Burning problem (idvd)

Burning idvd's on my wifes Imac G4 has never been a problem, till now. When she tries to burn a dvd project (xxx.dvdproj) in IDVD, this does't work, it takes a lot of time and then the disc comes out empty. We tried to burn the project (490 MB only) in Toast 5.2.3). After 5 minutes the disc is ready, including verification. Successfull! But it doesn'play on any machine. The computer tells us that the disc contains 490 MB, no space left, UDF-structure. I deleted iDVD preferences and restred authorities.
What can be wrong? BTW: my own Imac G% burns the same project flawlessly.

Your wife's G4 may need DVD-R disks 4X or 8X only. Older Macs can't use faster DVDs (ie 16X) What are you using?
have you tried saving the project as disk image and burning with the disk utility instead of Toast™? Does the preview play correctly?
Sue

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I have a 104 minute project that I'm burning in iDVD (exported from FCP Pro). Every time I play it back after burning, I notice the same scene (about midway through the project) is pixelated and the picture "vibrates" like crazy. I've already re-burned it about 5 different times, and the same thing happens with each disc.
Then, I've isolated the problem by only burning that particular scene onto a disc...no pixels, no "vibrating".
I then went back and re-burned the entire film again...same pixels, same problem in the same scene. What's going on?
I'm using Taiyo Yuden 8x DVD-R discs...I've set the burning speed to Professional Quality and the burn speed to 8x...I've chosen a 6.0 them (Road Trip)...and, Im burning directly to the DVD-R disc.
Why am I getting this strange problem? Please help!!!!

Well, you're using highly regarded DVD-Rs. I would create a disk image and burn it at 4X or slower. You can test the disk image to see if the problems exist before burning.
Suggest you create a disc image and then burn the DVD. File/Save as Disc Image...
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

Shaky still images in burned iMovie/iDVD project

Hello all, I've stopped by the discussion forums in the past for quick fixes to problems when they come up, this is my first post though that doesn't seem to address anything I've found on here...
I am working on a project that takes scanned pictures from regular print photos into iMovie 6 and then burned into iDVD 6. I have done this similar style of work several times and never run into this problem. The project looks fine in both iMovie and iDVD preview, and burns fine to disc. As soon as it is popped into a DVD player, some of the still images flash and shake around, it appears to happen on the same images every time.
The original project used about 100 photos, around 12 minutes of movie time. It uses only still pictures and there are cross dissolve transitions between each one. I have tried dragging and dropping the iMovie project into iDVD instead of using 'share'. I also saved as a disk image and burned slowly (4x) not only on my SuperDrive but on an external LaCie drive. I've even started a brand new project file, imported the pictures again from iPhoto and everything... still no luck. I've done about 5 trials now with these different settings, no luck. I use Verbatim DVD-r disks as well...
I've even tried scanning a few images and replacing them, thinking the file might be corrupted, but this isn't fixing the problem. Is there some setting that I'm missing or any other suggestions you have?
I'm trying to save a trip down to see a genius, but if I can't get any help I'll have no choice but to make the 3 hour drive to the nearest apple store. Hopefully someone has some suggestions! Thanks!

Hi
A. I don't use the *Share/Export to iDVD* function in iMovie. iMovie rendering can harm
the photos in a movie.
I do: close iMovie, Open iDVD and import the movie project here (icon with a Star on it)
or just drop the icon into iDVD.
B. Some photos with thin lines most often starts to flicker when viewed on a TV.
I do: In a photo editing program eg PhotoShop or Elements: Apply *Gausian blurr*.
Just slightly. Resulting in non-flickering photos.
C. One can rather easily find out if this will occure by:
• Connect Your miniDV (tape) Camera via FireWire.
• Analog out of Camera to a TV-set
• Set in iMovie. Playback via Camera
Now You see on the TV what the final Quality will be like.
• Flicker (add Gausian Blurr to those photos)
• Color, brightness & contrast
• Over all playback rythm and sound
Yours Bengt W

New burning problem....pulling my hair out

i have burned movies successfully many times. i make them in imovie and then burn via idvd. i just finished one that is 1 hour and 8 minutes long. i chose share -- then idvd to burn. however, when i attempt to burn, and am prompted for a disc, i put it into the drive and it spins for a while, then spits out the disc and i get a message that says "no recordable disc in the drive. insert recordable disc." i have a box of new recordable discs that i have never had a problem with. they are verbatim dvd-r 16x 4.7 gb/120 minutes of video. i keep unwrapping one and trying it -- but i get the same error message and now i have tried unsuccessfully with six new discs. i don't know what to do. the drive seems to be functioning correctly. it reads other dvd's and cd's. anyone have any help, thoughts, suggestions? thanks in advance!

