Encoding error when attempting to burn dvd using iDVD

I made a movie out of a slide-show I made in iPhoto using iMovie. I then went to share-media browser-large. Once that was completed I went to iDVD and selected the movie in the menu to the left, then drug it to the idvd menu screen and it added the movie. I added some photos and music to the menu screen as well. I then clicked on the burn symbol at the bottom and it began burning then I got an error message saying "error during encoding/rendering. Burning terminated." I had at least 90 GB remaining in my hard drive. Is there a defect in this software? I would like to get to the root of the problem. Please help.

How much space is available on the boot drive?
Ensure all your software is up to date (Apple Menu > Software Update).
Remove the following to the trash and restart the computer and try again:
Home > Library > Caches (I remove the whole folder. It will be re-generated upon restart.)
Home > Library > Preferences > com.apple.iDVD (There may be more than one. Remove them all.)
If the issue persists I would try a brand new project with different content added (say a still image and a slideshow in iDVD) and save as disk image again. Just to make sure iDVD itself is working.

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Hi Patrick,
Welcome to Apple Discussions. I see you're a new member. Hope you're enjoying your new Mac Pro. What are you trying to burn to exactly? I use Verbatim Dvd-R with excellent results. If you are using a higher quality media like Verbatim, Maxell, or Taiyo Yuden but to no avail then I need to ask if you have first tried making a disc image from the file menu in iDvd and then playing back said image with apple's dvd player app (prior to burning to Dvd-R).
This approach helps us narrow down the issue so we can better assist you.
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Hi
I get this error (repeatedly) when trying to burn DVD recently.
Error code 0x80020022
Burning disc failed because communication to the disc drive failed.
It's self explanatory I know, but what am I supposed to do about it? Is it a problem with my hardware?. I can't see the icon for my disc drive in Disc Utility to check it.
I've shut down and restarted, tried different DVDs, they're all DVD-R although I did try at first with a DVD +RW and hope this hasn't caused some damage.
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Do something small first; get some experience before you need to do a big project.
Lots of memory helps; and you'll need 10-15 gigs of space on the hard drive for scratch space.
Buy good quality disks - I've seen recommendations for Maxell, Sony, TDK and a few others based on testing. I primarily use the first two and usually don't have trouble.
Give yourself lots of time.
Turn off your screen savers and energy savers; don't let your hard drive go to sleep.
Get your computer healthy and ready for some heavy lifting. (video work could be the hardest job your computer can do) MacJanitor and Apple's DiskUtility's Repair Permissions is my routine.
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Try testers; you can use DVD-RW
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"not enough disk space to encode the remaining assets". I am using a brand new blank DVD.
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