Mac OS error

I'm trying to copy a dvd, or the iMovie project I've made of it, or the DV movie I've made of it. I keep getting the warning "Can't copy because of a Mac OS error". Is there a way of maybe finding out what that error is??? Sheesh, why can't they be more specific? Any ideas on how to get around this one? I've tried it with Toast too but no luck, just frustration. Any help is appreciated.
Phil

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=42724
tried this, didn't work
If the above link doesn't help then please answer these questions before we can troubleshoot:
1. How much available HD space is showing on your main HD / Boot Volume?
236gb
2. Are there any ext. HD connected to your mac at the moment?
yes, 2. 1) 300gb 2) 200gb
3. Have you tried simply Restarting your mac?
yes. didn't work.
4. Have you tried a simple drag and drop of the plist for iDvd to the trash, followed by a complete Restart?
yes, didn't work.
com.apple.iDvd.plist
Also please post your crash log here so we can try to find out what's happening on your mac.
apple > about this mac > more info > software > log
there's nothing there called crash log, but here is DiscRecording log.
I was up for hours into the night last night trying these suggestions. Thank you very much for them and thanks for your continued help/ This is very frustrating!
DiscRecording.log:
Description: Disc recording log
Size: 22 KB
Last Modified: 2/4/08 12:02 AM
Location: /Users/philearn/Library/Logs/DiscRecording.log
Recent Contents: ...
iPhoto: Burning to CD-R media with SAO strategy in MATSHITA CD-RW CW-8121 AA21 via ATAPI.
iPhoto: Requested burn speed was max, actual burn speed is 8x.
iPhoto: Burn underrun protection is supported, and enabled.
iPhoto: Burn finished, Fri Apr 21 12:52:19 2006
iPhoto: Verify started, Fri Apr 21 12:52:19 2006
iPhoto: Verify finished, Fri Apr 21 12:54:23 2006
iTunes: Burn started, Wed Jan 17 07:26:30 2007
iTunes: Burning to CD-R media with SAO strategy in MATSHITA CD-RW CW-8121 AA21 via ATAPI.
iTunes: Requested burn speed was 36x, actual burn speed is 8x.
iTunes: Burn underrun protection is supported, and enabled.
iTunes: Burn finished, Wed Jan 17 07:28:08 2007
iPhoto: Burn started, Sun Feb 11 20:31:48 2007
iPhoto: Burning to CD-R media with SAO strategy in MATSHITA CD-RW CW-8121 AA21 via ATAPI.
iPhoto: Requested burn speed was max, actual burn speed is 8x.
iPhoto: Burn underrun protection is supported, and enabled.
iPhoto: Burn finished, Sun Feb 11 20:37:35 2007
iPhoto: Verify started, Sun Feb 11 20:37:35 2007
iPhoto: Verify finished, Sun Feb 11 20:39:52 2007
iDVD: Burn started, Wed Mar 28 00:16:11 2007
iDVD: Burning to DVD-R media with DAO strategy in PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-111D 1.23 with generic profile via FireWire.
iDVD: Requested burn speed was 16x, actual burn speed is 16x.
iDVD: Burn underrun protection is supported, and enabled.
iDVD: Burn finished, Wed Mar 28 00:19:31 2007
iDVD: Burn started, Thu Apr 5 02:24:52 2007
iDVD: Burning to DVD-R media with DAO strategy in PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-111D 1.23 with generic profile via FireWire.
iDVD: Requested burn speed was 16x, actual burn speed is 16x.
iDVD: Burn underrun protection is supported, and enabled.
iDVD: Burn finished, Thu Apr 5 02:28:39 2007
iDVD: Burn started, Thu Apr 12 00:19:27 2007
iDVD: Burning to DVD-R media with DAO strategy in PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-111D 1.23 with generic profile via FireWire.
iDVD: Requested burn speed was 16x, actual burn speed is 16x.
