Burning error #-34506?

I've verified that my original G5 iMac can burn DVDs from the Finder.
However, all attempts to burn an iMovie HD project via iDVD have resulted in a complete encoding of video and audio to be instantly followed by the following error report (note: no sound of the DVD spinning up to be burned was heard in any attempt):
Burning Finished
Errors were found during the burning process.
The error #-34506 was reported…

Do you have Chapter Markers (CMs) in your project?
If so, make sure that you didn't add a CM within 2 secs of the beginning (iDVD will add a beginning marker for you)
Make sure that CMs are at least 2secs away from a transition.
CMs that break these rules can cause -34506 errors, though not 100% of the time.
And clearing caches (onyx, cache out x, or manually), deletling the idvd plist (preference) file, and repairing disk permissions should also be done. Keep 20GB of free spcae on your startup drive.
John B

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  • Error #-34506 when burning a DVD from iDVD 5.0.1

    Hi everybody,
    Everytime I try to burn a a finished iDVD project (a big QuickTime movie), I get a message : "There were errors while multiplexing and burning", error#-34506. In reality the project wasn´t burned, the DVD is empty. When I burn a short slideshow - no problems. I tried different manufacturers of DVD-Rs to no avail.
    Any help will be greatly appreciated.
    PowerMac 2GHz DP, 39 GB free harddisk space, MacOS 10.4.2, iLife 5, newest updates
    Regards, Adam

    I have the exact same problem. I am running a brand new iMac G5 2ghz with 10.4.2 and iDVD 5.01 and QT 7.03. I have tried it by importing my DV and MOV files into iDVD. Same failure with differnt media, even skipping one clip that I thought might be problematic.
    Have further tried it with different compression settings in preferences... high quality vs. high performance. Same error.
    Imported movies into iMovie and tried to run iDVD from there.... everything crashed. After a reboot, tried it again, and this time at least got a description of the error... something to the effect of "there was burning error but the disk has been untouched and can be reused, please try again..."
    Am no trying to reimport clips into imovie, and export as one movie in both DV and MOV formats, to try it again..
    Apple help couldnt even find the error number much less offer any other help..
    IDEAS??

  • Tried so many solutions to error #34506, HELP!

    I am a 29 year old woman who has just walked 2,650 miles on the Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada. I don't give up on anything easliy. I get home and have a brand new computer waiting for me, an Ibook G4, download my photos and begin making my movie in IMovie. Import the movie to IDVD 5.0.1 and try to burn, error #34506.
    8 times now. That is 48 straight hours of my life I have given up over this.
    I have worked on this project over 60 hours before trying to burn. I have done nothing but be on Apple support for the past 3 days. I have asked everyone I know. I have considered calling the Geek Squad. I have attempted all suggestions, one at a time or together, and am on my 8th 6 hour attempt at rendering. I am going mad. This project means so much to me and it is my holiday gift to everyone I know. I have very little time left and need help. For real. I can't tell you how many times I have cried at the thought of this project being trapped on a slab of white plastic forever.
    Here are the details:
    Movie consists of jpeg images with 3 titles, no transitions, and some QT videos from two seperate Canon Coolpix cameras, with audio from Itunes, some of it downloaded from the store, but have given permission for my computer to play them. Length is 77 minutes. Tried anime theme first, but thought it was too complicated after the first error, so am using the portfolio them from 5.0 for my menu. I have taken out the chapters. Don't have a slug at the beginning, whatever that is.
    I have cleared caches.
    I have deleted plists
    I have removed chapter markers.
    I have NO transitions.
    I have repaired disk permissions.
    I have deleted encoded assets from other attempts.
    I have reimported to IDVD three times.
    I have shared to IDVD.
    I have dragged and dropped.
    I have tried 5 times to save as a disk image.
    I seem to get all the way to audio before I get the warning, but since I cannot sit around to wait all the time, I am not sure.
    I have had to force a quit 3 times when it seems to be beachballing and unresponsive.
    I have turned off screensavers and energysavers.
    No other apps open.
    I have not exported to QT and then imported to IDVD.
    I have not checked to see if I have the latest AppleScript.
    I have not done MacJanitor.
    I don'tknow how fast it is trying to burn the image.
    I have 20.3 GB of freespace on my HD.
    This is a new computer.
    This is my first attempt at using IDVD5.
    I am dying.
    I am so frustrated I had to take a valium and sleep it off.
    This is so important to me.
    It previews fine in Imovie and IDVD.
    I do not want to cut it down to below an hour or lose any quality.
    Please help. Should I try to take the title pages out and check for Apple Script and then try again? Should I try to take the audio out to see if it is an audio bug? This bug is so nasty, it has turned my phi beta kappa mind to crappa.
    *NEMO

