Odd burning issue

So i've tried to burn a playlist using Itunes 9 twice and both times it failed. It gets done with the first song and when i turn my back, something odd happens and it claims it finished but asks me if i want to import the songs into my library, stating that my cd has turned into a DVD with 98 songs using 5.xx GB of space! I never had this problem with Itunes 8.x.. any ideas?

There have been a ton of burning problems here lately. There is a list of suggested trouble-shooting tips here that you can try. Also, if you have another burning program on your computer, such as Windows Media Player, you may wish to use it for a while until the iTunes problems are resolved.

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When I try to burn a disc, I get the following error...
The attempt to burn a disc failed. The device failed to calibrate the laser power level for this media.
Before I upgraded, I could burn. And now, no burn.
I tried the suggestion of moving the following file to the desktop after you completely close iTunes. Worked for a few people, not for me though.
Open HD - User - Library - Preferences - com.apple.iTunes.plist
So - I need some advice from you all. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Regards
Will Walker
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So I downgraded to 7.2 and am still getting:
The attempt to burn a disc failed. The device failed to calibrate the laser power level for this media.
will I ever be able to burn discs again???????

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Now, last night I discovered the same thing is happening with iWeb. Some of the text fields come up with the same font as the one in Safari! I don't even know which font it is. So somehow these are linked.
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Hi Tom, thanks for the response. I tried searching for those two fonts in my font book and they weren't in there. See below for screen shots of the odd text I'm getting:
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Odd Reporting Issue (ENTERPRISE)

I have a client with some users experiencing a rather odd reporting issue. The report runs fine, but only shows values for the totals and not the line items that make up the total.
For example, when I run the report (logged in as admin as well as under their ID), I see:
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Cost Of Sales (1,111)
Gross Margin 123
When they log in on their machine, they see:
Net Sales
Cost Of Sales
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Very odd. I figured maybe it was an application setting, but the INI didn't look off anywhere particular.
They are running Enterprise 6.3.1 (yeah, insert comment here on the upgrade needed).
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Check their Effective rights, and reset them, that has worked out for me. Otherwise, try copying the user and paste it as a new user and retest; I had to delete users and recreate them to correct problems of this nature.

Yet another CD burning issue--won't finish "finishing"

The subject pretty much says it all. When I try burning a CD, the computer seems to go through the process just fine until the status becomes "Burning disc.....finishing," at which time, it stops. iTunes still works and is responsive, but the CD won't finish.
I've also tried burning discs with Windows Media Player, but it doesn't seem to work either.
Immediate responses would be greatly appreciated--I need to burn a disc as a gift ASAP!
Thanks in advance.
(Please note that at the time I ran the diagnostics, it still said it was "Burning disc.....finishing." Not sure if that's relevant or not, but figured it was worth noting anyway.)
Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
Emachines xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
iTunes 7.0.2.16
CD Driver 2.0.6.1
CD Driver DLL 2.0.6.1
LowerFilters: PxHelp20 (2.0.0.0),
UpperFilters: GEARAspiWDM (2.0.6.1),
Video Driver: Intel(r) 82810E Graphics Controller\Intel(R) 82810 Graphics Controller
IDE\DiskWDCWD800BB-00JHC0_____________________05.01C05, Bus Type ATA, Bus Address [0,0]
IDE\CdRomSAMSUNGCD-R/RW_SW-224B_________________R201___
Could not open CD handler, 5. Problem with installation of drive in Windows or drive contains copy protected CD.
Current user is an administrator.
D: SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-224B, Rev R201
Drive is empty.
The last failed audio CD burn had error code 4220(0x0000107c). It happened on drive D: SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-224B on CDR media at speed 12X.

hmmmmm.
i think i found your drivers and downloads page at Emachines:
Emachines T-series T1150
but there's not a lot of items of interest available there.
on the other hand, according to Samsung's support site, there's a newer version of the firmware available for your SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-224B. you've got R201, and they have R205 available for download:
Samsung SW-224B
so it might be prudent to contact your Emachines technical support, tell them you're troubleshooting a burning issue, and asking them if the newer R205 firmware is compatible with the particular Emachines system that you have.

Can't burn issues error code 4250-4280

After several failed attempts at solving my burning issues with Apple support (who had no idea what to do) I have found something out. The new "Protected AAC" formatted songs will cause a "failed burn" error message. I own 2 different computers and have tried 2 different types of CD-Rs. I have found that Windows Media Player will burn just fine, and that in iTunes I can burn all my old music (under "kind" look for "AAC audio file") just fine also. So I seem to have norrowed it down to Apple's new protected formats called "Protected AAC audio file"
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-54 is a Permissions error that's right ...
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For All Serious Burning Issues!!

