Error duplicating my burnt disks

Question

I have an intel imac but im havin trouble duplicating dvd's it has burnt. i compress my quicktime movies, burn them in DVD studio pro, they format sucessfully,but then when i put them in my duplicator,it wont copy them,it says its a fail. Ive used the same process on the new ibooks and the same thing comes up. However, they always pass on the G5. Is there a software update i need or is it a bug, or something to do with the intel??
thanks

Answer 1

Hello,
There are some issues to consider:
1) you may want to try burning the disks at a slower speed. The higher the speed you burn at, the less likely the resulting disk is to be compatible with other readers / players / duplicators, etc.
2) There is always potential for various drives to be incompatible. It is not really that uncommon for a DVD-R burned in one drive to be unreadable in another. So, you may simply have stumbled onto a specific combination of drives that don't like each-other's finished projects. I've run across this before with certain CD-Readers that wouldn't read disks burned by certain drives. The same is not unusual with DVD-R drives.
This problem has become less common in more recent years. But, it does still happen.
3) Try a different brand of DVD-R media. You might give Verbatim a try, and see if that helps. Perhaps the duplicator is just more particular about the quality. It could be the combination of your specific media and the drive that you are using to burn it that presents the problem.
And, of course, you may simply have to use a different machine or perhaps a different DVD-R drive (such as an external DVD-R burner) to create the disks so that your duplicator likes them.
I hope this helps.
Let us know if you have other questions.
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