DVD ejects itself

I have burned 2 projects using iDVD on the SAME type of disc (Sony DVD-R 120min/4.7GB 16X/1X) and both have worked on my DVD player (not on my Mac - I have a Mac OS X Tiger). I tried to burn one of those projects onto a Maxell DVD-R but it didn't work. Now I have another project to burn and first I tried a FujiFilm DVD-R 120min/4.7GB 16X/1X but it wouldn't work just like the Maxell didn't work. It seems to burn onto it...but doesn't actually say that it is completely finished - it says it does but the box won't disappear and the only option is cancel. Then my DVD player says its not a readable disc. I tried the Sony DVD again and it won't even read it. It ejects the disc without reading it at all...HELP!!!! I don't understand what is wrong with it.... I have iDVD6 6.0.4

Hi
There can be so many things. Bad pref file to dust on laser lens.
So I send a list on how-to get better DVDs. May be You find something that
is relevant to You.
1. iDVD 6 has two levels of qualities.
• Best Quality (movies up to 120 min.) - slightly lower quality than - se below
• Best Performances (movies less than 60 min.) - Highest quality on final DVD
in iDVD’08 there is even a Pro-Quality (120 min.) - very good.
2. From FCE/P - Export out as full quality QuickTime.mov
iMovie - Don't use ”Share/Export to iDVD” = destructive even to movie project and especially so
when the movie includes photos.
Instead just drop or import the iMovie movie project icon (with a Star on it) into iDVD theme window.
3. I use Toast™ to make an as *slow burn as possibly eg x1* (in iDVD’08 this can also be set)
4. There has to be about or *more than 25Gb free space* on internal (start-up) hard disk. iDVD can't
use an external one as scratch disk (if it is not start-up disc).
5. Verbatim ( also recommended by many - Taiyo Yuden DVDs - I can’t get hold of it to test )
6. DVD-R (I don't use DVD+R or +/-RW)
7. NTSC iMovie projects - to - NTSC iDVD projects - resp
PAL iMovie projects - to - PAL iDVD projects
Also to concider
• DVD cleaning disk ?
• Delete iDVD pref file
• Repair Permissions and/or hard disk Apple Disk Util tool
Yours Bengt W

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