If you are having serious burning issues and error messages, and after you have freed up atleast 5 gb of HD space on your STARTUP drive (Startup is the drive that your OS is running on) then go to:
http://superdrive.cynikal.net/
and download the appropriate Superdrive firmware for your computer. i have used this site several times. Make sure you follow the directions. This is a major change to the software that runs inside of your superdrive, but it usually does the trick for me when I have issues. If you have previously updated your firmware, and are now having issues, go back to the original firmware and see if that works, (it usually does for me). I have updated several times, and never had any issues. My superdrive is atleast 2 and a half years old with heavy use.
Not sure if Apple approves of doing this, but they don't seem to ever be very helpful with error messages, so this is the best solution for me.

Not really. You only need enough space to cover the amount of data being burned to the disc, which in most cases is 4.7 gb. You will need more if you are burning larger dvd's and/or dual layer. For years, I have only kept roughly 5 gb available on my system and haven't had any problems.

Image burn issue

Hi all, I am having the image burn issue on my sony vaio duo 11 like. Please check the following link for the images. In my case the burn is visible when the background is grey and I work in the desktop mode for some time. I request your feedback and help in solving this issue. http://bit.ly/11FTG08 [with comments] See the bottom. You can see Windows notification area there   You can clearly see a white navigation bar of google chrome which is opened in the desktop mode
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kamesh419,
This is working as intended. It is the transparent function of Aero. If the user switches back to desktop view, you can see some of the Start Menu background. This is not a burn in issue.
If you want you can turn off Aero and the transparent image will go away both in the Start Menu and also from the Desktop view.
Turn off Aero
1)      Go to the Start Menu
2)      Type Computer
3)      Right click on Computer and select properties
4)      Click on Advanced System settings
5)      Select Settings under Performance
6)      Select “Adjust for best performance”
7)      Click apply and ok.
kamesh419 wrote:
Hi all,
I am having the image burn issue on my sony vaio duo 11 like. Please check the following link for the images. In my case the burn is visible when the background is grey and I work in the desktop mode for some time. I request your feedback and help in solving this issue.
http://bit.ly/11FTG08 [with comments]
See the bottom. You can see Windows notification area there
You can clearly see a white navigation bar of google chrome which is opened in the desktop mode
I have taken all of these pictures with my mobile camera which is 3 years old. Otherwise the imageburn is very clear and distinct to me.
Best regards,
Naveen.

OSS 3D caused iTunes burning issues

A bit of information for those that have iTunes burning issues.
I installed OSS 3D v 1.62, a sound enhancer programme for iTunes on 14/08/06 and started having CD burning issues... iTunes wouldn't burn beyond 2 tracks and then froze before "finishing".
On uninstalling OSS 3D today 19/08/06, the iTunes problem I encountered were fixed.
If you have issues re burning check recently installed software.

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Found solution to my CD burning issues

I posted a response to SoFLPhillyFan concerning my CD
burning issues. I may have been a bit hasty (sorry Apple).
I use MSI auto update for my chipset drivers. The auto
update indicated that I had the most recent drivers. This
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Itunes 8.01 cd burning issues. Please Help

wondering if anyone else has been experiencing the same issue i have in itunes 8.01. When i burn a disc now i have an array of issues. 1st, with the same media i used successfully before, sometimes when i attempt to burn a audio cd i get a dialog box that reads burn disc fail, unable to calibrate the laser for this media. It happens at various write speeds, so not sure what wrong. Also the few disc i was successful in burning skip during playback and will-not play in certain cd players. The bottom of the disc is scratch-less and everything appears normal. Lost at the moment. Anyone have a solution or suggestions please help. Or is their a certain type of cd that works best.
thank you
bac

Just got it back from the shop? Did you mention the CD burning issues when you took it in? It really sounds to me like you have drive problems more than iTunes problems. The difference is indicated by whether or not Finder recognizes any given disk or not.
If Finder does not recognize that the drive has a disk in it or can't read the disk, that is most likely a drive problem and is best resolved by Apple service.
A possible long term, spend money option is to purchase a good external optical drive. If you burn lots of disks, this option makes more sense. I have a LaCie drive that burns all the current formats plus has Light Scribe capability. I don't recall getting a coaster out of it. Plus I can move it from computer to computer.
"1 coaster in 5 with 7" means that he got 1 bad disk out of 5 burns with iTunes version 7. If you have been using Time Machine than you can restore the application from the applications folder some time back, when you had a previous version of iTunes. If not, restoring an older version becomes more tricky and I have to rely on the advice of others to tell us how to do that.
If you are not backing up your system with Time Machine or something else (Time Machine is really the best, I think), back up a couple files from your iTunes folder. Copy and save somewhere the 'iTunes Library' file as well as the 'iTunes Music Library.xml' file. If something happens and all your library info (a list of all the music you've added plus playlists, etc) can be restored by simply replacing those files in your iTunes folder with the ones you saved somewhere else. You need to update the saved files periodically as you add music or otherwise change things in your iTunes, but that is no big deal. Just periodically re-copy the files to the place where they are saved and click 'Replace' in the pop-up when prompted.
Hope this helps. Please let me know.
Robert

