"Full-Featured" CD and DVD Burning Capabilities Included?

I'm currently running an old XP machine with Nero 9. I'm purchasing a new ThinkPad W530 with Windows 7 Professional SP1 and the usual ThinkVantage software overlays. My question involves the CD/DVD burning capabiliites are included in Windows 7 and/or ThinkVantage.
In burning CDRs I'm used to being able to specify details like the filing system (UDF and/or Juiet and/or ISO 9660), multi-session (start, continue, or finalize) or disk-at-once, keep original file dates, and verify after burn. I have similar capabilities for DVDRs (single or double-level).
Is some of all of this included in the software bundled with the machine, or do I still need to delete or diaable that an purchase third-party burning software? -- JCW2

>>I use imgburn, which is free.<<
I understand it is now bundled with "OpenCandy," which is apparently a controversial advertising program. Is it **appears** possible not to **permanently** install OpenCandy when installing imgburn. On the other hand, BurnAware Free apparently doesn't include OpenCandy, is probably easier to use, and might be good enough for my purposes... -- JCW2

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Problem Installing HP Officejet J4580 Full Feature Software and Driver

Hallo !
I recently installed a new 2T harddrive and performed a clean install of Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit on my e-Machine Model ET-1331-g-05w. The clean install of Windows 7, installation of the e-Machine drivers, und 325+ Microsoft Updates was successful. The System is running fine and protected by Kaspersky 2015 Internet Security. Please note this WAS NOT an OS upgrade from Vista to Win7 - just a clean-install of the original Win7 64-bit OS.
After creating an ISO and Full Backup(nothing else has been installed at this point) I wan't to re-install my HP Officejet J4580 All-in-one. I have the original CD but I know that it can only be used on an XP or Vista OS - so I went to the www3.hp.Offical HP Drivers and Support downloaded the Product Installation Software for:
HP Officejet Full Feature Software and Driver
File: OJJ4500_FULL_13.exe
Released: 2014-09-03
Version: 13.0.0
My printer wasn't connected via USB - the install ran for about 30 and when I asked to connect the USB cable the splash screen told me it was finishing the install but then it failed with a message unable to located J4580 Drivers. The install that place the Solution Center, HP Document Manager, and HP Photosmart ICON's on my Desktop - when I opened the Solution Center - it said that it couldn't communicate to the printer. The printer and USB cable work fine on my Vista Desktop, my Vista Business Notbook. and my IBM X40 running WP SP3.
I've also tried running:
1) HP Update Software Utility - hpsetup.exe
2) Hp Print and Scan Doctor - HPPSdr.exe
3) HP Officejet Software and Driver Removal Utility - OJJ4500_Scrubber_13.exe
but the 2nd attempt to re-install failed too.
I then reloaded my clean ISO - and tried the Product Installation Software for the Basic Drivers
HP Officejet Basic Print and Scan Driver
File: OJJ4500_Basic_13.exe
Released: 2014-09-03
Version: 13.0.0
The Basic Drivers worked fine -but I need the Full Driver. I double checked and the WIN 7 64-bit is shown as a supported OS for the Full Driver - any suggestions on how to proceed? I'm wondering if it would be worthwhile installing XP virtual machine and installing the Full Drivers in VM. If I go that route - it creates other issues such as sync'n file from 64-bit to VM, then switching back & forth between VM to process other work, and then the issue of having to scan in VM then sync the folder to 64-bit side.
My System Info is:
System Information report written at: 02/25/15 19:26:49
System Name: DESKTOP-1
[System Summary]
OS Name: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
Version: 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601
OS Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation
System Name: DESKTOP-1
System Manufacturer: eMachines
System Model: ET1331G
System Type: x64-based PC
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 250u Processor, 1600 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date: AMI P01-A2, 12/10/2009
SMBIOS Version: 2.6
Windows Directory: C:\Windows
System Directory: C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device: \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale: United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer: Version = "6.1.7601.17514"
User Name: DESKTOP-1\Lisa
Time Zone: Eastern Standard Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM): 4.00 GB
Total Physical Memory: 3.75 GB
Available Physical Memory: 2.28 GB
Total Virtual Memory: 7.50 GB
Available Virtual Memory: 5.50 GB
Page File Space: 3.75 GB
Page File: C:\pagefile.sys
If you require any additional info - just ask. Thanks for any help/advice!
tj