    Let me try to address a few of your issues:
    QT videos from two seperate Canon Coolpix cameras
    Could be a problem (but probably not)
    audio from Itunes, some of it downloaded from the store
    Quite possibly a problem
    I have not exported to QT and then imported to IDVD
    That would be a way to see if the problem is iMovie/QT rendering your movie file correctly
    This is my first attempt at using IDVD5.
    I'm sure you didn't just start out on your 2,650 mile walk on the Pacific Crest Trail without a lot of shorter walks first. Sometime with applications like iMovie and iDVD, starting with a simple project first is also the best way to go.
    Both iMovie and iDVD have excellent tutorials you can do. They can be accessed from the Help menu item in both programs. Look for iDVD Getting Started/iMovie HD Getting Started. You will see the tutorials.
    I don't give up on anything easliy.
    I know how frustrating things like this can be. Sometimes, just stepping back a bit and taking a couple of deep breaths helps.
    There has been a suggestion that repairing permissions may help in some cases of the feared #34506, but I see you have already tried that.
    All of us here will try to get you through this.

  • ERRORS found during the burning process #-34506...any idea what this means?

    ERRORS found during the burning process #-34506...any idea what this means?
    This one project I want to copy to DVD keeps saying this when I go to burn (that is after nearly 2 hrs of processing). There is nothing wrong with the movie so i don't know why i'm having such a problem burning it. i guess to start i'd need to know what this code means (I couldn't find it in iDVD help).
    thanks in advance
    Jeremiah

    First I'd be certain that I had changed the preferences from best quality to best performance.
    Did you follow the chapter rules?
    *Make sure no chapter markers are within two seconds of the start or end of the timeline.
    *Make sure no chapter markers are within a transition.
    *Make sure no chapter markers are within two seconds of the end of a transition.
    You may have already done this, but
    Quit iDVD. Search for the file named com.apple.iDVD.plist and trash it. (A new one will be created next launch of iDVD.) Or look in: User/Library/Preferences. This may solve project loading errors too. Restart and use Disk Utility to Repair Permissions.
    :)Sue

  • Burning Finished- Error #-34506

    i created movie in imovie, then went to idvd, after about a hour or more of encoding and burning the error message popped up
    "Burning Finished" errors were found during the burning process.
    the error #-34506 was reported.
    i spent a day making this imovie then a slide show in idvd.
    any ideas on how to fix this?
    thank you

    i created movie in imovie, then went to idvd, after
    about a hour or more of encoding and burning the
    error message popped up
    "Burning Finished" errors were found during the
    burning process.
    the error #-34506 was reported.
    i spent a day making this imovie then a slide show in
    idvd.
    any ideas on how to fix this?
    thank you
    Hi I had this problem as well. It caused a lot of frustrations especially as I was showing off the ease of my mac to a pc freak!!!
    The solution I found (on an earlier discussion was to change the preferences from best quality to best performance ... it worked really well.

  • Error #34506 while attempting to burn DVD

    I am getting error #34506 while attempting to burn DVD or to create DVD image using iDVD 6 Version 6.04(797).
    I checked all the resources and there is nothing suspicious.
    Any advices how to fix this problem? Any advices about other DVD creator which I could use with my iMovie projects?
    Could I safely upgrade to iDVD 8 without mixing up my old good iMovie. After reading the reviews I am really scared.
    Jacek, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

    Roxio Toast is a well-regarded way to create DVDs from iMovie and other video sources, but the menus are not as nice.
    iDVD should work for you, but it may take some time to sort through any problems. Have you successfully created a DVD in the past? How much free space is on your main hard drive (boot drive)? Do you have a current version of Quicktime?
    John

