Cannot write medium

I used sony dvd-r. when i attempted to burn a project that was previously burned this is the message i get: Formatting failed- the recording device reported the not ready error: cannot write medium- incompatible format.(0x30),(0x5). I used i'd compressor to encode the video. i trahed the prefs. i am using fcp hd
thanks in advanced
scott

Are you sure this was a writable DVD you were using
and not a CD??
After an awesome weekend of troubleshooting, trips to the genius bar, and alot of reinstalling. problem solved the super drive could use only 8x or lower dvds
thanks for your replies, i really appreciate them
scott

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Formatting Failed: Cannot Write Medium...

Hi There,
I've been trying to burn a particular DVD now for some time. I've had nothing but problems with Compressor and DVDSP creating video artifacting (and yes, my audio is an AC3 file). This was never a problem in the older version though.
Anyways, I bought Sorenson Squeeze because it will encode MPEG 2 files as well as I need it for Flash. After I created a .MPV file from Squeeze I brought it into DVDSP and everything seems fine - until I went to format the disc I got the following error:
Formatting Failed
The recording device reported the not ready error:
Cannot write medium - incompatible format (0x30, 0x05.)
I tried burning the disc in Toast and got a formatting failed error there too. I'm trying to burn picture only right now so there are no audio files to screw any of this up.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks,
K

Hi Kristin:
Before trying to burn directly from DVDSP, did you build the project in your hard drive? I mean go to Format and select Destination > Output Device > Hard Drive. That will create an .img file (a DVD image file) that first: you can mount double clickig it and test it with DVD player, and second, you can take it and just drop into Toast icon (or drop the .img file into the Copy section of Toast)and burn the final video DVD.
In that way you use DVDSP for creating the complete final DVD structure and Toast to burn it. It could help in case that DVDSP doesn't "like" your media.

Cannot write medium - incompatible format

Keep getting this message "the recording device reported the not ready error. Cannot write medium - incompatible format (0x30, 0x05)
Any suggestions?

If you more details on the project, the burner you are using, how you are writing the project, the DVD-R (is that what it is?), the set up of your computer (says PowerMac 7.3? and which OS of 10.4) it can help narrow it down
Also some threads
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1090247&#1090247
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1192904&#1192904
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1087561&#1087561

IDVD cannot write medium !!!!

error message:
the recording device reported the illegal request
cannot write medium + incompatible format. (0x30,0x05)
I have ibook G4 bought in 2004 November. OS is OS10.3.9
I burned DVD by iDVD (iLife '04 I guess) then I get this error:
I used DVD -R 8x for medium
What is wrong ??

Welcome to discussions.
Could it be a defective disc? Try another. Most people seem to use DVD-R 4X but 8X should work if it is good quality.

Burning error, cannot write medium

error says cannot write medium incompatable format, any ideas?
G5 Mac OS X (10.3)

Hi HGW2:
Look at these articles.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25750
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=151900
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=%2025480
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86130
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Cannot write medium-incompatiable format

I have recieved this error message both times trying to burn a music cd with toast 7.1. The error happens at the same time both times. Right near the end of the cd. The cd will still play when its ejected and tried in a stereo. Near the end however you get digital distortion noise. Im using sony cd-r discs which I believe are good quality and have the speed set to best in my toast pref box. Applecare lady I got today had no solution and told me to burn with itunes. I would rather a software application specific for burning myself. I hope its not a matter of what kind of disc etc. etc. even my crappy pc burns fine everytime on any disc. Any help would be much appreciated my friends!
thanks

You haven't said if your drive will burn successfully using iTunes or a different application. Until you try this we won't know if the problem is with your drive or just your software.
First you should check the source material to make the mp3/aiff/wave file is not corrupted and plays correctly. If it is ripped from a cd make sure the cd still plays all the way through. If it turns out to be software related you should check if there is an upgrade for your version of Toast. If you cannot burn anything satisfactorily then get in touch with Applecare again and tell them your drive fails to burn anything.
One point to be aware of is that even though you consider your blanks to be good quality they might just be a bad batch. I've returned whole spindles of blanks after five or six have failed in a row, replaced them with the same brand (and from the same store) and had no problems with the new batch.
Hopefully this is all your problem is.
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ds store wrote:
3. The new disk is just bad.
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https://discussions.apple.com/community/notebooks/macbook_pro?view=documents#/
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@radoslav192
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