iDVD: Burn underrun protection is supported, and enabled.
iDVD: Burn finished, Thu Apr 12 00:22:18 2007
iDVD: Burn started, Wed Sep 12 00:06:35 2007
iDVD: Burning to DVD-R media with DAO strategy in PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-111D 1.23 with generic profile via FireWire.
iDVD: Requested burn speed was 16x, actual burn speed is 16x.
iDVD: Burn underrun protection is supported, and enabled.
iDVD: Burn finished, Wed Sep 12 00:09:21 2007
iDVD: Burn started, Thu Sep 13 08:45:10 2007
iDVD: Burning to DVD-R media with DAO strategy in PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-111D 1.23 with generic profile via FireWire.
iDVD: Requested burn speed was 16x, actual burn speed is 16x.
iDVD: Burn underrun protection is supported, and enabled.
iDVD: Burn finished, Thu Sep 13 08:47:32 2007
iDVD: Burn started, Thu Sep 13 12:55:07 2007
iDVD: Burning to DVD-R media with DAO strategy in PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-111D 1.23 with generic profile via FireWire.
iDVD: Requested burn speed was 12x, actual burn speed is 12x.
iDVD: Burn underrun protection is supported, and enabled.
iDVD: Burn finished, Thu Sep 13 12:57:51 2007
iDVD: Burn started, Thu Jan 31 10:17:58 2008
iDVD: Burning to DVD-R (SONY16D1) media with DAO strategy in OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5630A 1AHM via ATAPI.
iDVD: Requested burn speed was 8x, actual burn speed is 8x.
iDVD: Burn underrun protection is supported, and enabled.
iDVD: Burn finished, Thu Jan 31 10:22:22 2008
iDVD: Burn started, Thu Jan 31 16:37:01 2008
iDVD: Burning to DVD-R (SONY16D1) media with DAO strategy in OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5630A 1AHM via ATAPI.
iDVD: Requested burn speed was 8x, actual burn speed is 8x.
iDVD: Burn underrun protection is supported, and enabled.
iDVD: Burn finished, Thu Jan 31 16:41:49 2008
iDVD: Burn started, Thu Jan 31 16:50:31 2008
iDVD: Burning to DVD-R (SONY16D1) media with DAO strategy in OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5630A 1AHM via ATAPI.
iDVD: Requested burn speed was 8x, actual burn speed is 8x.
iDVD: Burn underrun protection is supported, and enabled.
iDVD: Burn finished, Thu Jan 31 16:55:18 2008
iDVD: Burn started, Fri Feb 1 00:38:10 2008
iDVD: Burning to DVD-R (SONY16D1) media with DAO strategy in PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-111D 1.23 via FireWire.
iDVD: Requested burn speed was 16x, actual burn speed is 16x.
iDVD: Burn underrun protection is supported, and enabled.
iDVD: Burn finished, Fri Feb 1 00:40:34 2008
iDVD: Burn started, Fri Feb 1 00:42:37 2008
iDVD: Burning to DVD-R (SONY16D1) media with DAO strategy in OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5630A 1AHM via ATAPI.
iDVD: Requested burn speed was 8x, actual burn speed is 8x.
iDVD: Burn underrun protection is supported, and enabled.
iDVD: Burn finished, Fri Feb 1 00:47:01 2008
iDVD: DVD-RW DVR-111D: SCSITask 2871.800781 CDB: Get Event/Status Notification failed with service response = 1 (SERVICEDELIVERY_OR_TARGETFAILURE), status = 5 (DeliveryFailure)
iDVD: Retry #1
iDVD: Burn started, Sun Feb 3 23:58:25 2008
iDVD: Burning to DVD-R (SONY16D1) media with DAO strategy in PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-111D 1.23 via FireWire.
iDVD: Requested burn speed was 16x, actual burn speed is 16x.
iDVD: Burn underrun protection is supported, and enabled.
iDVD: Burn finished, Mon Feb 4 00:01:31 2008

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