Hello @Tom_Ma,
Welcome to the HP Support Forums!
I would like to assist you today with installing your HP Officejet J4580 All-in-One Printer on your Windows 7 computer. Thank you for including all of the troubleshooting steps you have already attempted and your Operating System details in your post. At this point I am going to run you through some additional troubleshooting steps to get this Officejet successfully installed with the Full Feature driver. Please follow the steps below.
Step 1: Uninstall Drivers:
It is important that we have a nice clean slate to work with for troubleshooting. Therefore, I am going to have you uninstall the existing software on your computer.
Click on your Start menu
Select All Programs
Select the HP folder
Select your HP Officejet
Select Uninstall
Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the uninstall of your printer. Once the uninstall is complete, please proceed to the next step.
Step 2: Clear Temp Files:
Click on your Start menu
In the 'search programs and files' box located right above Start after you click on it, type %temp% and hit enter on your keyboard
When the Temp folder opens, select Ctrl + A at the same time on your keyboard. Everything in this folder will now highlight.
Select the 'delete' button on your keyboard. The Temp folder contains temporary internet files. No actual files or folders on your computer will be affected by deleting the Temp files. Should a Temp file still be used than you will automatically get the pop up to 'skip' that item.
Close the Temp folder once it is emptied
Right click the Recycling Bin on your desktop and select Empty Recycling Bin
Step 3: Unlock System Administrator Account:
There is the potential that there is something within your User Account that may be blocking the drivers from installing properly. Therefore, I am going to have you unlock the hidden System Administrator Account and install your device under there. Then, when you log back into your normal User Account the printer and all Full Feature software should be installed and functional for you. If all goes well, we we 'hide' the System Administrator Account once troubleshooting is complete.
Go to your Start menu and under the 'search programs and files' box type CMD
CMD will populate as a search option above, just right click on it and 'run as administrator'
Once CMD (Command Prompt) opens, type net user administrator /active:yes and hit enter
Next, close CMD and restart your computer
When your computer comes on log into the new account that should show. It will be called Administrator and will not have a password on it.
If your computer automatically logs into your account after restart than go to your start menu click the arrow beside 'shutdown' and choose 'switch user'. Now log into the Administrator account we just unlocked
Under the Administrator account download and install the drivers: HP Officejet Full Feature Software and Driver
Please follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation of your printer
Once the installation is complete, please test printing and scanning to confirm that everything is now working properly.
If everything installs fine, log out of this account and back into your normal User Account. All the Software and Drivers for your product should show installed now on your account.
Under your User Account please test printing and scanning again to confirm that everything is still working.
If everything works fine, you will want to Hide the Administrator account.
Step 4: Hide System Administrator Account:
Go to your Start menu and under the 'search programs and files' box type CMD
CMD will populate as a search option above, just right click on it and 'run as administrator'
Once CMD (Command Prompt) opens, type net user administrator /active:no and hit enter
Next, close CMD and restart your computer
Please respond to this post with the result of your troubleshooting. I look forward to hearing from you!
X-23
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Touchsmart IQ775-keyboard, mouse, front USBs, and DVD burner

My power went off and immediately back on while I was using computer. Now, my wireless mouse, wireless keyboard, front USB ports, and DVD burner won't work. The computer doesn't recognize them. I have tried reconnecting the mouse and keyboard and replacing batteries. I tried to burn a recorded TV show onto a DVD--doesn't recognize the recorder. The printer works--it is plugged into a rear USB port. The touchscreen feature works.
Any and all help would be much appreciated. Thanks.

This does not sound good - to me, it sounds like the enumeration of your devices is corrupt in the registry - caused during the power failure.
If you can get to Microsoft System Restore, use it to go back to a few days time before before the outage ocurred.
If that doesn't work, thenHP recovery is my suggestion.
... an HP employee expressing his own opinion.
Please post rather than send me a Message. It's good for the community and I might not be able to get back quickly. - Thank you.