  • Error 34506 in iDVD - same as many others

    I have 127GB free space on the hard drive. All software is fully updated.
    I too am having problems burning DVDs in iDVD. I have confirmed that the drive works Ok by creating a small project of a few slides in iMovie, and burning it successfully in iDVD.
    I have created a 20 minute project in Final Cut Express HD (3.0.1) from DV imported direct from the camera and edited. This was exported as a Quicktime movie both as a reference movie and a self contained movie, with and without chapter markers. These were imported into iDVD and burns attempted.
    At the end I got the message ‘Burning finished - Errors were found during the burning procees, The error #-34506 was reported’. The disc was ejected untouched. Occasionally I get a message ‘Multiplexer error’
    I’ve tried various suggestions on the discussions pages such as dumping the cache folder (manually and using Onyx), iDVD plist, repairing permissions and restarting, but to no avail. I’ve tried creating a disk image in iDVD but get the same error code.
    I use the same process at work on an old 800MHz iMac quite successfully. The only differences are the iMacs and the fact that I use Final Cut Pro at work. I’m puzzled.
    Help!
    iMac 20" 2.1GHz PowerPC G5   Mac OS X (10.4.3)   1.5Gb DDR2 SDRAM
    iMac 20" 2.1GHz PowerPC G5   Mac OS X (10.4.3)   1.5Gb DDR2 SDRAM

    This is the most promising thread on the 34506 error for some time, but could do with some fleshing out...
    How should a iMovie/iDVD user go about deinterlacing a project?
    I have been trying (unsuccessfully) to burn a number of slideshows to DVD with the following workflow:
    1) 12 slideshows created as individual iMovie projects and output as full quality Quicktime.
    2) Final iMovie project made by importing all 12 Quicktime files. Chapter markers placed at the start of each section (except at the very beginning).
    3) Sent to iDVD using the iDVD button in iMovie. Theme and menu pictures added.
    4) Create a disk image.
    Obviously step 4) doesn't work right now (34506 error), although I can preview the final product in iDVD just great.
    If I follow the way the latest threads are going, I should like to add a step between 1) and 2) to deinterlace the Quicktime movies and possibly change the output quality in 1). How should I do this and what programs should I use to get a good looking result?
    Just to explain a bit about why I am using the workflow above: my project involves more than 1000 photos with transitions between each. My first attempted iMovie project used all the photos in one big project but iMovie became pretty slow and kept crashing. Splitting the show into smaller sections (~5-10 minutes running time each) alleviated the speed and reliability problems in iMovie but I wanted the option of viewing all the slide shows together as a single movie, hence the conversion to Quicktime files which I could easily handle in iMovie.
    I noticed some time ago that if I output each of the 12 smaller projects as DV quality Quicktime rather than Full quality I could complete my workflow and produce a final DVD. The problem was that the resulting picture quality was awful when viewed on a TV, with a very low resolution. Some of the individual Full quality Quicktime movies can be written to disk through iMovie/iDVD as described above and the resulting disk looks great on TV - I just can't put all the movies together. I guess I could laboriously go through and work out which individual JPGs are causing the 34506 error by repeatedly dividing the movies but it would be far better if there was a single step that could be applied to every movie which fixes the problem - and deinterlacing may be that step.
    Sorry for the long post, but I hope someone can help!
    Simon

  • The Dreaded Error #-34506

    I've spent a fair amount of time in the last 24-hours scouring through these forums attempting to find an answer to my iDVD troubles. Each time I attempt to "Save As Disc Image", I get "The error #-34506 was reported…". This is during the multiplexing stage.
    My project is actually not as complicated as some. It's a 30 minute video composed from within FCP 4.5 and has a total of 10 chapter markers. I am currently running MacOS 10.4.3 with iDVD 5.0.1.
    Here's a list of the things I have attempted:
    1. Re-exporting from FCP using chapter markers that conform to the guidelines established in other threads. Most notably, not having an introductory chapter and making sure that each chapter is two seconds apart from the end of a previous segment.
    2. Recomposing the DVD from a new iDVD project.
    3. Changing the encoding quality from "Best Performance" to "Best Quality".
    4. Removing all iDVD transitions from the main menu and the two chapter selection menus that I have.
    5. Repairing permissions and deleting all cache files stored in the three various Library directories.
    6. Performing a cold boot and only opening iDVD to attempt the "Save As Disc Image".
    7. Deleting the assets that have been encoded by iDVD and attempting to recreate them from scratch.
    8. Waiting for the main video to be completely encoded by iDVD before attempting to create the image.
    9. Not waiting for the main video to be completely encoded by iDVD before attempting to create the image.
    10. Verfying that I have more than sufficient drive space available for the DVD. Currently the drive I am producing the project on has over 60GB free.
    This seems like a pretty complete list of the things I have tried but I may have missed one or two things. Everyone of the attempts listed above has ended with the "The error #-34506 was reported…". I am fairly convinced that my hardware is not the problem. If anyone has any suggestions I would be very grateful.
    Thanks In Advance,
    Another Troubled iDVD User

