Medium write error when burning a DVD. Uh?

So I mounted my DVD and burnt 2 x copies successfully. When it came to number three the message "Medium write error" came up and the disk was rejected unburnt! I got the new iMac cos the old one's DVD burner failed. What can I do to get things working again? iMac is about a month old.

is there a list of media that works in a mac?
or is it safe to say that the more expensive the dvds the highr the chance that it will work

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Medium Write Error when burning CDs

Hi all, I have just started getting the message when trying to burn an audio CD on Itunes v7;
"The attempt to burn a disc failed. The burn failed because of a medium write error"
This is on a new iMac 24" that is 3 weeks old and has only happened in the past 2 days. There were no issues prior to that on any of my Macs.
I've noticed once post that suggests anyone with this error message go straight to the shop for a remedy. Any other suggestions?
regards
sdpoh
iMac 24" Duo, iMac 17 G4 1.25 & iBook 15 G4 Mac OS X (10.4.8) iTunes 7.01

I've had this problem as well, but it wasnt until I downloaded vs. 7 of iTunes. I heard somewhere that the operating system has some kind of conflict with the iTunes program and thats why the error pops up. Also try using Sony or TDK disks, for some reason they seem to work and the error message doesnt pop up. It worked for my computer anyway, it might be worth a try.

Medium Write Error when burning

Every time I attempt to burn a CD, I get the medium write error. I have done everything from use a laser cleaner disc to buy 6 different kinds of CD-Rs - nothing is working.
Out of nowhere, every time I try to burn a cd, it either kicks the CD back out after burning about half of the songs, or pretends to have burned the whole disc, but when I try to play it, nothing is on the CD. I am getting so frustrated. Please, if anyone has a clue why this is happening and what I can do to fix it (aside from taking my computer into the Apple Store for the millionth time), I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks!

I had the same problem and was able to fix it with the help of Apple Care. There was some type of corruption in my com.apple.finder.plist file. I deleted that file, shut down, rebooted and it took care of the problem. I'm no computer whiz and I don't know if this will cure your problem but it did help me out. The cd's are burning and playing back fine now.

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First, update your Mac OS 10.6.8 (Apple menu Software update).
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Could be an issue with the drive itself, especially if you have one of the Matshita drives installed in many Macbook Pro which are reported to be 'krappy' drives. See here for more info...
http://tinyurl.com/kgrz4
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"Medium Write Error" when trying to burn DVD

i have recently been receiving the message "medium write error" every time I try to burn a DVD in my mac book pro 13 inch It doesn't matter which program I use to burn, they all give me the same (or similar) message. I also tried booting into Windows and burning from there using ImgBrn it and it was
succeed
the program went from "preparing disk" to writing to "finishing", ejected the disk and made the usual error and it looks like it don't start writing as when i put the dvd back the dvd is still empty
I used to burn these disks perfectly well with no problems, before i install lion i don't know if this is lion problem or what
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mortiis Empire wrote:
I also tried booting into Windows and burning from there using ImgBrn it and it was succeed the program went from "preparing disk" to writing to "finishing", ejected the disk and made the usual error and it looks like it don't start writing as when i put the dvd back the dvd is still empty
Sorry, I'm afraid I don't understand this.
It doesn't matter which program I use to burn, they all give me the same (or similar) message.
The problem is that it's not relevant if the programmes use the same burn engine (eg, iTunes and Finder). You need to test apps which do not use Apple's burn engine, eg, cdrdao, cdrecord, Burn, LiquidCD, Disco, Roxio Toast, NTI DragonBurn, etc. But, FWIW, my bet is not on a software issue.

