know what's going on. Had to get back into it in March 06 as installation of 10.4 on a G4 brought it to it's knees w/ HW frying all over the place apps not working correctly, kernel panics galore. Updated to MBP and problems are worse.
Another thing I'd like to mention is that it appears that my MBP 2.16, has already become a LEGACY PRODUCT (obsolete). G5 64 bit, ICD 32(-!?), ICD2 64 bit.
If their is anyone out there that can confirm this I would appreciate it. My .Mac account expires in a few hours so I will not be able to reply here, email or chat but will respond to a board you direct me to that allows anonymous/guest posts.
I am very curious about what a newer MacBook and a G5 computer says in the System Preferences>Processors. Mainly interested in MacBooks with ICD2 and G5's but am also curious about supported late model PB G4's w Core Image support and 64+ MB VRAM.
Your machine.
What is the processor? i.e Intel Pentium M Processor
Core Freq:
Bus Freq:
L1 Cache:
L2 Cache:
Processors:(max number)
A lot of the kernel panics being posted are all referring to HW devices primarily CPU's and GPU's and other very basic internal HW. It seems the cross architecture is getting garbled in this I/O kit. Errors in the kernel aren't usually that easy to find but I think if enough people express their concerns this one may find a quick resolution as it seems to occur close to the exchange.
Thanks
FWIW

Windows 7 Install Problem

I have a Lenovo r61i Thinkpad. The optical drive was bad so I replaced it with a MAT**bleep**A DVD-RAM UJ-862. It is thinner than the original drive but the connector is the same and if I add a shim to hold it up it connects. I believe this is the optical drive used in the T51.
I am running Linux Mint 16 and am trying to install Windows 7 on a virtual machine with Virtualbox. The install starts, but, after a little while I get this error message:
"A required CD/DVD drive device driver is missing. If you have a driver floppy disk, CD, DVD, or USB flash drive, please insert it now"
When I put the CD for this drive that containst the drivers etc. that came with the drive the installer scans it but the driver it is looking for is not there. This is actually a brand new drive, however, it is old. I imagine it may not have a Windows 7 driver. Why Windows 7 doesn't have a driver I don't know.
When I go the the Lenovo site for a Windows 7 optical driver for the T61 (because this is the Thinkpad that this drive is for) there isn't one listed.
I when I look around on the web I find different driver download managers, but, I've noticed that the last time I used Windows for any length of time that there were all sorts of formerly reliable sites hosting files that sort of misled you into using their download manager that would install other software and browser extention malware. For this reason and the fact that the computer I am using is Linux I chose not to get this.
Does anyone have any idea what the problem might be. My install disk is an official disk purchased from a mainline retail store.
Does anyone have any suggestions what the problem is and how to fix it?
TIA

Hi,
That error message is often misleading. It usually means corrupted install media - bad DVD, bad download, bad burn, bad USB media creation. Sometimes it is because a USB install device (flash or optical drive) should be plugged into a USB 2.0 socket instead of USB 3.0.
What it means when installing from DVD into a VM, I have no idea - just that it probably isn't a missing driver.
You might try copying the DVD and see if it throws an error during the copy. If it doesn't, try installing from the new DVD. If it does throw an error then you have a bad original.
You could also try installing from an ISO. Google "legal Windows 7 download notebook review".
Z.
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