Problem Burning Long File to Blu-ray

I can't Share(Burn) long files(more than 1 hour) to an external Blu-Ray from Final Cut Pro 10.1.4. It gets to about 85% then stops. It will
burn short files. I'm on an iMac i7 with 8GB of ram running Yosemite 10.10.2. and the drive is a Pioneer BDR-XD05S. Any advice? Thanks!

OK, the BD render may take a while. A number of factors seem to be involved in this. Factors such as the speed of the machine, RAM, external vs. internal storage of the material to be rendered, speed of the burner, quality of the disc, and the source material quality are just a few. Here are some tips that may speed up the process:
   1. Make sure to put your FCPX library on an external drive and not the main computer (system) drive.
   2. Make sure that no other programs are running in the background.
   3. Make sure to use very high quality BDs for your master disc.
   4. Check the BD drive's speed to see if it burns fast or slowly. Sometimes slowly is better because it causes fewer data read errors.
   5. Sometimes, you may wish to restart your computer to "clear" the RAM and other program stuff lying around (I'm sure there's a technical term for this).
   6. Allow your burner the additional time it takes to make the burn. I am currently burning a 3 hour program to BD. I anticipate it will take 4 to 5 hours depending upon the "mood" of my computer.
   7. If the "Share" function is not doing what you need, you may wish to send the project to Compressor to open up more detailed options for the render. You will see that I posted an issue with out of sync audio on DVD & BD using the "Share" Feature from FCPX. I was able to resolve these issues within Compressor. BTW, I never had these issues until very recently. Something in the software has changed - not for the better.
I hope this helps. I'm off to my edit.
Robert Land

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Thanks for the reply Steve.
I think I mislabeled the adobe application in my original post. The application is Premiere Elements 7 (the video editing software - not the photo editing software). I could have sworn I was prompted for an update as soon as I launched this app. Is your comment "there was no update to version 7" pertaining to both the video and photo editing applications?
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It's a complex project and there are a lot of possibilities. Among them is the length; there are a number of reports of projects that are approaching 2 hours failing to burn.
If it's a question of jarring Create Disk into action, one thing that has worked for some users is simply to click on and the Apply button (s) in the Settings pane of the Blu Ray Share window and then hitting Cancel. This can be tested by duplicating your project and selecting a tiny section of your sequence and exporting. Change the Output Device to Hard Drive and see whether Create Disk successfully writes a disk image.
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