Error 4251 while burning to a disc

I keep getting an "Attempt to burn disc failed error 4251" message while trying to burn playlists to a disc. I've upgraded to the newest version of iTunes and tried using the lowest speed setting and the highest maximum to no avail. Any suggestions?

Not sure I can help very much, but I have had similar problems with large projects. I think (but I'm not sure) that iDVD does not do a very good job of estimating the size of the project until it starts to render/encode. So your project might be too big even for a dual-layer DVD. Can you reduce the size/length of the movie at all. And/or reduce the size of any iDVD slideshows you might also have in the iDVD project.
One small trick (I think this is true, but again I'm not 100% sure) is to reduce the size of the audio. If you use songs from iTunes, what format are they? I keep my songs in Apple Lossless which makes the files large. When I compress them to say AAC 128 or 160 in iTunes, and then use those smaller file versions in my iMovie project or slideshows, it reduces the size of the iDVD project.

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Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Hewlett-Packard Presario V2000 (EH463UA#ABA)
iTunes 7.1.1.5
CD Driver 2.0.6.1
CD Driver DLL 2.0.6.2
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CDROM, PIONEER DVDRW DVR-K15, Bus Type ATA, Bus Address [0,0]
CDROM, IVI Virtual CD SCSI CdRom Device, Bus Type SCSI, Bus Address [0,0]
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D: PIONEER DVDRW DVR-K15, Rev 1.11
Data or MP3 CD in drive.
Found 1 songs on CD, playing time 04:45 on CDROM media.
Track 1, start time 00:02:00
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The drive CDRW speeds are: 4.
The drive DVDR speeds are: 4.
The drive DVDRW speeds are: 4.
E: IVI Virtual CD, Rev 0.5a
Drive is empty.
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Track 2, start time 03:56:37
Track 3, start time 07:23:20
Track 4, start time 10:57:07
Track 5, start time 14:31:25
Track 6, start time 19:12:65
Track 7, start time 22:06:67
Track 8, start time 25:46:05
Track 9, start time 29:34:67
Track 10, start time 33:38:65
Track 11, start time 37:11:05
Track 12, start time 40:46:20
Track 13, start time 44:25:10
Track 14, start time 48:04:62
Track 15, start time 52:17:05
Track 16, start time 56:39:35
Audio CD reading succeeded.
Get drive speed succeeded.
The drive CDR speeds are: 4 8 16 24 32 40.
The drive CDRW speeds are: 4.
The drive DVDR speeds are: 4.
The drive DVDRW speeds are: 4.
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Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
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CD Driver 2.0.6.1
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Track 2, start time 01:45:67
Track 3, start time 08:09:24
Track 4, start time 09:23:10
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Hunt
PS - if this is related to Encore, there is a great forum for that program, with some excellent subscribers, like Jeff Bellune and Neil Wilkes. You can get some very good and specific responses from them. Here is the Encore Forum link - see you there.

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