You may also wish to make sure your Mac is fully ready -- I use MacJanitor (get from VersionTracker) to trigger all the maintenance scripts and then Repair Permissions with Apple's Disk Utility.
Check to see how much hard disk space you have available; 10-20 gigs is desireable. Also try breaking the burning into two parts as often recommended in these forums -- Save as Disc Image, then use Apple's Disk Utility (or Roxio Toast) to slowly burn the DVD.
John

DVD WILL NOT BURN IN IDVD

Trying to burn a project in IDVD, goes through the entire process up to "Writing Lead-In" and about 6 minutes left, the disk is ejected automatically. When put back in process gets hung up. Have also saved as a "Disk Image on my desktop and plays with no issues via the DVD software. When I select to burn to Disc, within 1 minute disk is ejected and this message comes up "The Disk can"t burn, because the device failed to calibrate the Laser Power for this Media". Is this a software or hardware issue? Or something else

Hi
• Trashing pref file - first thing to do (free and easy)
• Cheap media is often a problem - I use Verbatim DVD-R and burn at x4 speed
• Free space - is important BUT only on start-up hard disk (others doesn't matter)
*Not knowing the origin to Your problem - General approach when in trouble is as follows.*
• Delete iDVD pref file - *or rather start a new user/account* - log into this and re-try
iDVD pref file resides.
Mac Hard Disk (start-up HD)/Users/"Your account"/Library/Preferences
and is named.
com.apple.iDVD.plist
While iDVD is NOT RUNNING - move this file out to desk-top.
Now restart iDVD.
• Free space on internal (start-up) hard disk if it is less than 10Gb should rather have 25Gb
• Hard disk is untidy. Repair Permissions, Repair Hard disk (Apple Disc Util tool)
• Program miss-match. iDVD 5.0.2, Mac OS X.4.11 AND QuickTime 7.5.5 - is OK - DON’T work under Leopard
• Program miss-match. iDVD 6.0.4, Mac OS X.4.11 AND QuickTime 7.5.5 - is OK (might work under Leopard)
• Program miss-match. iDVD’08 v. 7.0.1, Mac OS X.4.11 AND QuickTime 7.5.5 - is OK (might work under Leopard)
• iDVD (08) v7 Locate theme folder. Move out iDVD1, iDVD 2 and eventually iDVD4 folders to desktop - re-try
Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/iDVD/Themes/ zzzzzzzzzz
or
Macintosh HD/Users/Your log-in//Library/Application Support/iDVD/Installed Themes/ zzzzzzzzzz
• Try a Cleaning CD/DVD that cleans the laser lens on the DVD burner/player
iDVD 6.0.4 and iDVD 7.0.1 are compatible with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
Last resort. from Craig. Solved the problem!! Finally!!
I deleted every iDVD application and folder from my boot drive,
emptied the trash and then installed iDVD 08 using the customize option
and I am up and running.
If You do a re-install be sure to get rid of all iDVD old parts AND then EMPTY the Trash-basket !
iDVD updated ?
Apple Codec updated ?
Start a New Clean project - or delete project assets
No of Colors - must be set to millions
EdinSF writes that, The 10.6.3 update with an Open GL fix seems to have taken care of the problem.
Yours Bengt W

Burning in iDVD

I have created a movie in iDVD bu when it comes to burning it goes through the set up but when it gets to the burn point it says 'burning lead in' then just spits out the DVD and tells me a different problems each time I try it. One is 'multiplexing failed' then it passed that, then on the next attempt 'the recording device media error: Power calibration area error (0x73, 0x03)'. Can any tell me why it wont burn? I am using Verbatim DVD-RW 6x 4.7Gb. And I am inserting the DVD after clicking the 'Burn' icon.