I get "medium write error" when trying to burn cds

I tried to burn a playlist from iTunes and it burned one copy, then when I tried to burn a second copy my computer made alot of noise during the "initializing/finishing" stage, spit the cd out and said "medium write error" - i've tried another cd, and tried burning another playlist with the same results. Any idea what's wrong or if there is anything I can do about it???
Thanks

First, try quitting all other applications except iTunes.
Second, try burning at a slower rate.
Then try a different brand/batch of CDs.
I believe the default burn setting is 'as fast as possible'.
Today I got perfect results at 20x or slower on my mid-2007 Core2Duo MacBook SuperDrive, and about 1 out of 3 at 24x and faster with a major brand name media labeled 'up to 52x'.
Yeah, it takes a little more time to burn each disc, but if you only have a 50% success rate with a faster speed, you're not really saving any time.
The reason I suggest quitting all other applications is that heavy CPU use seems to diminish my burn success rate on all of my computers, including the Windows boxes. Your mileage may vary.

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Have a MacBrook Pro 15 inch, circa Summer 2007, using OX 10.4.11. up until recently (as in before February) have been able to burn DVD's using Toast (message Medium Writer Error). Started getting problems where the burn failed. Thought maybe it was Toast, so I tried creating an iDVD project and tried to burn the DVD using that, and it stopped in the middle as well and then spit the disk out with no error message.
, this time I tried creating a disc image, and used disk utility to burn. The process looked like it was going to work but then failed with a message that I have a medium write error.
I have no problems burning a regular data disk on my superdrive so I am thinking it's maybe a software glitch rather than hardware. . Any thoughts, as to what could be causing this problem all of a sudden. By the way, there are other users out there, who seems to be having DVD burning problems all of a sudden, but most people suggest other media. I am using the same stack of DVD-R's from before when I had no problem.

Well, I had assumed my media was ok, since I had a spindle of DVD-R's and had used many of them successfully (until now!, ha ha).
I went out this afternoon and bought another brand (Memorex) and it successfully recorded.
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Medium Write Error, cannot burn CD in iTunes (Toast works fine)

I have always used iTunes to burn my CDs. Today I keep getting a Medium Write Error. I tried buring the same playlist with Roxio Toast and worked fine. Then the error happened again on iTunes.
I have been using iTunes for years on this computer. Why would it suddenly give an error? The error happens while the disc is finalizing. There is nothing wrong with the drive, as evidenced by Toast writing fine. Is there any way to fix this or do I just need to use Toast from now on?

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Validation Error when burning a DVD

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Welcome to the discussions
The error you are getting can be caused by a different Formats of the slideshow you are trying to copy. Example if you are trying to copy Tiff, Jpeg, and Pic files through iDVD this may be your problem.
iDVD was developed for the user to make copies of there home movies and the like.
You will find that 3rd prty software like Roxio;s Toast-8 will make your problems go away.
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303599
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I am trying to burn a new copy of a project I successfully burned to DVD 2 years ago. I have not changed the source material. After the menu renders and video encoding begins I immediately get an error message "video encoding error." There are no menu warnings. All video is successfully previewed. Nothing has changed from the previous burn. The project info box shows all video and audio properly encoded and present.
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Encoding
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Brand and type of DVDs used
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• I use DVD-R
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iDVD BUG
• One can not go back to movie-project for any alterations and then go back to
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Use of Chapters
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• NO Chapter-mark at very beginning - iDVD NEEDS TO set this by it self
• No Chapter marks in or within two seconds from a transition
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them except at very beginning - still)
Material used to build movie
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• photos - I use .jpg - no .bmp etc
Trash iDVD pref. file and run Repair Permissions - and have a re-try.
from post ??
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Transcode Error when burning to DVD

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Medium write error when i try to burn an audio cd with itunes

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What type of disk and manufadturer is it? What speed are you writing at?
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HT2718 Howdy, I'm getting a "Medium write error" when trying to burn a playlist of my own songs. I have accomplished this many times without an error message. Please advise

Anyone else getting this?

Two possible causes/cures:
1. The laser lens needs a clean.
2. Poor quality media. Stick to Verbatim, Maxell or Fuji.

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