File name punctuation WILL cause MP3 and DVD burn errors – workaround?

OK, I’ve seen TONS of questions about problems burning MP3 format CDs and DVD. I’ve been having this problem for quite a while and today I just got ****** off enough to do some deep research. I seek to share my finding and suggestions for work arounds.
THE PROBLEM
iTunes can burn regular CDs since the song file name is not actually put on the CD. The CD or DVD burner work for burning audio discs and with other applications. All the burn preferences are set correctly and have been validated. But when you attempt to burn an MP3 CD or DVD (for backup, transfer or for player that play MP3 discs), iTunes may do the following:
Checking media (iTunes will ask: “You have inserted a DVD. Are you sure you want to create a Data DVD? answer yes, it’s a blank DVD disc in a working DVD burner)
Checking playlist
Burning disc… initializing
"The attempt to burn a disc failed. An unknown error occurred (xxxx).”
THE CAUSE
Many times the error is due to song, album or artist names with unacceptable punctuation in them. iTunes does not tell you why and the error message and Google searches and Apple support/discussion forum details are sketchy… but in most cases its “illegal” punctuation in the song name, artist or album. I isolated at lest the apostrophe ‘ there are probably other illegal name punctuations too.
The cause my be explained by Apple following ISO or Joliet file name specifications or file name length specifications for CD or DVD discs. But since this appears to be undocumented (to the iTunes user) there is a need to understand the restrictions to allow error free disc burning.
THE CHALLENGE
Even if the playlist name does not have punctuation, if ANY playlist song name/artist/album does, the DVD burn will fail. Removing the offending songs from the playlists results in a successful burn but hey, I WANT those other songs too!
POSSIBLE WORK AROUNDS
Changing actual song file name – even if you change the name in iTunes (Get Info, Info, change name, artist, album) the actual song file names are not updated and continue to have the punctuation error resulting in a burn failure.
It appears that the actual file name needs to be changed. This can be a challenge. If you change only the file name you need to add modified file back into iTunes and the old file link is now broken. This is a bigger problem if that song file is in multiple playlists (the old ones are broken and the new one needs to be substituted). This is a REAL problem if you have 2,800 songs with an ‘ in them (like I do).
LETS WORK TOGETHER AND SHARE RESULTS
I’ve seen many, many unanswered questions about iTunes CD and DVD burning problems that will likely be solved if we can collectively develop and document a workaround. So, here is
THE QUESTION
What is the best way to rename (or retag) MP3 song files to eliminate punctuation and update iTunes and playlists so these songs can be burned to CD or DVD without violating the undocumented illegal punctuation restriction? The work around may differ for OS X vs Windows users so help on both would be appreciated.
Thank you all in advance for your help!
Windows XP Pro

been searching myself to create my own cdg for use in universal karaoke players. Kjams appears to offer the most hope for all I want to do. although there's something new now called Aria which promises to do a bunch of stuff for 79 $. Otherwise, all that I want to do as listed by the original poster, would cost me Kjams lite, plus the burn plug in is extra, plus I'd need the kjams producer as I would be building a cdg by adding the synced lyrics to something I've removed the vocal from, on Audacity program. if I go with Kjams, those 3 softwares, it will cost me 150, while I'm so jealous all those PC karaoke singers have free software for karaoke they can download.
I've been buying my cdg discs at 1.99 a pop, but they don't have special songs I want to perform. Aria for Mac might just do it all but I don't need the "scratch" sound they are pushing. that makes me steer away from the software.
experimenting with the Imac 10.6 idvd movie quicktime might work. I made a few cdg but have not tried them in the club karaoke machine yet. I added the lyrics to tuneprompter which is a free software that lets you add and sync the lyrics to the music with the spacebar. thats fun. but it's all in experimental thing so far. I know Kjams does not let you add lyrics and sync them yourself. you are supposed to import cdg to kjams that are already available and pay for them. in this case I want to find my own special tunes. good luck to you. there's one other thing but it's expensive. buying software which turns your mac into a windows platform by partiioning it and you start up in one or the other. that's also about 100-150 software.

