Cannot burn to DVD from iPhoto

When I try to burn from an album in iPhoto I get a message:
The selected items cannot all be put into the same location,
because at least one of them named "P1010001.JPG" is busy.
I located that item and took it out of the album, but it made no difference. I've done this same kind of burning lots of times but this is a new wrinkle.
Would appreciate any suggestions.
Lee

Lee
The selected items *cannot all be put into the same location*, because at least one of them named "P1010001.JPG" is busy.
You will get this message if you're trying to export two files of the same name to a folder. Try titling the pics in iPhoto (Photos -> Batch Change), then use the File -> Export command, set the kind: to jpeg and elect to use the titles as filenames.
Regards
TD

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