    While I could try an exported QuickTime from FCP
    without any chapter markers, that's clearly not the
    point. The chapter markers are used to denote each
    game of the football season. They need to be inserted
    for the navigation of the DVD to allow viewers to
    instantly queue up a selected game. If I can burn the
    iDVD project without any chapter markers I might as
    well use Toast 6.
    Have you read http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=42973 Final Cut Express & Final Cut Pro: How to export a movie with chapter markers for iDVD
    Especially Step 8
    On to your second point, if you've used iDVD to
    create a project before you would already know that
    its not possible to create these markers from inside
    the program. They have to be inserted into the
    exported QuickTime for iDVD to not only recognize
    them but to create the corresponding chapter
    selection menus.
    My friend..., I've used all version of iDVD since the start! I also use DVD SP - probably more than iDVD - and you can add chapter marks in DVD SP at GOP boundaries. I'm sorry for the confusion.
    Thirdly, I've spent a lot of time attempting to
    resolve this problem. Maybe you should spend some
    time "troubleshooting" your own replies before you
    give a lecture on material you clearly don't have
    mastery of.
    Wow - you must be REALL frustrated to reply in that tone! Your ID shows you registered on the forums 10/24/05 so you are fairly new. That attitude won't get you a lot of help.
    I suggested dropping the chapter marks to see if the problem was in your content or in the chapter marks. If the project doesn't 'fly' without your chapter marks, you know they aren't the problem.
    Hopefully by now you've taken a deep breath and are willing to work with us to help you solve your problem.
    On the other hand, if you are not willing to listen to suggestions submitted to you in the forums, you are wasting everybody's time

  • Multiplexer/burning error

    I'v used idvd many a time but this time idvd goes right through it's process (rendering etc) and as its starts to burn to dvd a window scroll's down saying "BURNING FINISHED, Errors were found during the burning process. The Error -34506 was reported. Multiplexer error, There was a problem during Multiplexing/burning"

    welcome Qbjoekinobe to the  board…
    forum member John Beatty once answered/solved this problem:
    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1298733&#1298733

  • Idvd no longer works error#34506

    I can no longer burn an IDVD on my G5 I have all the latest updates and I have tried everything to get it to work. I now always get an ERROR 34506. Could one of the online updates have created this problem because it always worked up till now?

    I've just created my third coaster this weekend. Here's what I've got, and what I get.
    Project size
    DVD Capacity: 112.51 minutes
    Motion Menus: 3:45 of 15
    Tracks: 5 of 99
    Menus: 4 of 99
    I'm using the Fish Two theme. Three objects (Play Movie, Scene Selection, Extras). I've got one large video (Approximately 1 hour 10 minutes, with eight chapters), one small video approximately 10 minutes (no chapters), one long slide show (320+ slides with music but no transitions) and one short slide show (45 slides with music and transitions).
    I moved all of my chapter positions 2 seconds from any transitions. The DVD project previews OK. I'm using a G5 with lots of memory and RAM.
    When I tried to save the DVD with Best Performance on, it said I needed a dual sided disc. I tried with Best Quality and waited while it went through the whole burning process, and still got "Burning finished. Errors were found during the burning process." "The error #34506 was reported."
    I've spent the whole weekend working on this. Is this too much for IDVD to handle? Is this an advertisement for Final Cut Pro?

  • IDVD errors#-34506

    Any suggestions to this issue would be greatly appreciated. I'm trying to burn a 2 hour DVD of my daughter's dance recital using IDVD 6 on my MacBook in conjunction with Maxtor 300GB hard drive containing 2 IMovies files and 2 Quicktime slideshows. In addition, I have Sony dual-layer disk burner connected as my external burner. The IDVD program runs for about 3 hours burning menus, extracting audio and video before posting error message #-34506 and locking up. Must use force quit to shut down program. Cannot find any reference to this error message in Help or online support.