How to download the FULL FEATURE software and drivers

Here are a few steps that will guide you to download the correct full feature and drivers from the website.
This is think that will go to.
http://www8.hp.com/us/en/support-drivers.html
1. Click on DRIVERS & SOFTWARE
2. Type in your printer name or product number into the search box
3. Select SEARCH
4. Click on your correct product
5. The next screen, it ask to choose your OPERATING SYSTEM
6. Select and click on NEXT
7. After choosing NEXT, it ask to select a DOWNLOAD
8. Scroll down to (DRIVER -PRODUCT INSTALLATION SOFTWARE
9. The next page click on DOWNLOAD
10. It will load up and EXTRACT
This is how you download your full features drivers and software. It give you the scanning features.
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Final Cut Pro and dvd burning....

in order to burn a fcp project that is 95 minutes long on dvd (the burner software i have is Toaster) what is the best settings for me to use, on Final Cut and the burner in order to get the best image?
thanks very much ~
Kyle

I am deeply unqualified to answer your question except that I too am new to FCP and have had to face this issue -and have been hleped by this forum.
In my first attempts to burn a 90 min movie to disc I was thwarted by the fact that the compressed movie took up too much space - a fact that only seems to be revealed at the very end of the process, frustratingly.
Now I take my sequence with in and out points and chapter markers already in place, and go File Export in Quicktime - make sure you select Video only (and chapter markers if applicable). Convert to a QT movie which is quicker if you don't make the movie self contained.
Then go to compressor which seems to open the appropriate source media. In the setting column click the little pop up and choose DVD Best Quality 90 mins (or whatever) and choose the dolby 2.0.
This will save quite a lot of space on the audio side and may well allow you to get the full movie on - it has worked for me up to now. Once in DVD-SP you import the two files and combine them together on the timeline.
This is massively quicker than compressing the video file in Compressor.
What I don't know is how I will be able to get longer programmes on and what I don't understand is how we can all record at SP quality and get 2 hours onto a stand alone DVD recorder and yet struggle to get 90 mins on using FCP. Also I don't know whether the complexity of the sequence and the number of clips affects the size of the quicktime file - I would like to know.
You have now plumbed the depths of my ignorance but sometimes the blind can lead the blind.
Pete Snowdon

Need new battery and DVD burner for T61

Hi,
I need a new battery. Old one has totally died and won't hold a charge.
The burner is a different story. Sometimes it will read discs other times it won't read at all, so I'm thinking it's on its way out. Can someone supply correct part numbers? Do you need the current part numbers of the parts that I have?
Thx
Mark

Hi Mark,
if you have a 14.1" 4:3 standard screen or 15.4" T61, you will need the T60 type battery now commonly referred to as battery 41+ 6-cell or 41++ 9-cell by Lenovo marketing. If you have a 14.1" widescreen T61, you will need battery 33 4-cell, 33+ 6-cell or 33++ 9-cell.
Here is a useful post with some detailed information I shared with someone else facing similar T61 DVD Burner issues: http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/T61-and-prior-T-series-ThinkPad/optical-drive/m-p/1077041#M67668. As for part numbers, you will some listed in T61 System Service parts here: http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/product-and-parts/detail.page?&LegacyDocID=MIGR-67911#16. I.B.M./Lenovo loves to use many different part numbers for the same component based on the different manufacturers and different Thinkpad models. But basically, what you need is the Ultrabay Slim (PATA) type DVD Multi-Burner which fits T61, R61, T60, x60 dock, x61 dock, etc.: ThinkPad DVD Ultrabay Slim Burner - Overview.
If you need, I have all of these parts available, including New and used Genuine Lenovo T61 batteries and DVD Burners at terrific prices. I have sent you a PM with more info. Check you "New" messages at the top of this page
Have a great day. (I do not work for Lenovo)

