DVD Burn Never Finishes

I am trying to burn a 1 hr 43 minute Quicktime file to a DVD using Compressor 4.0.3 being run on a new iMac with 20 GB of RAM (the QT file is 147 GB in size, but I am assuming this is the point of Compressor and that it will be compressed to fit on the 4.7 GB DVD). Compressor has run for 24 hours on this job and has been stuck at 03:39 remaining for the past 18 hours. It has output an m2v and ac3 file but not burned the DVD.
What am I doing wrong with Compressor?
Can I somehow marry up the m2v and ac3 files onto a working DVD?
Thanks for any and all help!
Mike

Just learned something. Went to a machine that's running Lion…looked at Library and all hidden files and could not find the app – in Application Support or anywhere. Will have to do more research.
Despite your results your workflow is actually the most reliable way to output to DVD. Some comments and suggestions:
It's hard to say why Compressor didn't complete the job action. At the very least I'd repair permissions in Disk Utilities, trash Compressor preferences. (Use this tool)
Is there a particular reason why you chose Pro Res 4444? Typically, it's used when there is a need to preserve an alpha channel and its file sizes are far greater than 422 HQ (which in turn are much greater than 422).
If you were using a very high-end camera, there might be an advantage in using PR 422 HQ, but for most HD footage plain vanilla 422 is perfectly fine.
Because you're going to be compressing very large files to SD, it is quite common to introduce artifacts into the image during the process. It's a good idea to test the quality of your compressed movie by testing short sections of your movie.
You set in and out points in the Preview window that define the length of your test section. Then open the Inspector and adjust the bit rate by moving the sliders in the Encoder pane. As you do so, you'll see a message at the bottom which will state how long a video can be encoded at that bit rate (be conservative in your settings because it's an imprecise estimate).
Open Frame Controls and set Resize Filter to Best. Then Submit and evaluate quality. Adjust till you get something that's satisfactory, then do the encode for the entire sequence. Consider outputting to a Disk Image if you think you may want multiple copies.
Good luck.
Russ

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i am going crazy trying to burn a dvd with old home movies that were transferred from vhs. after i dubbed them onto dvds, i ripped them using dvdxdvpro, which broke each 2-hour dvd into 8-minute increments. i then edited them and put them in the correct order using imovie and thought i was home free. but when i use idvd to burn it, the same thing keeps happening: it goes through all of the correct motions (taking hours to encode) and then spits the dvd out at the finished recording screen, right before it has a chance to burn. because the movie was large (3:59), i used a double layer dvd. a friend thought the movie was too large so i tried making a mini version that is 24 minutes, but the exact same thing happened.
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Size in Gbs of no interest to iDVD only time. This includes times for menu !
To be able to work iDVD needs a minimum of 25Gb free space on internal boot hard disk
This can't be altered to other hard disk. Space has to be there.
This is for 4x3 standard TV-video. For HD most probably about 4 times more is needed.
else
*Not knowing the origin to Your problem - General approach when in trouble is as follows:*
• 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)
• 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.
• 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)
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• iDVD (08) v7 Locate theme folder. Move out iDVD1, iDVD 2 and eventually iDVD4 folders to desktop - re-try
• 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.
Yours Bengt W

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My first two thoughts
• Shared to Media Browser - BUT as Large or HD - try Medium !
• audio from iTunes - use to go silent
- in iTunes
- Create a new PlayList with needed audio
- BURN this as a standard Audio-CD (.aiff) - NOT .mp3
- use the files on this CD in Your Movie project - I ALWAYS DO - and only use .aiff ever - never .mp3'
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No audio on DVD disc.
Most common origin.
1. Imported audio from iTunes.
• In iTunes copy out as an Audio-CD .aiff (Same as played on standard Stereo CD - no .mp3)
• Use this in Your movie project
2. Low - Free Space on Start-up/Boot/Internal/Mac OS Hard disk makes it hard for iMovie to work as intended.
Down to 1.3 GB and it doesn’t work - especially audio don’t migrate over to Media Browser
(iM’08 & 09)
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Minuscular - - 176x144
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I have been successful converting other 1 hour DV
movies to Quicktime MPEG-4 using the same process.
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1.42GHz 1GB so no other apps are still running.
The project I'm trying to convert is a 15.5GB file.
I have 12.5GB of free disk space on my 60GB drive.
I am able to send this problem project to iDVD to
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player.
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DVD Burn problem. "Device error - the target device isn't suitable for use"