    Hopefully you have resolved your problem by now. If not, below are my comments, FWIW.
    Error 34506 is a multiplexing error. Can be caused by any number of things: messed up permissions, bad clip in iMovie, etc. Usually it is project related and not a problem with iDVD in general.
    The above contributors have given very sound advice. Historically, this error has come up with numerous users and there is no one cure. You just have to try things.
    I'm not sure whether this has been mentioned, but if not, you should try doing a permissions repair using the Disk Utility app on your Mac hard drive.
    If that doesn't work, there is another procedure that has worked in the past. And that is to export your iMovie as a full quality DV stream, and then import it into iDVD, and remove the old movie.
    In iMovie, go to File/Export/Quicktime
    In the "Compress Movie for. . ." drop down menu, choose Expert Settings. Click on "Share". In the Options Drop Down menu, select "Movie to DV Stream" and export to your Desktop. Then drag the DV stream movie into iDVD, and remove the old movie. Then try burning as a Disk Image.
    Hope this helps.

  • 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.
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    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.

  • DVD Burn Errors

    I have an older PB15 with a UJ-816 burner, 2x max read and write. In the last 2 years, I've burned about 500 disks with variable results.
    Most of them have been TDK. These usually work fine except that on some spindles I get errors and have to burn at 1X.
    Apple disks always work fine.
    I bought some Memorex 8X disks at Frys ($10/25 disks) and these have been giving me fits.
    Disk Utility: Burn sense: 4/03/01 Hardware Error, No write current
    Disk Utility: Burn sense: 4/03/00 Hardware Error, Peripheral device write fault
    Disk Utility: Discrepancy in block 2188832 at byte 0.
    Disk Utility: Source data: 5A1A 6700 1C11 03B5 42F6 C000 0000 0000
    Disk Utility: Burned data:     DD29 835A 05A2 9795 3C1C 0F60 0295 2E7E
    Disk Utility: Burn sense: 3/73/03 Medium Error, Power calibration area error
    Disk Utility: Burn error: 0x8002006D The device failed to calibrate the laser power level for this media.
    Disk Utility: Write (10), block: 0, count: 64 -> 3/73/03 Medium Error, Power calibration area error
    I can't remember seeing this collection of errors on other media. What is even odder is that these won't work at 1X at all, I have to try at 2X to get any good results at all. Perhaps 1/3 of the burns fail even at 2X. The last 4 burns in a row have failed.
    I've gone through a bunch of the really cheap Fry's "Great Quality" media with no errors at all.
    Is Memorex known to be a bad brand?
    - gws

    I have heard that 2x speed is somewhat "problematic" than other burn rates... and that you have to buy a media that specificaly mentions burning at 2x (I think in reality it's like 2.4x? and that causes some weirdness), or else sometimes it will not work.
    I read this somewhere. can't rememebr where. Try buying media where the label specifically mentions 2x and see if that helps (usually you'll have to find a media that is rated slower, which is getting harder to find..)
    I use memorex a lot, and it's pretty reliable, at least on my drive, but that doesn't mean much since DVD-RWs are so finicky. (as good as other media I've used. TDK, Fuji, maxell, memorex). the only coasters I've made form memorex are user-induced. I've heard Apple uses Maxell.. you might want to look at their stuff. don't use GQ. I made more coasters using that brand than all others combined.

  • DVD Burning Error: Unknown device error. (0x73, 0x03.)

    I have been trying to burn a home movie using iDVD. I transferred the media successfully to my computer, followed all the steps, and was finally ready to burn the DVD. After waiting almost an hour through the burn process, it spit the DVD back out of my Macbook Pro and gave me the following message.
    *Errors were found during the burning process:*
    *The recording device reported the media error: Unknown device error. (0x73, 0x03.)*
    I don't really know what this means. Was the media corrupt? Or is there a problem with my DVD player? I have supplied my DVD and computer information below. I would appreciate all the help I can get. Thank you in advance!
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    *MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-857D:*
    Firmware Revision: KCVB
    Interconnect: 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
    Media: Insert media and refresh to show available burn speeds
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    Model Name: MacBook Pro 15"
    Model Identifier: MacBookPro2,2
    Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
    Processor Speed: 2.16 GHz
    Number Of Processors: 1
    Total Number Of Cores: 2
    L2 Cache: 4 MB
    Memory: 1 GB
    Bus Speed: 667 MHz
    Boot ROM Version: MBP22.00A5.B07
    SMC Version (system): 1.12f5

    Using the same media I've used for years (Verbatim 4x InkJet printable) and all of a sudden can't burn from the internal drive. I do have an external burner (7 disc standalone replicator with USB/FireWire 400) and hooked that up and burned to a disc from the same spindle with no problem, and then made a 3x replicate with the same media. So it's looking like my MacBook Pro's drive is failing?
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