Recording to disc

I am wanting to buy a tv series off of itunes. I don't even have my appletv hooked up yet so I am asking before trying. Will I be able to burn this series to disc so I can watch them elsewhere?

Firemut30 wrote:
I am wanting to buy a tv series off of itunes. I don't even have my appletv hooked up yet so I am asking before trying. Will I be able to burn this series to disc so I can watch them elsewhere?
No, definitely not.
All iTunes video purchases are currently protected by DRM (digital rights management) so you can't play them except on authorised iTunes apps on computers (up to 5) or apple devices eg iPod/iPhone/AppleTV.
You will however be able to make a backup of the file onto optical disc, but it won't play in a DVD player. It's essential you keep a backup of any purchases on optical discs or external drives in case the copy in iTunes is lost eg after a drive failure.

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After multiple attempts with "Staples Brand" DVD-R (up to 16x Speed) and DVD-RW (up to 4x Speed) Recordable & Rewritable Disc. I tried every disc in the package (12). None of them will burn? The DVD player still functions. So I don't think it's a hardware problem. Any body got any ideas?

I have burned to "Staples" media in the past (about a year ago).
Staples, and many other 'big box' stores, buy their own brand media from low bidders and so it can come from many sources.
If it was dust, wouldn't that also effect the read ability?
Not necessarily.
I was leaning towards the "Cheap Media" as the main problem
So am I.

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I created a project in iDVD ready to be burned but each time I insert a disc, before any burning begins, it is ejected with this error message: "Insert a recordable DVD disc". I have tried several different DVDs but nothing works. I came across this problem in a lot of forums but with no successful answer. Does anyone know what to do in this situation???

iMovie doesn't do any authoring of the disks, so of course it has 'no issue.' iDVD is the authoring program that actually accesses the DVD disk with a direct burn. Disk Utility recognizes almost any disk, but it also is not an authoring program. When using DU for burning, you are burning from the disk image created by iDVD.
For the best burn success, follow all the others' advice. I use only Verbatim DVD-R disks, burn at 4x or less and have never had a burn issue. My disks play on all DVD players that I have tried. The only issue has been a particular brand of DVD player that misreads some audio tracks, but the other players read all of it just perfectly.

"Insert a recordable DVD disc"

No matter what I do, iDVD keeps saying "Insert a recordable DVD disc."
I've got DVD-R and DVD+R discs, but it won't take either.
This is a brand-new iMac.

call support. If its new you must see if it is a problem with the drive itself.

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just curious...

This is dependent on your DVD burner, not on iDVD. If your DVD burner can handle dual layer, then iDVD will too.
from Apple support document:The new SuperDrives built into the Power Mac G5 (Early 2005), iMac G5 (Ambient Light Sensor) computers, and eMac (Early 2005) computers now support DVD+R DL media, which means in addition to reading Double-Layer DVDs, they can write to a DVD+R DL disc. While single-layer recordable DVDs hold up to 4.7 GB of data, Double-Layer discs have two layers of data, allowing the SuperDrive laser to read and write on both layers, almost doubling the storage to 8.5 GB.
With iDVD (5.0.1 or later) or DVD Studio Pro, you can author discs with over three hours of MPEG-2 video on one DVD+R DL disc. The new SuperDrives can also read and write to DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, CD-R, and CD-RW media.
To determine if your SuperDrive is capable of burning Double-Layer DVDs, do the following:
Open Apple System Profiler (from the Apple menu, choose About This Mac and then click the More Info button).
Select Disc Burning under Hardware.
Click on the Burning Device (SuperDrive) name.
In the DVD-Write section, if you see an item that displays "+R DL," your computer is capable of burning Double-Layer DVDs.
Also from Apple Support document:
With iDVD 5.0.1 or later (including iDVD 6.x), you can burn Double-Layer DVDs with the SuperDrives installed in most new computers (Find out if you have a DL capable drive). Double-Layer (DVD+R DL) discs have two layers of data, allowing the SuperDrive laser to read and write on either layer, which almost doubles the storage to 8.5 GB.
Before burning your DVD, be sure that you have at least twice as much free hard disk space available as your project uses to allow for encoding and burning; you can track your DVD project size in the Status pane of the Customize drawer. For example, if your project size is 8 GB, you need at least 16 GB of free space on your hard disk to encode and burn the project to disc.