Let's all contact Apple about CD imports and burning issues

While reading through the posts here, it appears that there are alot of us with issues dealing with iTunes and CD imports and CD burning. Even using Quicktime 7.1.3, I still cannot even play a CD track. I can use other applications to import music, but the bottom line is that iTunes should let us import CD tracks. It doesn't. If you are having problems with these slow CD imports, or CD burning with iTunes 7, then we all need to contact Apple. I suggest that instead of trying to find a workaround, lets all get Apple to correct their iTunes application. When you open iTunes, click on iTunes in the toolbar across the top of your monitor and scroll down to the line "Provide iTunes feedback" Fill out the questions and describe exactly what CD import/burning issues that you are having. We will not hear back from Apple individualy, but if we all start letting them know directly that there is an issue, maybe they will get the message and fix these problems. We all appear to be passionate about Apple and iTunes. Lets get these problems resolved. Okay?

I am having no problems. I did with my Ti667 when the optical drive died.
I am onto the latest version of iTunes and can report no problems for me.
Oppp......... my iTS country changes and I changed back and my account is in good order.
MJ

Odd dvd burning issue

10.4.11 and using simply burns to burn dvds is doing odd things. i have a
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this as a project and burn it. everything works fine. the dvd auto starts in
my standalone dvd player, mac, and pc. when i burn the second copy, it also
is fine in the dvd and pc, but none of the macs i've tried it on will recognize
the disc. placing it in the mac does bring up the dvd player but it doesn't
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an unsupported disc in the player. however, by opening the file menu--->open
dvd media--->selecting the dvd--->choose, the dvd plays fine with the minor
exception of not going to full screen mode.
this has happened with an older version of simply burns as well as the latest
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i tried burning the folders directly from dvdstudiopro and that worked perfectly
except i have to re-enter the dvd name and re-navigate to the dvd folders for
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yeah. not the best solution as, since i store the video_ts and audio_ts
folders on my system, it pretty much doubles the storage needed for all
of the dvd's. it also takes a lot of extra time as i have to burn a good
dvd, then rip to image for every dvd i have stored.
would be much better to be able to solve what's changing between the first
and second burns. that said, i definitely appreciate getting a tip to a
viable workaround.
thanks again,
BabaG

When will Apple resolve burning issues?

Many pages on this board show issues with iTunes failing to burn CDs. Numerous makes and models and operating systems are involved. Error messages, failure to complete the burning process with no error, etc.
We can all run our diagnostics, change settings, update firmware, as many of us have done with no success.
Will the folks at Apple give us a fix?
This is obviously an inherent problem since most of us can burn CDs in other programs and formats.
My issue - iTunes just stops after initiating the process. It checks the playlist and then nothing.
This began two updates ago during the 7 series update I believe.
Settings are OK. HP has been contacted. Everthing is OK on my end.
Where are you Apple?