Hello Battyman,
the Power Calibration Error you get can mean one of the following:
• A compatibility issue between the burner and the DVD media. Use only high quality DVD-R media (e.g. Verbatim).
• Your burner has accumulated some dust inside. Try a cleaning disc
• The burner is malfunctioning. In this case get a technician to look at it.
Here a few general recommendations for DVD burning:
1. iDVD is NOT a disc burning app, so leave that work to software designed for it. Instead use iDVD's "Save as Disc Image" option (File > Save as Disk image). This creates an .img file on your HDD, that can be stored for future use and gives you the option to preview your DVD on your Mac before burning to disc.
2. Use Disc Utility or Toast to burn your DVD at slow speed. 4x is acceptable, 2x (... or even 1x) is better.
3. Use high quality DVD-R (not DVD+R) media (e.g. Verbatim) to minimize burn errors and compatibility issues. Make sure the DVD is compatible with slow burn speed (e.g. 1x-4x)
hope this helps
mish

Movie distortion when burned using iDVD 6

Hello,
I am creating a movie with iMovie 6 and when I tried to preview a 'work in progress' version on my TV by burning a DVD using iDVD 6 there is a problem. What happens is whenever there is rapid movement of a subject, eg an arm movement, the subject (arm) becomes distorted and 'lined instead of it's normal solid, smooth shape. There is also a slight reduction in clarity in the picture in general. I have made movies before (albeit with earlier versions of iMovie and iDVD on OS X 10.3.9 iMac) and burned them to DVD without any problem.
Can anyone help please?
Thanks
Dan

I am also having problems with the image quality of the DVDs burned from iDVD. Are there no "experts" or moderators on these forums to respond to this issue
There are several experts here with knowledge about iDVD and creating DVDs, but we find it impossible to respond to general 'rants'. You will find MANY message threads here in which we have helped people who came here with specific problems.
Saying "I am also having problems with the image quality of the DVDs burned from iDVD" tells us NOTHING. What is the source of your video content? How long is the video content in minutes? What format (CODEC) is it in? ... the list can go on.
NTSC DVDs are low resolution devices (less than 640x480 pixels - that's 0.3 megapixels) and may be heavily mpg-2 compressed. They are designed for viewing on TV sets and not full screen on computer monitors.
Are there no "experts" or moderators on these forums to respond to this issue?
... and what did you expect us to say?

Burn problem - "internal target failure"

Can anybody help me with a burn problem that is driving me crazy, especially as I am a recent migrant from Windows. Every time I burn in iDVD from an iMovie I get the error message at the burn stage, i.e. after 2 hours encoding etc. "The recording device reported the hardware error: internal target failure (0x44,0x00)". This is after reporting the problem to my dealer and having the Superdrive replaced under guarantee. Any ideas gratefully received.
iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.6)
iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Welcome to iDVD Discussions.
That may be a media/burning speed issue.
I recommend a disk image burned to Verbatim DVD-R at 4X or slower using Toast or Disk Utility.
David Pogue also recommends Verbatim on page 356 of his latest book:
iMovie HD & iDVD 6: The Missing Manual
Quoting David: "Cheaper brands don't use the same amount of organic dyes and are more likely to suffer premature deaths."
Suggest you create a disc image and then burn the DVD. File/Save as Disc Image...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iDVD/6.0/en/18.html
http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/image_to_diskstone.html
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

Burning in iDVD 08; Multiplexer error at end of burn?

