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
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.

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Burning Finished Error

ok launched idvd and imported my imovie. and click burn and get this message
"burning finished - errors were found during the burning process"
any idea? jammed to get the movie together for an event and now i'm stuck.

Aloha and Welcome to discussions.
Boy, could be lots of things actually...
I would start by deleting the encoded asset ( Look under "Advanced" in the menu bar).
Plus, be sure to 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.
Check your JPEG filenames and folder names. Don't use any special characters. Be sure to use only letters, numbers, and underscores, and only one "." Do not use "/" or "." at the beginning of a file name.
Another thought is about the music you used. Is it from the iTunes Store? You may need to burn a CD of the music and import from that.
If you used photos, your iPhoto Library may be corrupt. You could try rebuilding the library or try dragging the photos to the desktop and then into iDVD.
BTW-next time try saving the iDVD project as a "disk image" and use the disk utility or a program like Toast to burn the DVD.
Aren't using an external burner are you?
:)Sue

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

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

'burning finished' message

Burning an iMovie project (iDVD 6) and when I click to burn, I get an immediate error that says Burning finished, Errors were found during the burning process. Any idea? First time burning in iDVD on my new machine.
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Hi CL:
Welcome to discussions.
Perhaps you should try using the Save as / Disk image and burn from that.
(Copied from Len Goff)
Suggest you create a disc image and then burn the DVD. 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. If you hold your mouse cursor over the pop-up it says: "Select a slower speed to work around burn failures," so select 4x or slower for best results. 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
Sue

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??

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Roxio Toast is a well-regarded way to create DVDs from iMovie and other video sources, but the menus are not as nice.
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"Burning finished. Errors detected during burning".

I have been trying to burn in iDVD 5 without luck. I keep getting the message in the subject line "Burning finished ..." after it has encoded all the media.
the project seems to encode/compress the data, but then not physically burn the media.
It was working fine until iDVD crashed on me one time -- since then, I have not been able to successfully burn.
Any ideas? Many thanks in advance. I am using all the latest software.
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IDVD5 Burning DVD Error Code # 34506

Can anyone help me find this problem and how to solve it. I have tried every method possible to make a DVD from a 22 minute iMovie made from still shots and a variety of music pieces(including some purchased on iTunes). Tried making Quicktime movie also, but no luck.
Thanks
iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.2) Has iLife05
iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.2)

Well, there are no Apple Articles about that particular code, mostly, I believe, because it is a general error that may be caused by many things. I gave you the most common cause...but now it is time to check a couple of other things.
Have you tried trashing the iDVD preference files?
Quit iDVD.
Locate a file named com.apple.iDVD.plist and get rid of it. iDVD will create a new one the next time it runs. Empty the trash and run a permission repair using the Disk Utility.
The files you need to trash are found:
-->/Users/YourName**/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iDVD.plist
To read more abut this error:
Error #34506 Click Here
Sue

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?

Failure to burn CD error message

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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

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.

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.

Burning disc error

i have tried updating drivers and windows (xp sp2), reduced writing speed to 8x, udpated itunes, using cd-r and i STILL get an unknown disc error occurred-cannot be burned. here are diagnostics
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Sony Corporation PCG-K35(UC)
iTunes 7.1.1.5
CD Driver 2.0.6.1
CD Driver DLL 2.0.6.2
LowerFilters: PxHelp20 (2.0.0.0), Cdr4_xp (6.1.1.48),
UpperFilters: Cdralw2k (6.1.1.48), pwd_2k (6.1.1.48), GEARAspiWDM (2.0.6.1),
Found aspi32 running.
Current user is an administrator.
Video Display Information:
RADEON IGP 345M
ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9200
Connected Device Information:
DiskDrive, photosmart printer card reader (HPH11), Bus Type USB
DiskDrive, MemoryStick or MemoryStickPro Device, Bus Type SSA
DiskDrive, TOSHIBA MK8025GAS, Bus Type ATA, Bus Address [0,0]
CDROM, SONY DVD RW DW-D56A, 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.
E: SONY DVD RW DW-D56A, Rev PFS3
Audio CD in drive.
Found 15 songs on CD, playing time 58:28 on Audio CD.
Track 1, start time 00:02:00
Track 2, start time 04:38:20
Track 3, start time 08:40:40
Track 4, start time 12:30:63
Track 5, start time 16:19:25
Track 6, start time 20:16:08
Track 7, start time 24:28:00
Track 8, start time 27:49:71
Track 9, start time 31:58:43
Track 10, start time 35:59:36
Track 11, start time 39:54:44
Track 12, start time 43:31:33
Track 13, start time 47:20:59
Track 14, start time 50:42:43
Track 15, start time 54:29:64
Audio CD reading succeeded.
Get drive speed succeeded.
The drive CDR speeds are: 4 10 12 16 20 24.
The drive CDRW speeds are: 4.
The drive DVDR speeds are: 4.
The drive DVDRW speeds are: 4.
Force Optical Power Calibration before burn is turned on in the preferences.
The last failed audio CD burn had error code 4251(0x0000109b). It happened on drive E: SONY DVD RW DW-D56A on CDR media at speed 24X.
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