Burning a data DVD for iTunes?!
When i try to burn a data DVD of all of my songs from iTunes it goes through all of the steps but then when it gets to the the burn stage I get an error message that says "the attempt to burn a disk failed. The device failed to calibrate the laser power level for this media". I have gotten the message the vast majority of the the time but it has managed to burn 3 DVDs in a row the weird thing is that i didn't change any of the settings or anything and now it won't burn it anymore and i just keep getting this message. Does anyone know what this means or what I need to do? Please Help!!!
Are you trying to backup your library? If so a much much easier way to do it is to buy or put together an external hard drive, preferably one that can hook up via Firewire and preferably larger than your internal. Then use a program like Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper and make a full clone of your internal drive to the external, which would include your iTunes, and if you use a Firewire able drive, you can even boot from this clone in a pinch.
Sorry I don't have an answer to your specific question since I backup on an external hard drive and don't mess with DVDs for this sort of thing. $112 can put you into a 300GB external drive, so they are not expensive.
Patrick
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ITunes burns incomplete data DVDs (without reporting error)
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Has anyone seen this? Any explanation or solution? I am using the latest version of iTunes (6.0.1) and, apart from this, do not experience any problem with the DVD recorder.
Thank you.
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was this your precise message?
"Warning! The registry settings used by the iTunes drivers for importing and burning CDs & DVDs are missing. This can happen as a result of installing other CD burning software. Please reinstall iTunes."
if so, see:
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if you're getting a somewhat different message, would you mind telling us precisely what it says? (it's best if we aren't "guessing" what your problem might be.)
sometimes it's easiest to send us a screenshot of the error message box. for instructions, see this user tip:
hudgie: Taking screenshots to help with problems -
Data DVD from iTunes not working - please help
I burned a 4 GB playlist as a data DVD from iTunes 7.
I am trying to put the files on a PC running iTunes 7, and NOTHING is happening. The drive in the PC is DVD-rom and all other DVD's work fine.
What's the deal?What is "Adding to library"?
Huh?
This is how you get songs into iTunes.
Open iTunes.
Inset the DVD.
Go to File -> Add File (or folder) to iTunes and select the files/folders on the DVD.
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Do not try to Import the DVD because Import is used for audio CDs only. -
Error when trying to burn a Data DVD
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iTunes 7.7.1, MacBook 1.83ghz Core Duo, 2gb RAM, MacOS X 10.5.4 (fresh install, not one week old) and an LG DVD-RW GH22LP20 burner, which is BRAND new, just got it an hour ago to replace a failing Pioneer unit which would no longer burn DVDs.
Also, how do I get iTunes to stop asking me if I'm sure I want to burn a Data DVD? Of course I'm sure! That's why I'm doing it!I don't know why you are getting that error, but one work around might be to put the blank in, let it mount on your desktop, then simply do a Select All on the playlist and drag and drop them to the DVD icon on the desktop. After the Mac finished make a cache file of everything, when you drag the DVD towards the trash it should turn into a BURN icon.
Patrick -
How can I create back up dvds for itunes and how do I back up from existing dvds?
How can I create back up dvds for itunes and how do I back up from existing dvds?
Recovery Mode:
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3. Press and hold the Home button down and connect the docking end of cable to iPad
4. Continue holding the Home button until you see the "Connect To iTune" screen
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Burning audiobooks to DVD in iTunes
I can't seem to find how to burn my audiobooks to a DVD. They're too big for a CD unless I use several.
Powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.2)I can't seem to find how to burn my audiobooks to a
DVD. They're too big for a CD unless I use several.
Ramona,
Colin is right about backing up your audiobook onto DVD. However this only serves to keep a copy which you can use to restore it to iTunes if it gets deleted. You will not be able to listen to it on a CD player (or on a DVD player - I think - although I may be wrong about this.)
To back it up, while in iTunes go to File then Back Up to Disk and it will walk you through the process.
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So, you might be able to burn it to a DVD disk, but then you are tied to your computer (or maybe a DVD player) in order to listen to it.
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If you plan to play the CD on a consumer CD player (not only on a computer), you need to use a blank CD-R disc, not a CD-RW disc. You can use DVDs with your computer, but most DVD players can't read data DVD discs. ("RW" stands for "read-write" and means the disc can be erased and reused.)
If you do want to burn to CD, here are some instructions from iTunes Help:
To create an audio CD:
Choose iTunes > Preferences, click Advanced, and click Burning.
