K3b dvd burner problem

I have encountered this problem both on my laptop as on my main computer. If I start k3b it hangs for 3 minutes at the creating gui screen. I use the latest non-initrd kernel, lshwd, dbus and hal. It really makes me goe bananas because if I boot with a livecd I do not have this problem, nor with other linux versions I have tested this problem occurs. What the hell can it be, I like k3b and I like archlinux but the 2 of them don't want me to use them at the same time. The only linuxdistro I also like is Gentoo but I hate compiling every fart it has to let go.

My system has the latest packages as far as I know. I found some other problems that could be related, seems that k3b doesn't work so well with scsi emulation support. My burner I use at this pc is external usb and uses scsi stuff, so did the burner at my laptop, that was a built in burner unlike the one I use on my main pc. Any ways of disabling the scsi stuff, I don't wanna recompile my kernel along with all the modules...

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How can I work around a DVD burning problem

Steve Grisetti: How can I work around a DVD burning problem?
Question: Does PSE and PE -7 solve this problem or make any difference at all?
Joanna

This article, from the FAQ list at the top of this forum, is valid for all versions, since it may be a problem for any.
http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.59b5f52c
The problem is not so much with Premiere Elements as it is with challenges faces in the operating system registry. Basically, DVD burner programs, like Nero, which are installed on your computer at the factory, refuse to share access to the DVD burner with other programs.

DVD Burn problem. "Device error - the target device isn't suitable for use"

Hello everyone,
I initially had a lot of problems with PE8. However the nVidia driver update solved most of them.
Just thought it was important to report success as well as failure!
However one problem remains. I get the following error at the 96% mark while burning. "Device error - the target device isn't suitable for use". It is always at the 96% mark and the program is "compiling [something]" when this happens.
Having searched this site I notice that user rgferg posted a similar problem 13 days ago but was redirected to repost in a different place, but never did.
I have tried to burn a 1hr clip 4 times and every time I have selected the slower burn speed (8MB/s) as has been suggested. It seems that inferior media is a culprit, so I have bought some [quality] Verbatim DVD-R media to try in my Phillips SATA optical drive. I am sceptical this will work, but open minded nonetheless. I will give it a whirl when my computer has stopped capturing the VHS I am working on.
Each time the burn failed the disk was automatically ejected and the burn process had actually started and progressed perhaps ~40% or so.
This indicates to me that it is a drive sharing issue, rather than a media issue. Somewhere on this forum it suggests that I go through a 20+ step process and delete/disable every piece of software that can compete with Premiere among other things. IF I do this what do I burn with outside of Adobe? Do I have to get imgburn or whatever it was called? What if I like Nero? Nero 6 has worked great for me for 3 years.
So given I am willing to uninstall my old optical drive burning software, who out there can recommened commercial software that for them creates a painless Adobe burning experience with no errors or conflicts? Perhaps there is another solution that I did not see on this forum?
I am running Windows XP SP3. I have the latest nVidia drivers for my SLI GeForce 7600 GS cards. I have 3 monitors. RAID 0 SATA, 2GB RAM, Athlon X2 5400.
Justin.

OK been working through the list of 20 things Adobe recommends to fix DVD burn error. No luck yet:
system meets minimum requirements
Project size does not exceed disk capacity
successfully burned project to DVD folder -thus skip to step 8.
8. Using new blank media for burning
9. Try different media and DVD burners. Bought Verbatim DVD-R. Don't have another DVD burner. Adobe's supported burner list is VERY short, so of course mine is not on it.
10. Uninstalled Nero 6. Did NOT uninstall Acronis True Image workstation or Lightscribe. These do not access the drive unless I say so!
11. Have not yet disabled startup items and services. This will take a lot of work and will leave to last. Deactivated Spybot thus far.....
12. Disabled IMAPI CD burning COM
13. DMA if available already set. Haven't set this in BIOS yet. I already think it is, but will check next boot.
14. Updated DVD firmware
15. Already updated nVidia drivers
16. Don't have any other DVD drives to disconnect.
17. MPEG workaround. Will resort to if required.
18. Disable Autoplay? XP only has "prompt me each time to choose an action". I have set this for ALL file types.
19. Have NOT refreshed the DVD drivers in the registry. This step involves uninstalling PE8. Will leave this as last resort.
20. Visit forums to see if other have the same problem. Hi guys
So still working through some of the items above.
Can anyone direct me to advice on how to write the encoded files sent to the hard drive, or the VOB files that PE8 failed to burn to a disk? Will the former work with DVD menus?
What a process.
Stay tuned.
Justin.

