Dvd burning from idvd with strange results

I have made a short 5 minute movie in FCP and exported it to QuickTime as I have done numerous times before. I created a menu in IDVD and then dragged QT file in. Everything looks great and plays on screen great. Then I burn the DVD. Once done I put it on TV via a different DVD player and it plays however about a minute into the video on the top of the screen I see part of another image. It almost looks like part of my G4 background screen (which is a picture) has somehow leaked through and gotten burned onto this dvd. Anyhow, I thought it was a bad DVD so burned another (TDK 8x DVD-r). Same thing happened again. Even when I put this burned DVD on my G-4 and play it I still have weird image. I went back and checked the movie again in FCP and then re-exported to QT as a self contained movie and did the whole IDVD thing all over again. Still has the weird image leaking through. By the way, before burning I did play the QT file through QT and that plays perfect! It also plays perfect through FCP. I am concerned it could be my drive. Any suggestions or hints.

Well I discovered the problem previously posted by me concerning dvd burning with strange results. I found the exact spot in the burned dvd where the video had the other image appear along the top and then went to FCP and found the exact spot on it. Lo and behold on FCP at that exact spot in the video a "marker" had been inserted. I cleared all markers and re-exported and burned again in idvd and everything works perfectly. So apparently the marker insert in FCP caused all the problems.

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    Since this has happened a few times to them, and it is reproducible on all machines when it does, it seems it has something to do with the way the PC user is burning them or with the media itself (dual layer maybe?), and simply wanted to know if there was anyone here that knows what the problem might be, or at least have a hint. On a Mac, as you are all aware, it's as simply as dragging stuff to the DVD icon and burning... so I'm not sure what issues on a PC could cause this (or what burning program, burn setting, format, etc...). Mounts as a blank CDR, even though there is data on it, and the printing on the media itself states it is a DVD.
    Thank you very much for any info!

    Under the directions for how to burn a DVD from an
    disk image, the Apple Help document
    (http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93006)
    says this:
    "Note: When burning a disc from a disk image, the
    burned disc will have the same format as the disk
    image. If you need a disc that will work on different
    computers, burn the disc in the Finder."
    Does this mean that the DVDs that I am burning from
    the disk image won't be able to be played on a PC? a
    Mac other than mine? Neither? WHAT? I am planning to
    sell the DVDs of a workshop I present -- to people
    who may be playing them on PCs. Should I not be using
    this method (burning from a disk image) to burn my
    DVDs?
    Video DVDs are in the UDF format. The disk image you created is in the UDF format. When you use Disk Utility to burn the disk image to writable media, the new discs will be in UDF format and all will be well.
    You are doing things correctly.
    BTW, unless you have an external burner with lots of cooling, if you expect to use the burner in your Mac (which DOESN'T have lots of cooling), it's a good idea to pause between discs to allow the burner to cool down. (BTW, this comment is based on the reported results of several people in the forum. If you don't allow the cool down timer, you will start to create 'bad' discs. Also it is VERY important that you reduce the burn speed in Disk Utility to 4x or lower in order to create discs with maximum compatability with players. (You should see a way to change the speed in Disk Utility afterr you have inserted a disc.)
    F Shippey

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