Cs3 and dvd burner program

Hi,
I just uninstalled Roxio DVD burner software package due to it's media manager and other features interference with CS3 application.
Anyone know of a free DVD burner --- I only need the DATA DISC function...to save files to DVD....that I can use with CS3 and it doesn't hook into all kinds of crazy stuff re: media ?? Or....a relatively inexpensive program would be OK but I am struggling a bit $$ wise, so less is more.
Rod

copy that...Did see the window with info re: what it's doing...I usually just select a bunch of files I want to save to disk and just drag to the burning program and thats that...easy...I look in explorer beforehand what the total byte count is...so it's not more than the DVD capacity...
Thanks for the heads up...
Bloomberg wants to charge $20 to drive into manhattan...(beyond tolls and parking expense at garages) He wants to have utopia ....kinda like Hitler and Napoleon, Stalin...etc...everyone that wants utopia ends up bringing on hellish consequences historically...and this guy is jewish, you would think he above all others would know better...
but we pay him exactly $1 per year for salary...(well I dont anymore cause I no longer live in city ..I'm just beyond city limits) - and what can you expect from someone you pay $1 per year ? I mean, really...think about it...
Rod
sorry, went off on tangent

Need Video Capture Card and DVD Burner Quick!

Here's my situation. I've created some movie titles in iMovie and have no way to get them from my Macintosh to my DVD/VCR to incorporate them in a tape I'm making. I need it like NOW as a lot of people are waiting for copies of the tape!
For some time I've wanted a device called a video capture card. It has the ability to play videos on your computer and you can print out images from them. What I want to do is make DVDs of my VHS home movies. I did learn you can't just walk into any local store and buy such a device; it must be ordered.
Desperation is a great motivator and finally (duh) I decided to look at a site specializing in Macintosh products, instead of studying every capture card online. Surprisingly, they offer three models: one cheap ($50-some), one at twice the price of the first, and a third at ten times the price of the second! That's quite a jump! Here's the middle one, which they claim is the best on the planet: http://www.macmall.com/macmall/shop/detail~dpno~197329.asp
So, as I understand this, I somehow connect this device to my computer (Power Mac G4), hook a VCR to it, and then I can play videotapes on my computer. If I'm in a desperate hurry to burn DVDs I suppose my friend's DVD player will also connect to this device, or am I wrong in this?
Even if I am right (that a DVD player/burner will connect to this) I still don't see how that gives ME a DVD burner with which to transfer my videos to DVD! My combo player will make videos from DVDs but not the other way around! So do I have to run out and buy a DVD burner, and should it be any special kind since it will be used with a device connected to a Macintosh? I need this ASAP so thanks for any advice, or clarification to my understanding of how this process works!

Cornelia,
Lennart's links are very good and informative. But one thing you should know is that an external DVD burner will not play a DVD - it only burns them. Since you want to view the DVD and pause at a particular scene and print it, you'll need some way to view your DVD. You also need a way to convert the iMovie project with the imported VHS footage, to a burnable format. iDVD can do that, but I noticed you have OS X 10.2 (Jaguar). If you don't have iDVD you'll need to buy it from the Apple store.
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/70901/wo/u13Sbz1 DQJRc2kZnHbi1QKZybZA/1.0.19.1.0.8.25.7.11.0.3 or you can buy Roxio Toast 7, but toast is much more expensive. For Toast go to: http://www.roxio.com/
You also need a media player so you can view your final DVD. I did some quick research and found out that none of the free media players allows you to print - which is what you want to do. There are quite a few free media players available, like Nice player and Xine Player, but you need Panther or higher to use them. Because you're running OS X 10.2, the only free media player that you can use is VLC media player. To download a free VLC player go to: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ You do need QT 6.5.2. or higher. So you may need to update your QT.
You can't print a paused image, but you can take a snap shot of the still image, then print that. Snap Shot=CommandShift4. This will allow you to select the paused picture in the screen, or if you like just a portion of that paused picture. It will save on your desktop as a picture. Double click on the Picture, then print that.
Then it sounds like after you've burned the DVD with your titles, you will need to connect a VHS recorder to a DVD player and record your DVD on to VHS tape.
Good Luck,
JAM
iMac G5 2.0 GHZ 1.5 RAM, 250 internal HD, 160 ext. HD Mac OS X (10.4.1)