My DVD burning problems solved....here's what I did.

Like some of you, I was having MAJOR problems burning DVDs. My initial setup was a dual 2.0 ghz G5 purchased in July of last year, so it came with a 8x burner and iLife '04 (iMovie 4.0.1 and iDVD 4.0.1). Seeing as how I have 1.5gigs RAM and a fairly new system running 10.4.3, I didn't think I was going to have any problems burning DVDs....
HA.
Nothing worked right......a 1-hour long project burned for more than 8 hours without finishing, or iDVD would quit for no reason, or the burn would fail. I noticed that Terminal said that during these burns it was only burning at 4x even though 47x was requested. Chapters were not working. Applecare was not helpful, only suggesting that I try to burn under a new user, and then call them back. That didn't work either.
I probably took the lazy man's way out, but I decided this waste of time was unacceptable. I went out and purchased a 16x SuperDrive Pioneer DVR-110D replacement from MCE for $92, and upgraded to iLife '05 for another $79. I installed the drive myself (VERY easy with the included instructions), and tried the new setup under a newly created user.....
PERFECT burning every time. Not only that, but Terminal showed a requested burn speed of 16x and a burn speed of 16x. A two-hour project is now burning in less than 8 minutes. Multiplexing still takes time, but it's less than 1 hour!
On an interesting side note: when I try to burn under my regular user name, I STILL get an burning error (says image not complete, or incomplete....something like that). But under the user name created just for burning I have no problems. The chapter problem was solved when I stopped putting a chapter marker at the very beginning of my iMovie projects, since iDVD automatically puts one in called "Beginning," which you can change to anything you want.
Maybe this will help others.....
Dual 2Ghz G5 Mac OS X (10.4.3) 1.5 gigs RAM, iMovie 5.0.1, iDVD 5.0.1

it was only burning at 4x even though 47x was requested.
That's a issue discussed in the past.
It turns out that 8X DVD burning means about 47X CD burning - you were requesting 8X DVD but only got 4X DVD burning.
I haven't seen it discussed anymore so maybe Apple got around to eliminating that 'quirk' in terminology.
I suspect some of the early 8x DVD burners didn't perform as advertised. I'm glad your new 16X burner is working for you.

Intel iMac SuperDrive (Matshita DVD-R UJ-846) DVD Burning Problems

Hi there:
Having a strange problem burning DVD's now. I have a January '06 intel iMac Core Duo 2ghz, 2GB RAM. My DVD burner suddenly no longer will burn DVD's. When I put in a blank DVD-R, it just spins for a bit then spits it out, no prompt or error message. When I put in a blank DVD+R or DVD-RW, it gives me the usual prompt that a blank DVD has been inserted and asks how to handle it. But when I try to burn, it opens the session, then quickly finishes the session (without any burning) and spits the disc out with an error that burning failed because of an inability to calibrate laser power level for the media. Sometimes it says due to a media error. It also will not read a previously burned DVD data disc, including the OS install DVD that came with the computer. It will however, read and play movie DVD's, and also reads and burns CD-R's with no issues.
I've tried the following fixes with the following results:
1) Change media. Have tried several different types and different brands. No success.
2) Burn DVD's from an external firewire DVD burner. Works fine.
3) Hardware Test via the install DVD (on the external firewire burner). No problems found.
4) Did a fresh install of the Tiger OS onto an external firewire hard drive, booted from that, and tried to burn. No success.
5) Tried burning from Disk Utility and Finder. No success.
6) Put a cleaning CD into the drive and let it run. Still no success after.
System profiler says the drive is ready to burn CDs and DVDs. CDs work, DVDs don't.
Any ideas as to what could be causing this and how to fix?
Thanks!
--Equus