Hello everyone,
I initially had a lot of problems with PE8. However the nVidia driver update solved most of them.
Just thought it was important to report success as well as failure!
However one problem remains. I get the following error at the 96% mark while burning. "Device error - the target device isn't suitable for use". It is always at the 96% mark and the program is "compiling [something]" when this happens.
Having searched this site I notice that user rgferg posted a similar problem 13 days ago but was redirected to repost in a different place, but never did.
I have tried to burn a 1hr clip 4 times and every time I have selected the slower burn speed (8MB/s) as has been suggested. It seems that inferior media is a culprit, so I have bought some [quality] Verbatim DVD-R media to try in my Phillips SATA optical drive. I am sceptical this will work, but open minded nonetheless. I will give it a whirl when my computer has stopped capturing the VHS I am working on.
Each time the burn failed the disk was automatically ejected and the burn process had actually started and progressed perhaps ~40% or so.
This indicates to me that it is a drive sharing issue, rather than a media issue. Somewhere on this forum it suggests that I go through a 20+ step process and delete/disable every piece of software that can compete with Premiere among other things. IF I do this what do I burn with outside of Adobe? Do I have to get imgburn or whatever it was called? What if I like Nero? Nero 6 has worked great for me for 3 years.
So given I am willing to uninstall my old optical drive burning software, who out there can recommened commercial software that for them creates a painless Adobe burning experience with no errors or conflicts? Perhaps there is another solution that I did not see on this forum?
I am running Windows XP SP3. I have the latest nVidia drivers for my SLI GeForce 7600 GS cards. I have 3 monitors. RAID 0 SATA, 2GB RAM, Athlon X2 5400.
Justin.

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HA.
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I probably took the lazy man's way out, but I decided this waste of time was unacceptable. I went out and purchased a 16x SuperDrive Pioneer DVR-110D replacement from MCE for $92, and upgraded to iLife '05 for another $79. I installed the drive myself (VERY easy with the included instructions), and tried the new setup under a newly created user.....
PERFECT burning every time. Not only that, but Terminal showed a requested burn speed of 16x and a burn speed of 16x. A two-hour project is now burning in less than 8 minutes. Multiplexing still takes time, but it's less than 1 hour!
On an interesting side note: when I try to burn under my regular user name, I STILL get an burning error (says image not complete, or incomplete....something like that). But under the user name created just for burning I have no problems. The chapter problem was solved when I stopped putting a chapter marker at the very beginning of my iMovie projects, since iDVD automatically puts one in called "Beginning," which you can change to anything you want.
Maybe this will help others.....
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it was only burning at 4x even though 47x was requested.
That's a issue discussed in the past.
It turns out that 8X DVD burning means about 47X CD burning - you were requesting 8X DVD but only got 4X DVD burning.
I haven't seen it discussed anymore so maybe Apple got around to eliminating that 'quirk' in terminology.
I suspect some of the early 8x DVD burners didn't perform as advertised. I'm glad your new 16X burner is working for you.