I was able to get my computer to run diagnostics on my CD drive. Oddly enough I opened the task manager window and ran diagnostics returning the following output:
Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
HP Pavilion 061 RC647AA-ABA m7680n
iTunes 7.1.1.5
CD Driver 2.0.6.1
CD Driver DLL 2.0.6.2
LowerFilters: PxHelp20 (2.0.0.0),
UpperFilters: incdrm (4.0.0.16), GEARAspiWDM (2.0.6.1),
Current user is an administrator.
Video Display Information:
NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE
Connected Device Information:
DiskDrive, SAMSUNG SP2504C, Bus Type ATA, Bus Address [0,0]
DiskDrive, SAMSUNG SP2504C, Bus Type ATA, Bus Address [1,0]
DiskDrive, Generic USB CF Reader USB Device, Bus Type USB
DiskDrive, Generic USB MS Reader USB Device, Bus Type USB
DiskDrive, Generic USB SD Reader USB Device, Bus Type USB
DiskDrive, Generic USB SM Reader USB Device, Bus Type USB
CDROM, SATA-DVD DROM6316, Bus Type ATAPI, Bus Address [3,0]
CDROM, TSSTcorp CD/DVDW TS-H653L, Bus Type ATAPI, Bus Address [2,0]
CDROM, Memorex 52MAXX 3252AJ1 USB Device, Bus Type USB
Check the Windows Update website to verify that you have the latest service packs and patches for your OS. Service packs affect the performance of USB and firewire CD / DVD drives.
F: TSSTcorp CD/DVDW TS-H653L, Rev 0414
Drive is empty.
G: SATA-DVD DROM6316, Rev HP02
Audio CD in drive.
Found 8 songs on CD, playing time 34:30 on Audio CD.
Track 1, start time 00:02:00
Track 2, start time 02:51:20
Track 3, start time 07:13:15
Track 4, start time 11:38:55
Track 5, start time 16:59:02
Track 6, start time 21:17:10
Track 7, start time 27:07:26
Track 8, start time 30:59:58
Audio CD reading succeeded.
Get drive speed succeeded.
L: Memorex 52MAXX 3252AJ1, Rev 4WS2
Drive is empty.
Please provide any available information.

CD burning issues

I've seen a number of posts from folks experiencing speed and quality problems with audio CDs. I have had the same problems with my emac. Apple finally replaced the optical drive that came with the unit, but the burn speed problem is beginning again. The folks who have posted this issue in the past have mostly had no answers to their posts so I wonder if it is really just an isolated an issue with no solution.
I have also had many audio CDs burn, but play back with noise and skips after about 15 minutes or so. The first few tracks are fine, the rest are glitched. I thought perhaps the problem was media, but a sampling of 7 or 8 different major brands ruled that out. I then looked at the labels I was putting on the discs and contacted Memorex (the manufacturer of the labels) and received the following information:
"The burn speed of the internal burner (max 32x) is too slow for the 52 x discs available in al retail stores. The thickness and composition of the new discs causes the noise problem (he called it track noise)."
Also, I tried burning with no label and have the same problems. The skipping is worse in my portable player, but also happens in the combo drive sometimes (not all the time)
My question is this, has anyone else experienced this problem? If anyone is familiar with this situation do you know if it is only related to audio CD burns? Will the same problems in sound quality and skips occur if CDs are burned as MP3 CDs? How does this affect data CDs?
Any information would be appreciated.

trademark59,
"The burn speed of the internal burner (max 32x) is too slow for the 52 x discs available in al retail stores. The thickness and composition of the new discs causes the noise problemHa ha ha ha ha! That's funny! Thanks for sharing that with us!
Seriously, that's a load of BS. Media rated lower than the burn speed of the drive will slow the drive down, but faster rated media will not magically speed up the drive. Maybe you should get computer advice from Wal-Mart; some of the kids working the electronics section know better than that. The Discussions, in case you didn't read the Help & Terms of Use link on the right, is a user-to-user forum; if you post in some forums at some times of the week(say on a weekend night), you may get little if any response, while at other times you can get half a dozen replies in a few minutes, depending on whether your post title attracts interest or not.
In any case, no computer is going to relaiblly burn data at 24x or 32x or higher, whether Mac, high-end PC, or US$250,000 SGI supercomputer. Burns at such high rates are useful for generating coasters. You might be able to actually make such a burn, but the odds of the disc being good even a month later are effectively nil. High speed drives can read at higher speed (at least briefly until the drive buffers fill up) than they can write.
At a technology lab whose name is printed on my paychecks, the practice is to ignore the rated burn speed of the drive or the media and perform burns at either the computer's self-determined maximum or at 8x to 12x (the two usually work out to about the same in practice). Media stating it's rated for 32x, 48x, 56x, or some similar number is simply advertising with no basis in the real world.
BTW, also from practice, I'd advise against putting labels on the discs until after you've burned them. This is the shared empirical observation of other workers here as well; failed burn rates are higher if the label is put on before the burn.
There is one thing you can try that could improve your burn speed and/or qualuty. If you notice a dropoff in performance from past results, one cause (aside from degraded CD-R blanks --- the dye layer on unused blanks does degrade over time) can be a buildup of grime or dust on the LED and/or lens of the optical drive. A pass or two with a CD lens cleaner kit (there are some nice ones in stock at Wal-Mart) would help in that case.
While not directly related to your burn speed question, you should find the NIST's Care and Handling of CDs and DVDs worth checking. Care of unused CD-R blanks can keep them from degrading before use and so affecting your results.

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