Select Audio CD as the Disc Format.
To have all the songs on the CD play at the same volume, select Use Sound Check.
Click OK.
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Click Burn Disc (at the bottom of the iTunes window) and insert a blank disk.
If the playlist contains more songs than will fit on the CD, iTunes burns only the number of songs that fit on one disc, and then asks you to insert another disc to continue burning the remaining songs.
If the playlist includes Audible spoken programs with chapter markers, the chapters are burned as separate tracks.
After all this, if what you want is a convenient, portable way to listen to audiobooks, an iPod is really the way to go. I use mine all the time to listen to books while I walk.
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Is it possible to burn a data DVD without numbered folders?
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Problem is every folder on the burned media is preceeded by a number. I want the DVD-R to NOT have this since I can use the hands free selection knob which 'speaks' the folder names, but with numbers it's anoying since every album reads out "001 U2, 002 Kings of Leon...etc, etc"
I have a hunch that this only works for MP3 CD media, not DVD, as when I select MP3 CD iTunes seems to want me to create a data DVD.
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I think you need to use a different product to write computer files to a DATA disc
For Windows, use the FREE http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=download
(send the author a PayPal donation if you like his program)
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the thing is Microsoft windows was able to burn data CD's and DVD's. But I have no clue if macs are capable of burning data DVD's. I saw that itunes had the option of burning dvd data.but I was wondering if Finder had an easier way of doing this.Ah. That's different.
An audio CD has tracks - data files - in uncompressed format - usually .aiff
So an audio cd can take a number of .aiff files as long as they are not too long - if you pop in a cd and look at it in the finder you'll see the .aiff files. Each song on a cd is therefore an .aiff file of - I'm guessing- say 50mb for 3 minutes.
A CD player is looking for .aiff files. So when you take a compressed audio file - e.g. mp3 and say "burn to cd" - the software will just "upconvert" the small file to a big one by extrapolating the data (guessing). This will not sound very good, although many people won't mind it too much.
If you have something to play the compressed files on e.g a cd player which plays mp3s, then you can just burn them to a disk using the finder - or even itunes - at their normal size and get lots more songs on the cd. In which case the answer Neuroanatomist gave you earlier is correct - just try it.
For more advanced burning options, get Roxio Toast - which is like Nero and will easily create the "Data DVDs" you're after. Disc burning is an odd thing, sometimes players can be finicky.
So try iTunes first - in itunes, create a playlist and use "burn playlist to disk" - you can set it to Data DVD or CD in iTunes preferences/advanced/burning.
Best of luck. -
Hi there,
I'm trying to burn data on a DVD. Everything goes well, and the burning process starts and then all of a sudden I receive this:
'the disc can't be burned because the device failed to calibrate the laser power level for this media'.
Help!Are you trying to backup your library? If so a much much easier way to do it is to buy or put together an external hard drive, preferably one that can hook up via Firewire and preferably larger than your internal. Then use a program like Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper and make a full clone of your internal drive to the external, which would include your iTunes, and if you use a Firewire able drive, you can even boot from this clone in a pinch.
Sorry I don't have an answer to your specific question since I backup on an external hard drive and don't mess with DVDs for this sort of thing. $112 can put you into a 300GB external drive, so they are not expensive.
Patrick -
I have tried to burn a smart playlist to a DVD to listen to my music at work. The DVD does burn, but all the music that I have purchased from iTunes is missing. It is selected in the playlist but it doesn't burn to the DVD. Any suggestions?
If you can locate the files using Finder, you should be able to burn the DVD.
On your work computer, you would probably want to "Add Folder to Library" then
select the DVD. It should import all the files off the DVD. If the files are purchased (DRM) you will need to authorize the computer at work as one of the 5
authorized computers you have. You can then listen with iTunes. I think Apple is
preventing you from burning "data" versions of the purchased songs. Although, I have backed up all my purchased songs to DVD in the past, not sure why now we
can't do that. But once you go outside of iTunes, data is data, and you should
be able to burn whatever you like (as a backup).
Good luck. -
Yes I am an idiot---How to burn content to DVD for TV viewing?
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I am trying to put content from my series 2 TiVo onto DVDs for children's viewing on Sony DVD players in the family room. I have scoured the TiVo and TiVo Community forums but they are too abstruse and technical for me. Given the extremely poor reviews of Popcorn, Toast, Roxio, and Sonic (the current TivoToGo for the Mac solution) I don't want to spend $ and wasted effort.