ITunes Seem to Have Suddenly Stopped Communicating With the CD/DVD Burner

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(Generic Name (E: H - T-S D D A S - 20N ATA Device)).
About 2 years ago, I have experienced a similar problem, but was able to resolve it by downloading 64-bit compatible GEAR drivers to my system. However, the problem has re-appeared when I have updated to iTunes Version 10.1. Funny enough, the cd/dvd burner started getting recognized again when I updated to iTunes Version 10.2, but halfway through me burning a large playlist to multiple cds has suddenly stopped recognizing the cd/dvd burner again, and has never "resolved itself" ever since.
I have tried multiple approaches to solving this issue, including completely re-installing itunes software and completely re-installing GEAR drivers, but nothing works. I have even tried uninstalling GEAR drivers completely, as I read that it worked for someone on one of the similar forums, but that didn't work either.
My itunes diagnostics runs all the points of the cd/dvd drive check successfully, except for the last point (Can Not Read Audio CD). Here's what the diagnostics summary looks like:
Microsoft Windows Vista x64 x64 Home Premium Edition Service Pack 2 (Build 6002)
Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion dv9700 Notebook PC
iTunes 10.2.1.1
QuickTime 7.6.9
FairPlay 1.11.16
Apple Application Support 1.5
iPod Updater Library 10.0d2
CD Driver 2.2.0.1
CD Driver DLL 2.1.1.1
Apple Mobile Device 3.4.0.25
Apple Mobile Device Driver not found.
Bonjour 2.0.4.0 (214.3)
Gracenote SDK 1.8.2.457
Gracenote MusicID 1.8.2.89
Gracenote Submit 1.8.2.123
Gracenote DSP 1.8.2.34
iTunes Serial Number 0016AB580A7B0C28
Current user is not an administrator.
The current local date and time is 2011-04-14 17:52:25.
iTunes is not running in safe mode.
WebKit accelerated compositing is enabled.
HDCP is not supported.
Core Media is supported.
Video Display Information
NVIDIA, NVIDIA GeForce 7150M / nForce 630M
** External Plug-ins Information **
No external plug-ins installed.
The drive F: Motorola MB810 Rev 0001 is a USB 2 device.
iPodService 10.2.1.1 (x64) is currently running.
iTunesHelper 10.2.1.1 is currently running.
Apple Mobile Device service 3.3.0.0 is currently running.
** CD/DVD Drive Tests **
No drivers in LowerFilters.
UpperFilters: GEARAspiWDM (2.2.0.1),
E: H-T-S DDA
S_-20N, Rev W_05
Audio CD in drive.
Found 1 songs on CD, playing time 255:08 on Audio CD.
Track 1, start time 00:02:00
Audio CD reading failed. Error Code: 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 0 0 0 0.
iTunes cannot play or import music from a CD in this drive. The drive may need a firmware update. Check with the manufacturer.
Get drive speed succeeded.
The drive CDR speeds are: 3 9 16 24.
The drive CDRW speeds are: 3.
The drive DVDR speeds are: 3.
The drive DVDRW speeds are: 3.
Error Correction is turned on for importing audio CDs.
I have noticed that the diagnostics summary containes a suggestion to update firmware of my laptop's cd/dvd drive, but currently there are no such firmware updates available.
Another frustrating issue that I ran into was trying to convey this issue to Apple Technical Support via e-mail using the Express Lane for the troubleshooting issues. I really fail to understand why I am being asked for the "hardware serial number" when I'm clearly choosing the categories for "iTunes/CD-DVD Import Issues" which are software, not hardware, categories! This prevents me from being able to simply send the description of my problem to the correct Apple Support department, and does not let me do that even when I enter my itunes' Serial Number, which can be found in the diagnostics summary provided above.
Much Thanks to anyone who can provide any kind of helpful advice, even if it's just on how to be able to convey this problem to Apple Support via e-mail!

Okay ... checking something else:
Current user is not an administrator
Is that true? Or do you in fact have a Windows user account with full administrative rights?
(It's possible that a permission may have gone astray in your usual user account, which might be causing the burning issues.)

DVD burner not recognized in Leopard by iDVD 7.0.1

Not exactly the same problem I found in my searches, so made a new topic.
Setup: G4 tower, dual Giga Design 1.8 GHZ, 1.5 MB RAM, Pioneer 109 burner.
System Profiler shows ability to burner everything including +r DL.
I had to use a 3rd party hack to get iMovie 7.1 installed. Leopard did not recognize my 1.8 processor as legitimate. It would recognize it if downgraded to 1.7 GHZ, but I chose not to do so. iMovie 7.1 (iLife 08) now launches and works, but I used iMovie HD to make this project.
1. I have burned other DVDs in Leopard with this DVD burner successfully, including a usable (proven) backup of my Tiger and Leopard DVDs, both DL.
2. I have over 100 GB space available on my Startup drive as well as 80 GB on another internal drive that is storing the iMovie project. The imovie project in question is 15 GB.
3. After creating the project in iMovie HD, I exported ("shared") to iDVD 7.0.1, chose a built-in theme and started the burn process. All was going well, so I went to bed. G4 set never to sleep for this project.
4. Next AM found that "error - .... disk not burned due to burner not recognized (error xxxxx). Didn't get the exact error number, but the iDVD project, when saved to Desktop was only 137 MB. The iMovie HD project is 15 GB, so iDVD should have created a project about 3 + GB.
5. Have NOT tried Apple Hardware test. Doesn't make sense to do so when the burner works fine in Leopard for other projects.
Is this problem due to iDVD 7.0.1 failing to be compatible with my G4 configuration like iMovie 7.1? Got no warning when installing or launching iDVD from iLife 08.
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Incidentally, I'm not in a corner, as I copied the iMovie Hd project to a fW drive, and then used iDVD 7.0.1 on my MB Core Duo to render and burn it. Just want to find out what the problem is with my G4.

I'll try that. It may work as it is not iDVD making the determination if the optical drive is "qualified" but DU. As I said in my original post, I have burned DVDs in this internal burner using Leopard and a Finder Burn Folder. It is only iDVD that is between me and success.
I did manage to get the iMovie HD project burned using iDVD 7 on my Intel iMac. I will try editing another iMovie HD project, exporting to iDVD7, and saving as a disk image to a FW drive. I will report back the results, but it may be a day or two before that happens.
I should also probably try the same routine that failed on the chance that it was just a fluke.