"Disc Insertion - Insert a recordable DVD disc"

I get the above error message when trying to burn a project to a DVD. Our eMac will does not 'recognize' DVD+R discs. Says disc is unrecordable. (We upgraded to Tiger 10.4.6 just so we could put movies on DVDs.) We have tried 4.7GB Verbatim and 4.7GB Maxell with no luck. This is the information from the profiler on the CD/DVD drive:
PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-104:
Firmware Revision: A227
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipped/Supported)
Cache: 2000 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -RW
Burn Underrun Protection CD: Yes
Burn Underrun Protection DVD: Yes
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, DVD-DAO
Media: No
Very frustrating - can anyone tell me what's going on or what to try?
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CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -RW
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Record vinyl discs to a Mac - how???

Let's say I got a turntable and a Mac. How do you connect the two and what programs do you use to record the files into computer's memory?
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There are several ways to get the audio input into a Mac. I got a Sony turntable (low-end model) on sale a while back, but it DID have USB output as well as the regular line level output. It did not say it was specifically Mac compatible and came with Windows-only software, but the USB connection worked fine with audio recording software I already had. Mac OS X recognized it as an audio input choice in System Preferences Sound pane Input tab.
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If the turntable provides output that requires a pre-amp, your can first connect it to something provides the pre-amp function (such as a stereo receiver), or connect it to a Griffin iMic.
http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/imic
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http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/18987
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There's a free program called Audacity, but when I tried to use it before, I found the interface somewhat difficult.
iMic comes with a basic recording program called Final Vinyl
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/16442
It may be usable with any audio input, even if you don't have a Griffin audio input product.
Another one is WireTap from Ambrosia Software
http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/wiretap/
I have an older version. It works well and is easy to understand.
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Reading DVD Recorder Discs

Greetings,
My iBook G3 is a great little workhorse and I am hoping I can get more mileage out of it. Hopefully, this forum can set me straight!
I want to be able to play discs burned from a DVD recorder hooked up to my television on this iBook. The recorder we have is a cheapie TruTech DVD+RW. Much to my dismay however, the laptop isn't recognizing the burnt discs. It just spits them out. (My 17 inch Powerbook is doing the same, btw). The DVD players in my home read the burnt discs as well as a low end Compac laptop. Argh!
My questions are these:
Can the current DVD-ROM drive in my iBook (MATSHITADVD-ROM SR-8176) read burnt DVD+R discs or not?
Would the currently installed drive be able to read burnt DVD-R discs?
Do I need to purchase an external DVD drive for my iBook in order to read burnt discs? I'm hoping to avoid an external device if possible.
Would a new DVD-R recorder burn discs that are readable by the current drive? Would this be the cheaper route than buying an external DVD drive?
So many questions. I am thankful there are smart, helpful people out there that can set me straight.
Thanks in Advance,
Ruben
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Hi Ruben,
All DVD-R's rely on some sort of recording "dye" , even if the colour isn't apparent to you. Different ones, use different types of dyes. They also have different forms of reflective coatings. Some work better in some drives than in others.
Memorex discs can actually come out of a variety of different factories. Some of these seem to be amongst the most problematic of all in Macs.
Head to http://www.videohelp.com/dvdmedia , type Memorex into the search field and hit return. You will see that while some Memorex discs fair quite well, others have pretty mediocre performance.
I think you should try a different brand of disc before assuming there is anything aactually wrong with your computer. There may be, of course, but disc incompatibility is so common that it is worth eliminating first.
For my part I've always found that TDK and Verbatim disks work well in all of my optical drives.
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Roxio Toast and iSky DVD Creator
Mac's used to be supplied with iDVD authoring software but Apple discontinued it in 2011.
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