I have used TiVo Decode Manager to convert TiVo content to MP4 (which works great ONLY on the Mac or iPod). I have used Living Room widget to convert TiVo content to MPEG (which is unreadable on the Mac without buying a Quicktime MP-2 component).
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So, very simple question: I want to burn MP4 or MPEG content that is readable by Sony DVD players. I cannot figure out iDVD to do this. Or do I have to buy Popcorn or Toast?I want to burn MP4 or MPEG content that is readable by Sony DVD players. I cannot figure out iDVD to do this.
Nope, iDvd won't do this (at least not directly). Toast/Popcorn are better options for what you wish to do. -
When I try to burn a music CD, it insists I am burning a data DVD
When I select a playlist and tell it to burn the playlist the disc as an Audio CD, I get the following message:
"You have inserted a blank DVD but originally selected a CD format. Are you sure you wish to create a data DVD instead?"
Since I asked it to create an audio CD and NOT a data DVD, I have no idea what to do. I simply want to play these files from the CD player.
Any ideas? Is it possible the format of the files (MP3) is to blame?
Note I have never figured out how to create a CD that will play in my normal, several-generations-old CD player.
Thanks.
-Adam-"You have inserted a blank DVD but originally selected a CD format. Are you sure you wish to create a data DVD instead?"
The message is crystal clear.
YOU CANNOT (not no way, not no how) create a MUSIC CD with a DVD. It's a completely DIFFERENT disc format.
If you want to burn a Music CD, you MUST USE a blank CD to do it. -
I am continually an error message when trying to up-date iPhoto and iTunes. Does anyone have any suggestions, please?
Hello Linc. These are the logs to the last attempts at up-dating iTunes.
Sep 8 18:10:59 iMac.local Software Update[1722]: SoftwareUpdate: Scan for client pid 1722 (/Applications/App Store.app/Contents/MacOS/App Store)
Sep 8 18:11:02 iMac.local Software Update[1722]: Failed Software Update - Refusing invalid certificate from host: swscan.apple.com
Sep 8 18:11:04 --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Sep 8 18:11:04 iMac.local Software Update[1722]: SoftwareUpdate: Error encountered in scan: Error Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1012 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (NSURLErrorDomain error -1012.)" UserInfo=0x7fd9a8cfae70 {NSErrorFailingURLKey=https://swscan.apple.com/content/catalogs/others/index-mountainlion-lion-snowleo pard-leopard.merged-1.sucatalog, NSErrorFailingURLStringKey=https://swscan.apple.com/content/catalogs/others/index-mountainlion-lion-snowleo pard-leopard.merged-1.sucatalog}
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Sep 8 18:11:17 iMac.local Software Update[1722]: SUAppStoreUpdateController: proceed with scan based on intervening install (including Unity Web Player at 2013-07-23 17:32:38 +0000) (last scan: 2013-03-11 16:00:20 +0000)
Sep 8 18:11:17 iMac.local Software Update[1722]: SoftwareUpdate: Scan for client pid 1722 (/Applications/App Store.app/Contents/MacOS/App Store)
Sep 8 18:11:19 iMac.local Software Update[1722]: Failed Software Update - Refusing invalid certificate from host: swscan.apple.com
Sep 8 18:11:22 --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Sep 8 18:11:22 iMac.local Software Update[1722]: SoftwareUpdate: Error encountered in scan: Error Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1012 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (NSURLErrorDomain error -1012.)" UserInfo=0x7fd9a98c2090 {NSErrorFailingURLKey=https://swscan.apple.com/content/catalogs/others/index-mountainlion-lion-snowleo pard-leopard.merged-1.sucatalog, NSErrorFailingURLStringKey=https://swscan.apple.com/content/catalogs/others/index-mountainlion-lion-snowleo pard-leopard.merged-1.sucatalog}
Sep 8 18:11:22 iMac.local Software Update[1722]: SUAppStoreUpdateController: scan (f=0, c=1, p=1, r=1) got error The operation couldn’t be completed. (NSURLErrorDomain error -1012.)
Sep 8 18:11:39 iMac.local installd[1728]: installd: Exiting.
