IDVD burning problem

I burned a DVD off of iDVD using a Memorex DVD+R. It burned successfully and then I inserted it into my Mac Mini, it spit it out, I inserted it into my Macbook Pro and it said I had inserted a blank disc. Does anyone know what the problem may be? The disc im hoping and not the burner I have. Thanks in advance!

Your SuperDrive may be too old for DVD+R. Use DVD-R. Verbatim preferred. Office Depot and Best Buy stock those near me.
I only use DVD-R. More compatible with players.

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    with one itunes imported song
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  • IDVD Burning Problem...Pixels and Vibrating Image!!!!!

    I have a 104 minute project that I'm burning in iDVD (exported from FCP Pro). Every time I play it back after burning, I notice the same scene (about midway through the project) is pixelated and the picture "vibrates" like crazy. I've already re-burned it about 5 different times, and the same thing happens with each disc.
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  • IDVD burning problem, resolved!

    Hello all.
    I just ran into a fascinating problem with iDVD, and thankfully found a solution.
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  • IDVD burn problem

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    Hi
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  • IDVD Burn Problems

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    drag and drop the plist for iDVD to the trash. Empty the trash & Restart your mac.
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  • IDVD burned disk does not start at main menu

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  • IDVD burning - but playback shutters

    Recently I made a quick 8:31 slideshow using iDVD.
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    I burned direct and burned off of a image. Either way the DVD hesitates and then plays at around 6 min.
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    iMac Mac OS X (10.4.6) I do it all...

    Paul,
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    Some set top DVD players don't handle the audio well at chapter breaks. The only way to insure continuous audio is to create a slideshow movie in iPhoto of iMovie.
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  • Burn problem - "internal target failure"

    Can anybody help me with a burn problem that is driving me crazy, especially as I am a recent migrant from Windows. Every time I burn in iDVD from an iMovie I get the error message at the burn stage, i.e. after 2 hours encoding etc. "The recording device reported the hardware error: internal target failure (0x44,0x00)". This is after reporting the problem to my dealer and having the Superdrive replaced under guarantee. Any ideas gratefully received.
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    iMac G5   Mac OS X (10.4.6)  

    Welcome to iDVD Discussions.
    That may be a media/burning speed issue.
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    David Pogue also recommends Verbatim on page 356 of his latest book:
    iMovie HD & iDVD 6: The Missing Manual
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    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iDVD/6.0/en/18.html
    http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/image_to_diskstone.html
    This will isolate any encoding/burning issues you may encounter. Once the disc image is created, double-click the .img and burn the virtual disc that should appear on your desktop, using Toast to burn the DVD. Disk Utility to burn the .img file. Usually, you can select a burning speed in Disk Utility.
    There are variations to this process based on which OS X you are using...
    Open Disk Utility (in Utilities folder in Applications folder), click on the virtual disc (maybe the .img) in the left-hand window. Click the Burn icon. A new window should drop down and your SuperDrive tray will open after clicking the Burn icon. Insert a recordable DVD. (Verbatim DVD-R preferred by me.) Click the Close button. Wait. Select a burn speed. If you hold your mouse cursor over the pop-up it says: "Select a slower speed to work around burn failures," so select 4x or slower for best results. Then click the Burn button.
    -->If the virtual disk selection won't allow you to click the Burn icon, use the .img file instead. This may have changed in 10.3.9 and did change in Tiger.
    Also, you can use DVD Player to play the virtual disk to check your iDVD project before burning to DVD. Launch DVD Player. File/Open VIDEO_TS (Open DVD Media... in Player 4.6). Find the VIDEO_TS folder and open that. (The audio folder is for DVD-Audio disks.)
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93006

  • Why is iDVD burning incomplete?

    I imported and edited my video in iMovie HD. I shared the video to iDVD and when I set everything up in the menus and all that, I burned my video and it ejects the blank DVD before it even starts burning. It ejects the disc at the "Multiplexing and burning..." stage, with a "Time remaining: about one minute". It says it's already done burning, but there is no burn mark on the DVD itself—it is still a blank DVD. I tried everything, I've gotten a few DVD's to burn, but some just won't burn.
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    2) I burn a disk image as J Keller suggested, and used Disk Utility to burn onto the DVD disc. From +Idvd ejecting while in the burn stage+ (http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10293881#10293881)
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  • Seriously feeling dumb here...burning problems!

    Ah I am so thick! Okay, so I've been going through all of these past threads about people with burning problems but I feel as if I'm missing something here because nothing seems to be working out for me with iDVD.
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    Hi Kathryn
    How much RAM do You have ?
    How much free space on Your hard disk ?
    What version of QuickTime ?
    Have You been able to burn DVDs before ?
    May be You could do like this (if You have an internal DVD-burner)
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    Yours Bengt W

  • IDVD burning guide - reading required

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    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=508221&tstart=0
    • iDVD appears to be unresponsive when encoding Audio
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302988
    • Burning a disk image file on a CD or DVD in Mac OS X
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93006
    • How to copy previously-burned DVD-R video discs
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    • About optical disc drive burning and write speeds
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301551
    • Factors that affect writing to or reading from optical media
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25402
    • Jim Taylor's DVD FAQ
    http://www.dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html#0.1
    • Which DVD media to buy and why
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    Karsten,
    thanks
    The Rules of Chapter Markers:
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    2. No chapter markers within 2 seconds of the beginning or the end of the movie.
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    ... is it still so, 'no music - no disk' using iPhoto slideshows...?
    I have to say that I have no clue about that - I have yet to create a slideshow with iPhoto. Maybe someone more knowledgeable can jump in here ....
    do you know the waybackmachine...?
    You really got your research down, thanks for the link .... I'll go and save it as PDF, you never know
    ... just as an idea ...
    I kinda like that idea: Karsten's Unofficial iDVD FAQ
    maybe even with a downloadable PDF version .... now THAT would kill your bandwidth
    mish

  • IDVD burning one project on multiple macs? where are project contents?

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    • [root]/Library/iDVD/Favorites: This folder is located at the root of your disk.
    • /Network/Library/iDVD/Favorites: This folder is on a network system specifically
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  • DVD Studio burning problem error message: "remove the VIDEO_TS folder from the Build Location"; where is build location

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