MacPro 1.1 DVD burner fails to burn-.

I had to burn a DVD of videos and Powerpoint presentation when I coudn't find my 16Gb thumbdrive. I haven't burned a DVD since the last release of iDVD from iLife.
I was surprised I couldn't just burn a data file from the desktop. I've used blank DVDr, same ones I'ved used in the past, and it fails. Giving an error message which I can't recall right now. I have tried using the latest version of iDVD, but twice now it spits out the DVD and seems to hang, but Finder doesn't show it as "Not Responding" when I go to the Force Quit.
Hardware test shows no problems. Any suggestion is appreciated.
I did burn one CDr about a year ago for music. I had no obvious errors or issues when I did.

Me too...got a stack of TDK DVD-R blanks at costco and tried to use 'em for burning. Some worked and some didn't. sent 'em back to TDK. Got a whole new stack. Some worked and some didn't. Could be the brand or the batch. I'm as puzzled as you are, Robert P. Why some work and some don't is a mystery. What I was told, and have verified, that certain brands work, and others don't. Again, why, I dunno. However-verbatim is a solid bet are are Taiyo Yuden (hard to find, maybe). Sony doesn't work. Maxell sorta works okay. Memorex could be okay.
\also, try running disk utility and verifying permissions. Could be helpful. How much Ram do you have on board?
just a shot in the dark
John B

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