If you guys did a search on the optical drives you'll discover that they have a rather extensive
history for failure. the failing optical drive process starts off rather slowly and worsens over time.
You could replace the internal optical drive but rather than performing surgery on your Imac
you would be better off going with an external optical drive.
If your IMac is still under warranty you can have it replace but I would still pick up an external
as well, I have read a couple of threads where even after having the internal replace the same issue
happened yet again.
I ordered a LaCie that does rather well.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001P5C9S0/ref=oss_product
I did however discover a couple of minor issues with my LaCie...
1) When the mounts a disc , for some reason the mechanical ejection button
on the face of the enclosure is disabled. This is not a major issue right click and eject or, drag the
icon into the trash
2) if you are wanting to lightscribe be sure to go to the LaCie website and download the latest
lightscribe app, the one that came with mine was out of date and did not work in Mac OSX 10.6
3) My lightscribed DVD's had a problem , the images where filled with rings from the center of the
disc out, I have discovered this is due to calibration , Amazon has shipped me a new Lacie that
I have sitting in a box next to me, I have not had a chance to test out the new unit yet.
You may also look at OWC's optical drives
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/optical-drives/
Either way make sure that you go with an optical drive with Firewire.
James

External DVD burn problem

I realize I am far behind everyone else here; but here goes.
I finally got a DVD burner for my G4 iMac (snowball) 1Gig OSX 10.4.11. iDvd v. 6.0.4; iMovie v. 6.0.3.
It's a (used) Lacie d2 8X.
I tried my hand with iMovie for the first time this Christmas using my digital camera in movie mode. Took a few minutes of the train set running around the tree.
I did pretty good with the clips in iMovie; even adding sound, titles and opening credits.
So, today I put the movie in iDvd; using the share function as instructed.
When I tried to burn the DVD; it went thru the sequence of building the DVD and then failed at the "burn" mode.
So, here are my questions -
Is there a problem burning on the external Lacie drive from iDvd?
I have DVD-R discs; is that a problem?
I tried Toast; but could not drag the iMovie into the the window (it just snapped back)?
The burner is 8X and I bought some 16x discs, is this wrong?
I hope this all makes sense and someone can help me out.
Well, trying something different to get the DVD to record.
I tried this time with Toast 6.
Got BurnPatch. Taost now recognizing the burner after unplugging it and re hooking it up.
I exported the movie as a QT file as directed in the Toast instructions. Drag/drop into the Toast window.
I am getting two error messages -
"Drive error
sense key=illegible request
sense code= 0x30, 0x05
Cannot write medium
incompatible format
and-
Couldn't setup the track for writing
last window (upon closing ) states
"this disc cannot be used because it is not recognized"
Could it be that using the 16x DVD-r discs is causing the problem? Also, they are a 'store brand'. If I need to use 8x; does anyone even carry them anymore?
Help, please
Thanks
Jay

I have an external firewire LaCie Burner and, once connected to my iMac, it does not show up in Disk Utility, but does work. It is recognized in Toast (if connected). I've used it almost exclusively without any problems. I've also tried it with Disk Utility:
Try this: connect the external burner, open Disk Utility, select a disk image (.dmg) and hit the burn button; my Disk Utility then gives me the option to burn with either the external or the Superdrive and tells me to insert a disk. But, unless I've selected an image to burn, there is no indication or icon anywhere in Disk Utility (or on the desktop) that an external burner has been connected. I've always thought that as being a bit strange, but since it does work, I haven't questioned it.
Another possibility might be that you did not install the (correct?) LaCie driver? You might want to check their website, find the latest driver appropriate for your model and Mac OS and follow their install directions. LaCie burners do need drivers installed to be recognized by the OS.

DVD-burner problems using 925X NEO Platinum

Hello,
I've experienced a lot of problems trying to burn DVD's lately. Both of the latest DVD burners I've used only burn DVD's at 1.5x speed. I read a post on this forum about a guy who experienced exactly the same and he was adviced to switch the DVD burner to IDE1 instead of IDE2. I did that, but never got my computer to start again. (It only said read falut, press ctrl+alt+del to try again).
I now use a DVD-burner from LG (GSA-4163B), I got all the latest drivers, BIOS etc. I also have tried burning on all (almost) different types of DVD's. The result is the same = only 1.5x speed. CD's burn only at 10x at the most.
I've also learned that my HD's only use PIO-mode, and cannot use DMA at all at the moment. WHY? They are both set to "use DMA if possible-option". I use a MAXTOR 6Y120P0 and a SEAGATE ST320413A.

