Can't burn DVD's at all

I have a serious problem with my 24" iMac, it won't burn DVD's successfully.
I am using the same media that I have always used in the past with no issues.
I have tried iDVD and Finder, both burn discs with no errors but the disc are unusable. DVD's made in iDVD do not play properly on DVD players or in the iMac itself.
Any ideas?
Ian

Well I am getting very sick of this.
I have now made a Disc Image with iDVD that plays perfectly when mounted on the iMac.
It is impossible to burn this image using Disk Utility, it fails every time with a media write failure error, at the same place everytime!
I am sure my drive must be faulty and will need to be replaced by Apple. This is really going to be a big problem.
Ian

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I can not burn dvds anymore and do not know why. I can play dvds and cds though!
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I have run Disk Utility from the Install cd of Snow Leopard and the small things which needed repairs have been repaired.
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So before doing anything drastic, try this:
Go to Applications -> Utilities and start "System Profiler".
In System Profiler, left hand column (labeled "contents") click "Disc Burning".
Insert a disk you haven't been able to burn.
When (sometimes "if") the disc mounts, refresh System Profiler (command-R or from the View menu select "Refresh"). At some point, you should get something like this:
Media:
Type: DVD-R
ID: CMC MAG. AM3
Blank: No
Erasable: No
Overwritable: No
Appendable: No
Pay attention to the ID field. In this case, "CMC MAG. AM3"
Pop over to:
http://www.digitalfaq.com/media/dvdmedia.htm
And search for your disc ID. This likely is "all run together". That is, for "CMC MAG. AM3", you look for:
CMCMAGAM3
And, presto, the discs my drive "quit" on are listed in the section:
"4TH CLASS MEDIA:
"Pathetic garbage media, landfill material, about 0-50% success rate. These discs are pretty much only suited for preventing drink cup rings from forming on a table. Most of the time, these are ready-made coasters. If you can actually get a burner to acknowledge the disc, do not expect much. And if the burn actually succeeds, do not be surprised if a DVD-ROM or player chokes on the disc (read/play errors). Cheap prices, cheap junk quality."
How nice!
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(In fact, many of the remaining discs--I've taken different ones out of the spindle at random--won't even mount.)
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Datawrite, HP, Maxell, Memorex, Staples, and some TDK even!
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Verbatim
Sony
Panasonic
Then see if your drive problem suddenly clears up. Did for me. Now to figure out what to do with the 60+ CMC coasters I have left...

Matt Clifton wrote:
A great tip that works in OS X 10.5.
Does anyone know how to get the same information under 10.4?
If Disk Utility in 10.4 doesn't do it, there are two things I've seen that could help though I cannot vouch for them. One is a little utility here:
http://tinyurl.com/yr6brj
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00 6C 00 00 01 40 C1 FD 9E D8 52 00 02 84 0D 12 [email protected].....
98 99 90 00 03 43 4D 43 20 4D 41 00 04 47 2E 20 .....CMC MA..G.
41 4D 33 00 05 88 80 00 00 00 02 00 06 09 0D 14 AM3.............
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http://www.digitalfaq.com/media/dvdmedia.htm
They should show up somewhere in those first few lines.
According to this discussion:
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=56774
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I have been reading some threads about the DVD burning troubles and it all seems over my head.
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I downloaded the BURN freeware program and it got the same thing as well. I tried rebooting but htis has been going on a long time, through many restarts. ALSO now when I burn CDs I am getting the same code maybe 1/2 the time.
I would try "going into admin mode and creating another user" blah blah but I don't know how to do this. I would try to re-install the driver for this DVD player but I have not idea how to do that, either. I feel very out of my league now.
I do have apple care, but they'll want my computer and I have to insure that all my data is safe before it goes and I can't back up without the DVD drive and I don't have an external harddrive.
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