Intel iMac SuperDrive (Matshita DVD-R UJ-846) DVD Burning Problems

Hi there:
Having a strange problem burning DVD's now. I have a January '06 intel iMac Core Duo 2ghz, 2GB RAM. My DVD burner suddenly no longer will burn DVD's. When I put in a blank DVD-R, it just spins for a bit then spits it out, no prompt or error message. When I put in a blank DVD+R or DVD-RW, it gives me the usual prompt that a blank DVD has been inserted and asks how to handle it. But when I try to burn, it opens the session, then quickly finishes the session (without any burning) and spits the disc out with an error that burning failed because of an inability to calibrate laser power level for the media. Sometimes it says due to a media error. It also will not read a previously burned DVD data disc, including the OS install DVD that came with the computer. It will however, read and play movie DVD's, and also reads and burns CD-R's with no issues.
I've tried the following fixes with the following results:
1) Change media. Have tried several different types and different brands. No success.
2) Burn DVD's from an external firewire DVD burner. Works fine.
3) Hardware Test via the install DVD (on the external firewire burner). No problems found.
4) Did a fresh install of the Tiger OS onto an external firewire hard drive, booted from that, and tried to burn. No success.
5) Tried burning from Disk Utility and Finder. No success.
6) Put a cleaning CD into the drive and let it run. Still no success after.
System profiler says the drive is ready to burn CDs and DVDs. CDs work, DVDs don't.
Any ideas as to what could be causing this and how to fix?
Thanks!
--Equus

If you guys did a search on the optical drives you'll discover that they have a rather extensive
history for failure. the failing optical drive process starts off rather slowly and worsens over time.
You could replace the internal optical drive but rather than performing surgery on your Imac
you would be better off going with an external optical drive.
If your IMac is still under warranty you can have it replace but I would still pick up an external
as well, I have read a couple of threads where even after having the internal replace the same issue
happened yet again.
I ordered a LaCie that does rather well.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001P5C9S0/ref=oss_product
I did however discover a couple of minor issues with my LaCie...
1) When the mounts a disc , for some reason the mechanical ejection button
on the face of the enclosure is disabled. This is not a major issue right click and eject or, drag the
icon into the trash
2) if you are wanting to lightscribe be sure to go to the LaCie website and download the latest
lightscribe app, the one that came with mine was out of date and did not work in Mac OSX 10.6
3) My lightscribed DVD's had a problem , the images where filled with rings from the center of the
disc out, I have discovered this is due to calibration , Amazon has shipped me a new Lacie that
I have sitting in a box next to me, I have not had a chance to test out the new unit yet.
You may also look at OWC's optical drives
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/optical-drives/
Either way make sure that you go with an optical drive with Firewire.
James

Time machine never finishes a backup on macbook air

Hello
After setting up my Goflex NAS couple of days ago ,my macbookair and macbook pro both showed goflex external for time machine option and asked me if i want to do my time machine backup on that external drive which i answered yes and they both started to do the time machine backup on that drive.As for the macbook pro 15 which is on osx lion ,everything went fine and the backups did as smooth as possible on the schuduale.for macbook air was totally different .it is running on osx lion also .but it will not ever finish up any backups .the only time that it did finish the backup was the first time ,but even for that one ,when i open the time machine window from system pref. it shows the oldest backup none and the latest backup none. i just left it on automatic backup .it will automatically start the backup but never finishes the backup process and i have to shut down the computer in order to stop the bad process.does anybody has a solution for this.
thanks in advance.
mike

In addition to jochen2d you can try this, albeit, requiring much more effort.
Live partition your external HD and make a 2nd partition of about 10-12 GB, call it installer. Then eject the hard drive.
Plug in your DVD drive, put in the installation disc. Fire up Disk Utility and make a new image with the DVD as your source material. Once this is done you'll have a disk image on your Desktop (or wherever you decided to save it). You'll then to scan the image for restore.
Once this is done, eject the disc and then unplug the external drive.
Plug the USB drive back in, and open up Disk Utility again (if you closed it).
Select the install partition you created and then click on the restore tab. Your source is the .dmg of the installation disc you created and your target is the install partition you created.
When this is done you can now run the installer partition and have an exact replica of the DVD installation media with your backup accessible.
Or as jochen2d recommended, you could go out and buy a $29 powered USB hub.

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