Burning in iDVD 08 (vers. 7.1.2), came with new iMac, late June 2011.
This is a project with (3) iMovie projects, on (3) DVD-9 (i.e. Dual-Layer) disks, encoded to Professional Quality for replication.
Disk 1 burned fine, has 220 min of content, 8 video presentations. Tested OK on TV and PC.
Disk 3 also burned OK with 217 min of content, 8 video presentations. Tested OK on TV and PC.
Disk 2 gives repeated errors at end of burn (i.e. - after 3.5 hours of burning).
Multiplexer error; for more info, see XXXXX, which is totally irrelevant doc re: encoding.
Bengt W, have read through your excellent long list of possible problems in reference to burning problems, made a few changes, cannot find any thing else to change.
Here is what throws me.
1. Disk #1 and #3 burn without problems, with similar theme, drops, text and titles, longer content.
2. Disk #2 burns OK with only one of the video presentations. But gives multiplexer error with 4 video projects.
3. Am using Memorix DL disks, but worked fine with disk #1 and #3.
4. Tried 5 times (5 different disks) to burn; all failed at end he same way. Been working on problem for 3 days.
5. Cannot reach Apple Support. Express Lane not working. Feedback line not working -"server error; try again later" from apple.com. Phone service seems unavailable and they do not list hours for phone support. Quite frustrating. Have searched Apple Support Comminities for different descriptions of this problem, and also Google search, etc. without any success.
Other related into. Using new Intel iMac 21", Snow Leopard ( 10.6.8),
Most grateful for ideas into this problem and promise to bow down in respect to anyone who can help me solve this problem.
Thanks in advance,
Michael

Hi
• Memorix DL disks - Usually a problem maker - If You have a Verbatime - try this - else
a. Set down burn speed to x4
b. secure a minimum of 25Gb free space on Start-up (Mac OS) hard disk - others can't take this task
• There are three major things (as I get it) that give Multiplex errors
a. Use of strange material eg .avi, .wmv, .mp3 etc
b. Using other letters than A to Z and 0 to 9 - in titles and sub-titles eg / usually can give this
c. Turn on TV-Safe area in iDVD and secure that no button or object goes beyond this or even touching it.
My first thougts
Yours Bengt W

Premiere Pro project burned in iDVD very pixilated

I'm stuck! I'm posing this question in both Adobe's forum and Apple's because I can't figure out were the problem lies. I shot & edited a wedding video recently in Premiere Pro CS4. For wedding video I normally export to at QuickTime NTSC 29.97 SD file then use iDVD 7 (only because they have nice DVD menu templates for wedding videos) to burn to DVD. The draft file I exported and burned in iDVD 7. The video looked good.
After the customer requested a few changes I then exported from Premiere again and burned in iDVD 7. But this time the video is noticeably pixilated. I exported the movie again, again and again (maybe 15 times already) and the same thing. I've tried exporting shorter versions of the video, different scan options, everything. Funny thing is I still have the original draft file and when I burn that one its still looks good. That's the only one that works. I then bought a software called Media Inspector which analyzes video files and shows all the settings and I'm showing that the original file is identical in it's settings to the ones that don't work.
Anybody have any ideas? And yes I did export the video in Premiere as an MPEG2 for DVD and burned in Encore and it looked good to. It's just that the customer is expecting that DVD menu know and I'm not knowledgeable in creating one in Encore from scratch yet.
Thank You

As a test, it might be interesting to launch Adobe Encore (included with PrPro, as of CS3, though you might not have installed it), and then see how it handles that MOV file. I would do a simple AutoPlay (no Menus), and Burn to either Disc, using a RW media, or to Folder, and test on a DVD software player. How does that look, compared to iDVD?
Good luck,
Hunt

Audio gets out of sync after export and burn to iDVD - works in iMovie

I've burned my DVD show twice on iMovie and iDVD and the audio music tracks slowly get displaced over the course of the show (15 min) after exporting and burning to iDVD. It gets pushed back so that it starts later each new track...I've locked the audio to the playhead for each new audio track - however, there are some empty gaps between the tracks, does this have anything to do with the displacement? Or should it not matter since the tracks are locked?
I had it all synced up in the playback on iMovie and had it aligned with visuals, however, after burning, it gets displaced and everything gets off...
Any help would be appreciated, thank you
Chris

The problem:
http://www.dvformat.com/htm/features/2000/800/dv_formatfaq.htm
(Scroll down about two thirds to "What's the difference between locked and unlocked audio?" )
The solution:
Always use 16-bit/48kHz audio.
iMovie: Audio and Video Lose Synchronization
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61636
A few possible solutions here:
http://www.danslagle.com/mac/iMovie/audio/1001.shtml
iMovie: Improving audio and video synchronization
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=42974

Seriously feeling dumb here...burning problems!

