IDVD Multiple Disc Burning

I created a movie in IMovie and put it into IDVD and went through the encoding process and it burned fine with no problems, but I wanted to burn several DVD's without closing it, but it did not give me the option of "would you like to burn another disk" like it has in the past when I created other movies. It would eject the disc after the first burn. I did try just to put another blank in the drive and it looks like it would start to burn, but then it would say "done" on the screen. I could use some advice on this if anyone has a fix in mind. Thank You

ok ... it made a coaster and you know this because you can actually see that the bottom of the DVD was written to, or at least partially written to ..... correct?
If this is the case, what type and brand of media are you using? Is it Verbatim or Maxell DVD-R? (please tell me you are Not using Memorex or TDK media nor did you switch brands on the second or subsequent attempt at burning). When is the last time you cleaned the DVD Lens with a quality DVD lens cleaner? (again I recommend Maxell DVD Lens cleaner kits /3M since cheaper brands sometime do more harm than good).
btw .... You need to wait at least 20 mins. in between burns to allow the laser to cool for the next/subsequent DVD copy. Did you do this as well?

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What brand DVD-R?
I burn Verbatim DVD-R 16X at 4X all the time using a disk image and Toast (or Disk Utility). Try Verbatim. I use other brands too. In both of my "SuperDrives."
Suggest you create a disc image and then burn the DVD. File/Save As Disc Image...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=164927
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.
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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. Then click the Burn button.
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My iDvd will not burn a disc...there is an encoding error that comes up after the title screen

Like it says in the title...My iDvd will not burn a disc...there is an encoding error that comes up after the title screen.
Here is the process that I have been doing.
1. put in a blank disk and with the project already being done, i hit burn (not too hard).
2. iDvd then starts to encode the title.
3. After the title has been encoded, the burning stops and a message comes up saying "there was an error during encoding" and when ever I try to burn the same message keeps on coming up.
I am running version 7.0.4
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Try using this workflow:
Once you have the project as you want it save it as a disk image via the File ➙ Save as Disk Image menu option. This will separate the encoding process from the burn process.
To check the encoding mount the disk image and launch DVD Player and play it. If it plays OK with DVD Player the encoding was good.
Then burn to disk with Disk Utility or Toast at the slowest speed available (2x-4x) to assure the best burn quality. Always use top quality media: Verbatim, Maxell or Taiyo Yuden DVD-R are the most recommended in these forums.
Then you can concentrate on the content if you can't create a disk image of the project.
Read these posts by Bengt Wärleby. One of them may have helpful info:
I'm trying to burn an iMovie in iDVD...: Apple Support Communities
I am using idvd and i keep getting the...: Apple Support Communities
encoding video error: Apple Support Communities
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I have completed a dvd using idvd. It burns to disc but I want to upload it to tube Is there a way to do that? it seens to be in project mode now.

I have completed a dvd using idvd. It burns to disc and plays back on both mac and pc
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iDVD is not a format that can be viewed online. Personally I would try creating a slideshow in iPhoto with the same photos and audio as used in iDVD. Then export as a movie file with the Export button at the bottom of the slideshow window:
Since I don't use Face Book I don't know what size to recommend. Another option would be to get a YouTube account (free) and upload the Quicktime movie file to it. You can make videos there private or public.
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Once you have the project as you want it save it as a disk image via the File ➙ Save as Disk Image menu option. This will separate the encoding process from the burn process.
To check the encoding mount the disk image and launch DVD Player and play it. If it plays OK with DVD Player the encoding was good.
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Burning Multiple Discs

Anyone have experience burning multiple discs out of Waveburner....on the 2 drives of a Mac Pro for example, or any other configuration?

Just to clarify, I mean multiple discs at the same time.

Burning audio over multiple discs - BUT NO TRACK INFO!

This problem has been occurring for so long I can't believe I've waited this long to vent.
I went to burn a playlist to audio CD that would need to span three (3) discs. After the 3rd disc burns, I check discs 1 and 2 and neither have ANY track info. Just Track 1, Track 2, ... This does me no good. The track info only burns for the last disc in sequence. This is a repeatable problem and is so terribly annoying that it makes me wish there was a good viable alternative to iTunes.
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Swank, you will have to edit this information in yourself on the secondary computer. This link explains why burned audio CD's don't have track information on another computer.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93952