Quote from: Assaf on 29-August-05, 21:47:38
Windows XP falls back to PIO if it detects transfer errors.
Possably a bad cable caused that.
You should be able to get back to DMA by deleting the IDE controllers from the device manager and rebooting.
In DMA mode your burning speed should pick up.
If you are using cheap rounded or extra long cables (over 45cm) I would consider replacing them.
OK, I've changed the MSI-cable (that was rounded and looked pretty cheap) that was connected to the burner
& DVD-rom, but it seems nothing really happens when I uninstall my (6) IDE controllers. They re-install themself
when rebooting, but still use the PIO mode. Should I uninstall all 6 controllers (3 primary, 3 secondary) at the same
time and then reboot, or what?
I bought a new, quite expensive IDE-cable recently, which I use for the burner + DVD-rom, but it's 60cm long.
Should I replace it? Is that really necessary?
Thanks for the reply!!

DVD Burner Problems

Hello everyone, as you can see from the title I have been having problems with a dvd burn. The model is TS-H552, Toshiba-Samsung Model. OS X can read any disc and can burn dvds. Though it wont burn cds. I just cant figure it out and after much searching i have decided to post my problem. Thanks

Sounds like the hardware is not compatible with the Mac software.
I don't know anything about that model, so I can't say whether it should work or not.
The fact that it partially works is odd, especially since you say it works on the PC.
Sorry, I really don't have many ideas - except for maybe creating a new user account on the Mac to see if it's something in your user setup.
Scott

DVD Burner problem with P965 Platinum

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MBP 2.2 SR DVD burner problem

Hi guys , im having a problem with my mbp.
Just out of the blue my dvd burner wont acept any blank dvds. It burns and reads cd's very well, it reads dvd's flawlessly but blank dvd's just spits it out.
I think it was some kind update that did this, because it been working very well until this.
I dont want to return my mbp because here were i stand in Portugal, Apple warranty is given by a third party and it's very slow, and i need it for work.
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Try resetting PRAM…
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=2238

Another LaCie DVD burner problem

Hi. I’m hoping one of you Mac geniuses out there can help me out. I received a LaCie DVD burner for Christmas, and so far, I can not get it to work with any Mac software. The drive will burn from Toast 7 Platinum (which was included with the drive), but that’s it. More details:
1. LaCie’s DiscRecording would not install (this should have been my first clue!). So I wrote LaCie Tech Support, and they told me how to manually install the software. This involved creating a DiscRecording folder in the Library on my hard drive. Next I created a DeviceProfiles folder in the DiscRecording folder. Then I dragged the “lacie.drprofile” (from their software disc) to the DeviceProfiles folder, and restarted my computer, as per instructions. This should have fixed everything.
2. I assembled a slide show in iDVD, and went to burn it on my new drive. It whirred for about 3 seconds, and spit out the disc. I received 2 error messages:
#1. BURNING COMPLETE
There were some errors:
Recording engine: internal error occured
#2. MULTIPLEXER ERROR
There was a problem during multiplexing/burning
3. So I decided to try saving my slide show as a disk image, and burn it from Disk Utilities. I inserted a DVD+R disc into the drive, it whirred for a few seconds, then told me the blank DVD that I inserted didn’t have enough room to hold my slide show (the file size is 270mb). After reading of other people’s problems here on the forum, I decided to try again, this time with a DVD-R disc (still using Disk Utilities). I inserted the disc, the drive whirred, and....nothing. The burn box said “Waiting for the drive”, only the drive wasn’t doing anything!!! The little lamp signifying drive activity was dark. And the disc wouldn’t eject!
LaCie Tech Support says as long as the drive burns from their software (Toast), everything is OK. I’m stumped. Any ideas? I’m just about ready to take the drive back and get a different brand. Any recommendations? Thanks.