Problems with Image Disk, fantom CD on desktop and DVD burning

Hello,
I met the last days a lot of problems related with logical volumes.
1) image disk which refuse to disapear when unmount
2) CD which are duplicate once burnt (the both icons disaperar when one is ejected)
3) Servers (anonymous ftp) who stays on desktop after disconnection
4) DVD burning which begin with the message of the end : « completion of engraving » (in french : « finalisation de la gravure ») and the process abort.
5) Asking information about the DVDs: they contains 1,3Go of data (they are new Verbatim DVD-RW!).
If somebody have an idea…

Hello and welcome to Apple Discussions.
1) If you are using a file or application that resides on the Disk Image then it will not unmount.
2) If you burn 2 "sessions" with software like Toast you can end up with two CD icons that both eject when you take the single disk out. This is normal.
3) ?
4) and 5) Try burning disks at a lower speed and use media that is suitable for the older drives the iMac G4 has. You shouldn't be using 16x media.
regards
mrtotes
Bonjour et bienvenue aux discussions d'Apple.
1) Si vous employez un dossier ou une application qui résident sur l'image de disque puis il ne démontera pas.
2) Si vous brûlez 2 « des sessions » avec le logiciel comme pain grillé que vous pouvez finir vers le haut avec deux icônes de CD ces tous les deux éjectent quand vous enlever le disque simple. C'est normal.
3) ?
4) et 5) disques d'essai brûlants à une vitesse inférieure et emploient les médias qui convient aux commandes plus anciennes l'iMac G4 a. Vous ne devriez pas employer les médias 16x.
respect
mrtotes

HT1926 need to install drivers for cd and dvd burning

the registry settings used by itunes drivers for importing and burning cd and dvd are missing because of other burning sofeware

I'd start with the following document, with one modification. At step 12 after typing GEARAspiWDM press the Enter/Return key once prior to clicking OK. (Pressing Return adds a carriage return in the field and is important.)
iTunes for Windows: "Registry settings" warning when opening iTunes

Registry drivers for cd and dvd burning missing?

I have the Itunes 5.0 or whatnot and Everytime it pops up it says the registry drivers for burning cds and dvds isn't working and then it doesn't reconize my Ipod?
Help?

You may find the answer here.
Michael1950, ""Disc burner or software not found" error.", 08:56pm Sep 10, 2005 CDT
If not, post this in the iTunes for Windows forum, but don't say "I have the iTunes 5.0 or whatnot".
If you're not sure, it's hard to know how anyone will be!! : )

Upgraded memory but still running slow and DVD burner ?

Hi guys.
I just got the new iBook g4 12' laptop in August with 512 MB. I just added another 512 MB today and system profiler recognizes it. However, I don't see any improvements in my speed. In fact, start up is slower since I added the memory and I have seen the beach ball numerous times.
Is there something I need to do?
Also, I just got an external DVD burner (a Pioneer R-110 Dual Layer burner and is recognized by my system. I have Toast (6.1.1.) however, I cannot seem to burn Dual Layer DVDs on it. Do I need to upgrade to the 7.0 version or is there a better software I should get for burning Dual Layer DVDs?
Thanks for your help.

Hello,
Although the profiler recognizes the memory, it may not still agree with the system. Have you tried removing the ram and see if there is a speed increase?
If not, memory is a user serviceable repair and you may do it without voiding your applecare coverage. Now, here are instructions from Apple on how to do it. Please be sure you touch some metal surface before touching the memory. Do not touch any of the metal in the computer unless instructed to do so. Touching the metal will omit any static electricity in your body. Here is the link:
Click Here
That should tell you weather or not your problem is the memory.
Good Luck,
Grant

Video Card and DVD Burner required

Hi,
We are in the process of trying to build a preliminary Sun Solaris 10 machine that if we get everything to work, we will start to build more units for our customers. We took a look at the Sun Solaris HCL list for parts and our resellers are having trouble finding some parts because they are out of date. We need to find technology that will be around for a while. For that reason we have decided on a Motherboard with Intel processor and PCI-E support instead of AGP. Trouble with PCI-E is the HCL list has limited options and were unable to find the parts online.
Can anyone recommend some recent PCI-E video cards?
Also can anyone recommend some recent CD/DVD-RW burners?
If this is not the place to ask these questions could you please let me know where to go?
Thank you.