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I've followed all steps outlined in this support article "iTunes for Windows: Optical drive is no longer recognized, or "Disc burner or software not found" alert after install" (http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2308)
Solution 1, no updated firmware was available for dvd drive.
Solution 2, not relevant because those files were not present when I looked for them.
Solution 3, I'm familiar with regedit and did exactly what the step by step instructions told me including rebooting multiple times to completely remove Gear drivers/keys, installing the new Gear driver files with their official setup file "For 32-bit and 64-bit systems:" from http://www.gearsoftware.com/support/drivers.php (and gave another reboot just in case) and opened iTunes at the very end of the entire process.
Still getting the dreaded "disc burner or software not found..." error when trying to burn a playlist to a CD. The weird thing is when I click Burn playlist to a CD, I see the DVD drive "E: in the next prompt which asks for Data CD/MP3 CD, Audio CD.
So I clicked on Help > Run Diagnostics, selected "CD/DVD Drive tests" only and clicked "Next".
Window says "To begin the test, please insert a prerecorded audio cd..." so I did that and clicked "Next".
Under "Choose an optical drive to test:", the drop-down menu only shows "[Choose a Drive]", no other options. Under "Optical drive:" it says "No drive chosen for testing.", and I click the "Next" button.
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QuickTime not available
FairPlay 2.5.16
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CD Driver DLL 2.1.3.1
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Gracenote SDK 1.9.6.502
Gracenote MusicID 1.9.6.115
Gracenote Submit 1.9.6.143
Gracenote DSP 1.9.6.45
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**** External Plug-ins Information ****
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iTunesHelper 11.1.3.8 is currently running.
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Hi there aaxim,
You may find the troubleshooting steps in the article below helpful.
iTunes for Windows: Optical drive is no longer recognized, or "Disc burner or software not found" alert after install
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2308
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First post in these subject forums. I am posting the same problem in iDVD and iMovieHD which were from iLife'05, but I won't post there.
I loaded iLife'05 and also managed to get iDVD5 loaded although the packaging indicated that I needed to have a 733mhz G4 or faster processor and I have a Prismo Powerbook, 500 mhz and it was successful or maybe not.
Then I opened iDVD, I got this Error message..."The application iDVD could not be opened because the required hardware could not be found"...which makes sense as I have an external Lacie (CD-R,-RW, DVD-R,-RAM,-RW,R,+RW,R DL) burner that I bought about a year ago that my wife also uses on her G4 tower.......... and I did not have it connected. So I connected it and when I opened iDVD again and it still reads: "The application iDVD could not be opened because the required hardware could not be found." Shut down and reboot, no difference.
This probably does not have any bearing on the issue but in the System Profiler for "Disk Burning" there is a parameter "Burn Support" which is "Yes (Unsupported)", should this be "Yes (supported)"?
Question #1: Does iDVD5 only work with an Apple "superdrive" or does it work with other third party "DVD burners" ?
So I used iMovieHD from iLife'05 to create a project of an old family vacation (from an old 8mm Sony Handycam) and wanted to create a DVD, for archive reasons and to view on TV with a DVD player, but I could not do anything because of different errors now in iMovieHD.
File > Share...(a window opens and I choose iDVD and then click the "share" button) and this error comes up:
The movie could not be sent to iDVD, because of an unknown error.
"Please make sure that iDVD is properly installed, that your project disk has write permission, and that you have enough disk space. (Error 0)"
Next I tried: File > Burn Project to Disc......and this error comes up.
No Disc Burning Drive Found
"If you have an apple-supported disc burner, please check your connections and try again."
The project file is 5.89GB and I have 57.97GB free on the hard drive so I don't think that space on the hard drive is an issue.
Question #2: Is the issue of not being able to create a DVD from iMovieHD related to the iDVD issue although the error messages in iMovieHD and iDVD are different?
Question #3: How are Video DVD's from the Hollywood Studios able to make DVD's longer than 2 hours?
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One more addition to this post, I opened DVD Player and got this error "There was an initialization error. A valid DVD drive could not be found (-70012)
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Here you go:
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4) Go to: Users/Library/Caches and delete folder com.apple.idvd
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Hello,
I am trying to burn a fcp 5 project onto a dvd+r with idvd. the project previewed fine in the idvd, but when i put the dvd in, it says it can't read the dvd and that there's nothing in the drive. The dvds are brand new and have never been used. I burn cd in itunes fine, any suggestions?

Hi St Louis:
Are you sure you have a Super Drive? Check your System Profiler. It should look like this:
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Hi
Exactly as Shippey writes.
After You done the Disk Image.
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what is a screen shot?
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_shot>
Read the intro and the Mac OS X section. When you compose a post, you may add a screen shot by clicking the camera button and following the instructions.
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If it fails as before, you should return to the project window. This time, choose File > Save as Disc Image… Save it to a convenient location.
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Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)
<http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964>
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=88275
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=2238
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