Buhtwheat,
Thanks for replying. In response to your questions:
Toast will not burn my disk image, it says .img files
are not supported.
Can you play the image file using Apple's DVD Player application?
This is a critical step - double-click on the image file to mount it on your desktop. Open the DVD Player application (in your Applications folder) - select File>Open DVD media and select the VIDEO_TS folder on the mounted image file. Does it play? If so, iDVD is working. I know you've already tried DU, but please try again -try to use Apple's Disk Utility (in your Applications>Utilities folder) to burn the disk image to writable media. See Burning a disk image file on a CD or DVD in Mac OS X at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93006 Does Disk Utility see your burner? What errors do you see?
The Toast version usually shipped with burners is 'crippled' and can't do everything a full version does. What version of Toast do you have - 6 or 7?
Roxio changed the user interfacer in the different versions and the way you things can be very different in the different versions.
iTunes recognizes the drive.
I think that's a good sign.
F Shippey

DVD Burner problems A505 with Windows 7 Home Premium

No matter the burn software (windows DVD Burner or Corel) I get errors on 9 of every 10 blank DVDs. This can't be correct. Anyone offer some hints? Thanks!!

I just want to say that many Nokia Ovi Suite problems have showed up for me recently. I tried everything (including many reinstalls, cleans, etc.) and nothing helped.
Finally I found the solution:
I realized that I have installed Service Pack 1 on Windows 7 (32-bit), and this stopped Ovi Suite from working correctly. The solution is to run Ovi Suite in compatibility mode as "Windows 7"
(You may be surprised to run an application in "Windows 7" compatibility mode on Windows 7. But after installing Service Pack, it is no longer "Windows 7" but it is now "Windows 7 SP1"! This is different. So "Windows 7" is the old mode without the service pack, and in this old mode Ovi Suite works.)
Concluding: After installing Service Pack 1 just use compatibility mode as "Windows 7" to run Ovi Suite, and this program should work OK (at least for me it works on a 32-bit OS).
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Printable dvd burning problems

my imac superdrive it´s unable to burn printable dvds, i get a harware error "spindle servo failure" on toast.
i tried on a external lacie dvd burner and works fine.
i think it´s an issue because the vertical orientation on the burner.
anyone has the same problem?
by the way, the dvds are from emtec.

No, just the wrong burner. You can use an external http://www.macsales.com/ burner which isn't as sensitive to the type of media that is installed and is compatible with all the same software.
Also, see http://www.videohelp.com/dvdmedia/ for a guide on the best media to use. The media brand you chose is one I've never heard of before.

External DVD burning problems

Hello. Have a mac G4 dual 867 running Mac OS 10.3.9. I am trying to use iDVD 6 to burn dvds using an external Iomega DVD burner. This used to work fine, but I recently had to reinstall my OS and now iDVD tells me it doesn't read any drive and I can't burn without a Superdrive. I thoght iDVD 5 allowed for external burning. I tried using iDVD Egg.1.dmg, but it didn't work.
Is there a driver or something I need to install to use iDVD?
thanks
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you need iDvd6 (not 5) to burn to an ext. S-Drive w/o issues.
I haven't used the following but ..... You are free to try using this along with Patchburn at your own risk:
iDVD Easter Egg
http://homepage.mac.com/geerlingguy/macsupport/mac_help/pages/0015-burn_idvdother.html
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5018630&#5018630
I'd highly recommend simply upgrading to iDvd6 (makes things much easier):
By sdmacuser at 2007-08-26

[fixed] DVD burning problems "Unable to open a new session."

I'm using a blank DVD (Yes, it really is blank. See below.) I tried to burn an iso on it. k3b fails, complaining "Unable to open a new session. Probably a problem with the media." If I use cdrecord, the same thing happens. Changing the burn speed (from the auto 8x to the minimum supported by the drive: 6x) doesn't help. The same thing happened when I ran cdrecord as root, with a priority of -20. (My user is in the optical group anyway.)
I tried burning the same iso to several different blank DVDs. cdrecord and k3b say the same thing for each. I tried burning the same iso to the same/first disc on another computer. It worked.
So what's wrong with this machine?
I have not tried using another DVD drive. I have not tried using a different iso.
Last edited by onexused (2014-08-27 12:40:54)

If no applications work and no discs work then the drive might be broken. But before you spend money / bug your friends to borrow a disc drive, here's one more simple test:
Boot into a live environment of a "stable" Linux distribution, such as Linux Mint or Puppy Linux or whatever, and try burning a disc.

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