Can't Burn Dual Layer BD Disc with Share Option

I burn bluray discs from FCP 7 using the "share" option, and each time I do it, it's a crapshoot whether it will work or not, particularly with dual layer discs (50GB) as is the case now.
Bacially, after waiting the 15 hours for the files to output, I am greeted with the following message: "There was an error burning your disc. Please check to see if your boot volume has sufficient space." At that point I try reloading the disc and click "Try Again", but the same thing appears. I know I have more than sufficient space on my hard drive, as well as on the bluray itself (the H.264 video file is only 26gb). I also load the BD disc proir to starting the Share as I've been told that this is how the program knows you have a large enough disc capacity.
Here are the specs of what I'm using. Perhaps they can offer some insight:
iMac Intel Core Duo with most recent Snow Leopard
Buffalo BRHC-6316 Bluray/HD DVD Combo Drive
Verbatim Dual Layer Recordable 50GB Disc (6x speed)
Any help is much appreciated.
Thanks!

SHORT ANSWER: Try a different BRAND of BD-R. Worked for me!
LONG ANSWER: I wanted to be sure to post on this older thread because I just experienced this same error/problem burning blu ray out of FCP7 through the share function. I've been doing it successfully for years now, so when the "error" popped up (and kept popping up) I was surprised and dismayed. The GOOD NEWS is I found a solution. After trying the operation on several Macs (Mac Pro tower and a MacBook Pro), and after getting the error in both places, I was quickly of the mind that it couldn't be a boot memory issue. Neither of the Macs had any memory deficiencies. So, my next guess was it was the media itself. I purchased some Memorex single layer 25GB disks and... problem fixed. For your information, the disks that gave me the error were WINDATA BD-Rs (they don't say how many G they are) purchased at Micro Center. I will say they were cheap and the Memorex were not (so I suppose in this case it is true you get what you pay for). Hope this helps somebody!

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Message was edited by: AshleySmith06

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If think you may be using the wrong speed-range media for that drive's capabilities. As I mentioned, there are two ranges, and 8X media cannot be written in a 2.4x (sometimes referred to as 4x) drive.
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