Imac wont burn DVD

I tried to burn dvd for my friends for christmas and I couldnt get a single one to burn not on Idvd (which is a herrendous application) or on the desktop, Is my dvd burner messed up?

What does Disk Utility report?
Couple of long shots...
Have you done a PRAM reset, CMD+Option+p+r...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=2238
Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964

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Hi and welcome to the discussions!
Google is your friend...
I found this on a Roxio forum, but it offers the best advice I have seen anywhere about this error.
Basically, it is most likely the media or the speed you are trying to burn at. It could be a few other things, but those are the most likely culprits.

I have premiere elements 13 and it wont burn DVD's. Says it cant find a burner.

I have premiere elements 13 and it wont burn DVD's. Says it cant find a burner.

Mac or Windows, and what is your hardware?
Things and Software to AVOID when authoring/burning a disc... says Encore, but also applies to Premiere Elements and disc burning
Start --> http://forums.adobe.com/thread/608660
#2 has WHY Explained http://forums.adobe.com/thread/607390
Plus http://forums.adobe.com/thread/562941
http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/cd-dvd-drive-recognized-application.html
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i have searched the web for so much time allready it apears that my computer harware does not burn dvds but my real question is i pull up my system specs and look at my system serial number i go to apple manuals and put my serial number in and it says it burns dvds double layer and everything help what do you guys think

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Recently I've been making a few video's from our holiday footage. Using Final Cut Express and using toast to convert the .mov files to a DVD Video.
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I've read that the media you use has an effect on this, but the media I have purchased is rated at 16x and burns fine on my windows PC.
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I've ordered some Verbatim DVD - R's that has been recommended from a well known forum that this particular media is manufactured from Japan from a company called TY. Which raises my next question if the iMac still doesn't burn above 2x, could I purchase an external DVD writer and will that allow me to burn above 2x? or will the software still limit me to 2x burn speeds?
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Happy Holidays to all !

There is NO REASON why the apple iMac drives should be reduced in speed
I've done many burns with different drives and it's a sad excuse to try to explain it in terms of improper media being used.
It's clear firmware on the burner mechinism has been throttled back.
There's some possible reasons for this:
• Noise Reduction (Personally, I want to know when something is working)
• Energy Use (iMac's aren't laptops on batteries!)
• Burner size and heat generation for faster speeds is too large for the slim profile iMac design (not likely)
The winner seems to be this one....
• Pressure on Apple by Entertainment companies to limit piracy (as part of the iTunes store contracts)
To reduce the ability of people to make and copy DVD's efficiently.
Nor do other mechinisms made by the same companies that produce the internal mechinisms used in the iMacs.
Those burn at higher speeds and a zero failure rate. My old external burner (lightscribe) still gets 16X speeds for the same media / file that my internal drive may run at 4x rate for.
Apple must be assuming that many professionals use external DVD/Blueray burners for their data DVD Burns. I know for a fact that my coaster rates are ZERO for large files being saved in this manner.
It's an inredible waste of my time to have such slow data transfer speeds when the PC crowd doesn't have to deal with this.
I'm basically sitting on a unused internal burner... even for small client files .. it's a waste of my time.

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I've recently transferred a video tape to iMovie, and then shared it to iDVD. The first time I saved it as a disc image and then went to burn it to a DVD with Disc Utility. Each time I tried, I was instructed to insert a blank disc, and then once I did, I it changed the message to 'waiting for drive'. After about a minute, it spit the disc out with no explanation. I then tried to burn a disc directly from iDVD with the same results.
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"This is a procedure that I've performed countless times, with no problems."
Using Verbatim 8x discs? I use 16x w/o any issues what-so-ever. Sometimes a simple restart and/or repairing permissions & restarting the computer cures CD/DVD drive hiccups.
Another help source (if you haven't already done so).
Go to your OS Help Menu. In the search field type dvd
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Works with DVD +R, -R, CDR... but it wont burn DVD+RW for some reason
I had this problem 3 years ago when it refused to burn CDs, and I had my ODD replaced with one of these
MATSHITA DVD-R   UJ-857E:
Firmware Revision:          ZF1E
Interconnect:          ATAPI
Burn Support:          Yes (Apple Shipping Drive)
Cache:          2048 KB
Reads DVD:          Yes
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I ran a hardware test recently and no problems were identified.

I just tried it again using a different account, same problem. I was burning DVD+Rs already today, then I went out and bought a packet of discs from tesco DVD+RW and they wont burn no matter which way I try it. I remember having this problem with Tesco CDRs 3 years ago when I sent my macbook in for repair, but I think I have used tesco discs since thren without problems. I've had trouble on two occasions reading music CDs as well + the drive is sluggish and noisy when inserting/ejecting discs.
Finding a lot of threads on this and not really much in the way of solutions. At best I've been able to ascertain that the problem is probably software related owing to the error code.
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I was having problems burning DVDs' from iDVD and it turned out my burner is at fault.
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I have also tried the Mac superdrive but my imac wont recognise it as it's been configured for macbook air and mini mac. I know I can "make" it work by doing something or other in com.apple/plist, but dont want to mess about in there.
I'm also told an external drive would work but does "mac compatible" mean only for air and mini as their own superdrive is or all macs?
Any help appreciated before I convince myself mac is no better than windows pc!

Thanks but this didn't really help.
I can buy the drives at a dozen places but none of them seem to know what connection is correct (SATA etc) and that includes the apple store. It was the store who told me buy the superdrive and all my problems would be over. Wrong! It isn't recognised by imac as it's confifured for air and mini mac. Only way to make it work is as i said in earlier post. (Would you be happy buying a car you were told would start and then discover you have to open the bottome and fiddle to make it go?)
The apple store I would not even consider taking it to. Days without the pc, over priced and don't have a good reputation for actually fixing things!
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