Ah I am so thick! Okay, so I've been going through all of these past threads about people with burning problems but I feel as if I'm missing something here because nothing seems to be working out for me with iDVD.
So, I have created a movie off of iDVD that is only about 3 minutes long, with transitions and titles and so on. I have archived it. I have deleted all past movies I have archived as well as purged my computer of alot of old stuff I don't need anymore (I have a lovely old eMac...) I have bought DVD-R's, (not the +R's which I mistakenly bought before the threads told me they don't work...) and this is what happens...I will press burn. iDVD's window flashes from my movie into a window that is just a black background with the iDVD icon in the bottom center, and almost immediately flashes back to my movie with no pop-up warnings or anything. Also in the past it has said there was some kind of a multiplexer error or whatever, but that pop up has since been gone from the problem.
I would really love to transfer this short film to this DVD-R so I can view it on my lovely DVD player for all my friends.
Any pointers all you smart DVD people!??
Thanks, Kate (the dumb cinema student...oy vey.)
By the way, if it helps with anyone's answer, I have an eMac, 1.25 GHz PowerPC G4.

Hi Kathryn
How much RAM do You have ?
How much free space on Your hard disk ?
What version of QuickTime ?
Have You been able to burn DVDs before ?
May be You could do like this (if You have an internal DVD-burner)
- Close iMovie
- Locate a QT.mov that is inside Your project folder (movie project)
in the Share to iDVD folder
- Start iDVD and drop this "project name".mov file inside the edge of
a theme window in iDVD
- Now try to play this - OK ?
- Then burn a DVD disk.
Yours Bengt W

Been burning with iDVD-but it has stopped working

I have been burning with iDVD for 2 years now. I have a G4 powerbook 12inch but now my movies are not burning. They will get half way there and then when it gets to the finalization stage there will be some kind of message about the media or 0.1 or something. Is there anything I can do to quickly combat the problem; I took it to an Apple specialist and he said it needs to be sent in to be checked out. My roommate has an ibook-is there anyway that I can hook my labtop to her's and burn from her labtop. Any help would be appreciated...I will be upgrading my labtop but do not have the funds to tackle the expenses involved right now. Thanks!

My standard list of things to do first...
Run Cache Out X (free download) to clear all system and application caches.
Run MacJanitor (free download) to do all the Unix Cron Maintenance scripts.
Run Disk Utility (Applications -> Utilities) and repair disk permissions on your start up drive (typically your internal drive). Also verify any other drives mounted on the system.
Run Preferential Treatment (free download) to check for corrupt/damaged application and system preference files.
Reboot your Mac.
If you still can not get it to run correctly, next thing to try is to throw out the iDVD preference file. If it still doesn't work, then I would suggest you reinstall iDVD.
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I am trying to burn an iDVD, but get message menu contains no buttons. How do I fix this issue?

That essentially means that there's been no videos or slideshows added to the project as each of those items will create a button to play. What have you added to the project?
OT

How can I add new content in iDVD to a DVD-RW disc which has ample remaining free space? After preparing the new video for burning and clicking on Burn to iDVD, I get a window saying the disc's already recorded and that I can either Erase or Eject.

How can I add new content in iDVD to a DVD-RW disc with a video previously successfully recorded on it? (The disc has ample remaining free space.)
After preparing the new video for burning and clicking in the File menu on Burn to iDVD, I get a window saying the disc's already recorded and that I can either Erase or Eject. My assumption has been that iDVD would automatically find the free space and continue with the new recording from there. I'd be grateful if anyone can shine light on this.

There are, but not with a DVD written as a movie disk. It must be closed when completed, or it doesn't work.
Apple's built in Burn utility also automatically closes any data CD, DVD or Blu-ray disk you burn. Doesn't matter how much space is unused, you can't use it. You'd have to use a more advanced disk creation app, such as Toast Titanium. I then have the option of choosing to write the data as a session:
I can keep doing this until the disk is full. If I've written five sessions to the disk, when I put it in the drive, five CD/DVD icons will appear on the desktop since the OS will treat each session as if they are separate physical disks. At any point you choose Write Disk when writing a group of data, that means you're closing the disk, and again can't add anything after that. So if I had written two sessions, and the third was Write Disk, it's over. I can't put anything else on that disk.

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