Please help!! iDVD just won't BURN!!!

This is crazy. I have a nice DVD with 3 motian menus. I put in a disc and click burn. It encodes the menus, slide shows, moives - no problem. I actully thought it would work. It said it did so I put it in my DVD player and it says "No disc" I put it back in my G5 and all it is is blank DVD.
I had a problem like this with a DVD a few weeks ago but I ended up burning 25 copies. I tried the same things I did with the last one, clear up alot of space, best quality. It doesn't work!
Someone please help, I'm like under a deadline type thing. I need to give this DVD to a friend who will be leaving soon.....

Hello Pop7,
when you insert a writable DVD (or CD for that matter), your burner will perform a calibration to adapt to the media. The "Power Calibration Error" may indicate one of the following problems:
1. You have a compatibility issue between the burner and the DVD media. In that case, try another brand. The DVD media of choice on this board is Verbatim DVD-R 1-4x. IMHO Ritek is another good choice. You might want to check compatibility on the xlr8yourmac database:
http://forums.xlr8yourmac.com/drivedb/search.drivedb.lasso
2. Your burner's lens has become dirty. In that case, try cleaning with a specific cleaning disc
3. Your burner might have some defect. In that case (and I hope it's not the case), you'll have to either get it repaired, or you'll have to replace it.
Also have a look at this: About optical disc drive burning and write speeds
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301551
hope this helps
mish

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