Sep 8 18:14:15 iMac.local Software Update[1751]: SUAppStoreUpdateController: found in cache: <none>
Sep 8 18:14:16 iMac.local installd[1757]: installd: Starting
Sep 8 18:14:16 iMac.local installd[1757]: installd: uid=0, euid=0
Sep 8 18:14:16 iMac.local Software Update[1751]: SUAppStoreUpdateController: proceed with scan based on intervening install (including Unity Web Player at 2013-07-23 17:32:38 +0000) (last scan: 2013-03-11 16:00:20 +0000)
Sep 8 18:14:16 iMac.local Software Update[1751]: SoftwareUpdate: Scan for client pid 1751 (/Applications/App Store.app/Contents/MacOS/App Store)
Sep 8 18:14:19 iMac.local Software Update[1751]: Failed Software Update - Refusing invalid certificate from host: swscan.apple.com
Sep 8 18:14:21 --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Sep 8 18:14:21 iMac.local Software Update[1751]: SoftwareUpdate: Error encountered in scan: Error Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1012 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (NSURLErrorDomain error -1012.)" UserInfo=0x7f9391840bf0 {NSErrorFailingURLKey=https://swscan.apple.com/content/catalogs/others/index-mountainlion-lion-snowleo pard-leopard.merged-1.sucatalog, NSErrorFailingURLStringKey=https://swscan.apple.com/content/catalogs/others/index-mountainlion-lion-snowleo pard-leopard.merged-1.sucatalog}
Sep 8 18:14:22 iMac.local Software Update[1751]: SUAppStoreUpdateController: scan (f=0, c=1, p=1, r=1) got error The operation couldn’t be completed. (NSURLErrorDomain error -1012.)
Sep 8 18:14:22 iMac.local Software Update[1751]: SUAppStoreUpdateController: proceed with scan based on intervening install (including Unity Web Player at 2013-07-23 17:32:38 +0000) (last scan: 2013-03-11 16:00:20 +0000)
Sep 8 18:14:22 iMac.local Software Update[1751]: SoftwareUpdate: Scan for client pid 1751 (/Applications/App Store.app/Contents/MacOS/App Store)
Sep 8 18:14:25 iMac.local Software Update[1751]: Failed Software Update - Refusing invalid certificate from host: swscan.apple.com
Sep 8 18:14:27 --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Sep 8 18:14:27 iMac.local Software Update[1751]: SoftwareUpdate: Error encountered in scan: Error Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1012 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (NSURLErrorDomain error -1012.)" UserInfo=0x7f93904b5c00 {NSErrorFailingURLKey=https://swscan.apple.com/content/catalogs/others/index-mountainlion-lion-snowleo pard-leopard.merged-1.sucatalog, NSErrorFailingURLStringKey=https://swscan.apple.com/content/catalogs/others/index-mountainlion-lion-snowleo pard-leopard.merged-1.sucatalog}
Sep 8 18:14:27 iMac.local Software Update[1751]: SUAppStoreUpdateController: scan (f=0, c=1, p=1, r=1) got error The operation couldn’t be completed. (NSURLErrorDomain error -1012.)
Sep 8 18:14:36 iMac.local Software Update[1751]: SUAppStoreUpdateController: proceed with scan based on intervening install (including Unity Web Player at 2013-07-23 17:32:38 +0000) (last scan: 2013-03-11 16:00:20 +0000)
Sep 8 18:14:36 iMac.local Software Update[1751]: SoftwareUpdate: Scan for client pid 1751 (/Applications/App Store.app/Contents/MacOS/App Store)
Sep 8 18:14:38 iMac.local Software Update[1751]: Failed Software Update - Refusing invalid certificate from host: swscan.apple.com
Sep 8 18:14:41 --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Sep 8 18:14:41 iMac.local Software Update[1751]: SoftwareUpdate: Error encountered in scan: Error Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1012 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (NSURLErrorDomain error -1012.)" UserInfo=0x7f93904b7340 {NSErrorFailingURLKey=https://swscan.apple.com/content/catalogs/others/index-mountainlion-lion-snowleo pard-leopard.merged-1.sucatalog, NSErrorFailingURLStringKey=https://swscan.apple.com/content/catalogs/others/index-mountainlion-lion-snowleo pard-leopard.merged-1.sucatalog}
Sep 8 18:14:41 iMac.local Software Update[1751]: SUAppStoreUpdateController: scan (f=0, c=1, p=1, r=1) got error The operation couldn’t be completed. (NSURLErrorDomain error -1012.)
Many thanks.
Cropper100. -
Am I correct to assume that I cannot burn a downloaded movie to DVD? I do not have any Apple products.
You can only copy it to a DVD for backup purposes, it won't play on a DVD player.
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