Cornelia,
Lennart's links are very good and informative. But one thing you should know is that an external DVD burner will not play a DVD - it only burns them. Since you want to view the DVD and pause at a particular scene and print it, you'll need some way to view your DVD. You also need a way to convert the iMovie project with the imported VHS footage, to a burnable format. iDVD can do that, but I noticed you have OS X 10.2 (Jaguar). If you don't have iDVD you'll need to buy it from the Apple store.
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/70901/wo/u13Sbz1 DQJRc2kZnHbi1QKZybZA/1.0.19.1.0.8.25.7.11.0.3 or you can buy Roxio Toast 7, but toast is much more expensive. For Toast go to: http://www.roxio.com/
You also need a media player so you can view your final DVD. I did some quick research and found out that none of the free media players allows you to print - which is what you want to do. There are quite a few free media players available, like Nice player and Xine Player, but you need Panther or higher to use them. Because you're running OS X 10.2, the only free media player that you can use is VLC media player. To download a free VLC player go to: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ You do need QT 6.5.2. or higher. So you may need to update your QT.
You can't print a paused image, but you can take a snap shot of the still image, then print that. Snap Shot=CommandShift4. This will allow you to select the paused picture in the screen, or if you like just a portion of that paused picture. It will save on your desktop as a picture. Double click on the Picture, then print that.
Then it sounds like after you've burned the DVD with your titles, you will need to connect a VHS recorder to a DVD player and record your DVD on to VHS tape.
Good Luck,
JAM
iMac G5 2.0 GHZ 1.5 RAM, 250 internal HD, 160 ext. HD Mac OS X (10.4.1)

BluRay Burner and DVD Burner will access the disk and then disappear and then access the disk again constantly.

Hi, I have a Dell system maxed out. I have both a DVD Burner and a BluRay Burner drive in the system. I just had to replace the fan on the CPU as the plastic that would hold it onto the mother board broke. I have a 120GB SSD as my main
and a 600GB 10,000 RPM drive as my secondary drive. Because I did not realize the Fan was the problem keeping the system from booting up all the way. Which never had any problems before I had to put the system into storage when I retired from the Air
Force last year. So any ways I rebuilt the system back with Windows 7 Ultimate. Everything was working fine. So I started installing all my other programs. Over the next several days I did not notice any problems. Until I went
to play one of my games that requires a Disk to be in the drive to verify it was a OEM disk. When I went to play I noticed the game kept asking for the disk even though the disk was already in the drive. Went to my System display and noticed that
the disk would show up for a few seconds and then disappear and then the drive would access the disk again and then disappear. This keeps happening in both my drives. I have read though the forums and this is not anything to do with the disk drive
disappearing that I see all over the forums. Also, when I start the computer up from the DVD or BluRay drive it starts up with no problems. So it is not anything to do with the hardware. I believe this is something to do with some software I may
have installed or something, but I don't believe it is hardware. Now I see that it has duplicated my Two optical media drives. If I can't get someone to help me fix this, I may have to go through the process and re-install the system and my other
software to see if that fixes the problem. Like I said I have never had this problem before.
Thanks in advance if anyone has any ideas.

If the paste wasn't changed it will lead to heating problems, something that will show in different ways all the time, but thsi isn't the issue here.
Could it bee that you accidentally moved the cables to the drive on the motherboard when you changed the fan? Make sure it's correctly connected in both ends.
It could also be that the drivers for the SATA-controller needs to be updated, try and download the latest ones from the manufacturers webpage.
Best regards
Andreas Molin
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