To controle burning speed in iDVD

I'v got a PowerBook G4 from 2001 I found out that my computer can only read up to 4 x speed dvds. I have then later found out that I can still burn faster dvd's but I just have to burn the dvd in 4x speed.
The question is then how do you controle the wrtting speed in iDVD.

I then burned it on a dvd+
DVD-R is more compatible with DVD players.
I recommend a disk image burned to Verbatim DVD-R at 4X or slower using Toast or Disk Utility.
David Pogue also recommends Verbatim on page 356 of his latest book:
iMovie HD & iDVD 6: The Missing Manual
Quoting David: "Cheaper brands don't use the same amount of organic dyes and are more likely to suffer premature deaths."
G4 DP 1.25 GHz 2GB RAM 4 Drives 770GB   Mac OS X (10.4.6)   2 SuperDrives (SL 8X & DL 16X)

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  • Adjust Burn Speed?

    From what I've been reading, I need to adjust the burn speed of iDVD in order to get better playing discs. Where do I adjust this? I don't see a setting anywhere?

    Create a disk image in iDVD 6 and use Apple's Disk Utility or Roxio's Toast Titanium 7 to burn the image to writable media. They give you control over burn speed.
    The only way to control burn speed in iDVD is use low speed media (if you can find it).

  • Changeing your burning speed

    I have had a few people tell me that if my dvd's are not playing on another dvd player to change the burning speed down to 1x or 2x how do you change your burning speed on idvd, I know this is a simple question for someone. I'm using a g-5 dual and fuji silver label dvd's. thanks

    thanks everyone I may just have to make a master copy and then burn it on toast because thats the only way I have found to change the burn speed and I am really getting tired of hearing clients tell me they can't play the dvd on there machine or laptop

  • So how do you set the burn speed?

    I'm having problems with home movies burned to good quality media (TDK -R). They appear to degrade and become unplayable within months. The discs are stored correctly and not misused or dirty - this is happening to numerous discs being used on numerous players (inc. the iMac they were originally burned on).
    Having read through previous discussions, I'm trying to ensure I burn at the slowest speed possible to see if that helps, however I can't find anyway to specify a burn speed in iDVD. Preferences are set to "best quality".
    Thanks if you can help (I have looked through these forums and "Help" before posting
    iMac G4 800 17 / 768 MB SD RAM   Mac OS X (10.3.9)  

    Unless you are using a different burner that what came with your 17" iMac G4, I am not sure you need to worry about burn speed. It is already a slower burner. That said, you could create a disc image from with iDVD and then use the disk utility to burn the image to a DVD. Doing this will give you a dialog box allowing you to select a burn speed if a variable burn speed is supported.
    I suspect the discs themselves. First, I hope you haven't attached a paper sticky label to these? That would be the sure fire problem. Next, it could be a bad batch or maybe your burner just doesn't like TDK? It happens. Verbatims are usually very Mac friendly.
    Mike

  • IDVD - what brand of disk and burn speed?

    I have an ibook and bought a Sony DVD burner. I have OS 10.3.9, and the Sony DVD burner said it was MAC compatible for OS 10.4 or later. So I got Patchburn and the DVD works. However, I've got a really crappy burn when i watch it on a DVD player. I read somewhere on here that it could be the make of the blank DVD, that Verbatim's are best (why?), and that it might be my recording speed...instead of 20x perhaps 1x would be better (I believe that's what I read). My questions are this: what are good DVDs to purchase for recording, and how do I control the burning speed for the Sony or is it within iDVD?

    Verbatim discs are highly recommended around here; I also like Sony discs. Higher quality discs have fewer manufacturing errors, and the better dyes are more durable/compatible. Here's a discussion:
    www.digitalfaq.com/media/burnquality.htm
    Slower burn speeds also mean fewer errors on the final disc. Most of the time it takes to "burn" a DVD is actually encoding the video files, so the extra time it takes to burn at 1x or 2x isn't that much different than 8x (that must be quite a burner at 20x DVDs).
    To best control the burn speed, there are two options but both involve creating a disc image (in iDVD, Save a Disc Image). This virtual DVD can then be tested, and if it works well, you'll then copy the DVD onto your media. Burning the copy is accomplished with Roxio Toast or Apple's Disk Utility.
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  • How do I lower the burn speed?

    Using strictly the apple Disc utility, how do I control the burn speed?

    I just went through this this week as I'm new to iDVD. When you're in Disk Utility and go to burn it, there is a drop down next to the drive that the disk is in. I think it lists the drive, I'm not in front of my Mac now. Click on that, and you will then see the option to change the drive speed.
    I just did this for the first time last night and am finally getting clean DVD burns. Before I just let iDVD do the whole thing from render to burn and the playback kept hanging up on the DVD player. Going at 1x's seems to have corrected it for me.

  • Problems burning DVD from iDVD disc image

    I'm burning a disc image onto a DVD using Toast and can't seem to get the disc to automatically start or be read by either my home DVD player or my Powerbook G4 (through DVD player). I'm a little unclear if I burn the .img folder onto the DVD, the mounted drive containing the AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS files, or the AUDIO_TS, VIDEO_TS files themselves. I've tried all of these and none have worked, which made me think that it was something wrong with my DVDproj file from whence the disc image was made.
    Do I have to have something in the box labeled "Drag content here to automatically play when disc is inserted" in teh MapView? I'd prefer it to just bring up the DVD menu.
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    Pre edit:
    Suggest you create a disc image and then burn the DVD. File/Save as Disc Image...
    This will isolate any encoding/burning issues you may encounter. Once the disc image is created, double-click the .img and burn the virtual disc that should appear on your desktop, using Toast to burn the DVD. Disk Utility to burn the .img file. Usually, you can select a burning speed in Disk Utility.
    There are variations to this process based on which OS X you are using...
    Open Disk Utility (in Utilities folder in Applications folder), click on the virtual disc (maybe the .img) in the left-hand window. Click the Burn icon. A new window should drop down and your SuperDrive tray will open after clicking the Burn icon. Insert a recordable DVD. (Verbatim DVD-R preferred by me.) Click the Close button. Wait. Select a burn speed. If you hold your mouse cursor over the pop-up it says: "Select a slower speed to work around burn failures," so select 4x or slower for best results. Then click the Burn button.
    -->If the virtual disk selection won't allow you to click the Burn icon, use the .img file instead. This may have changed in 10.3.9 and did change in Tiger.
    Also, you can use DVD Player to play the virtual disk to check your iDVD project before burning to DVD. Launch DVD Player. File/Open VIDEO_TS (Open DVD Media... in Player 4.6). Find the VIDEO_TS folder and open that. (The audio folder is for DVD-Audio disks.)
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93006

  • When I try to burn my slideshow.mov to a dvd disc, it will burn but when i put it in the dvd player it says 'disc error'. I have burned it thru iDVD before but forgot how to do it and it won't do it now. The slide show is on my desktop

    when I try to burn my slideshow.mov to a dvd disc, it will burn but when i put it in the dvd player it says 'disc error'. I have burned it thru iDVD before but forgot how to do it and it won't do it now. The slide show is on my desktop

    Rather than burn directly to disk follow this workflow to help assure the best quality video DVD:
    Once you have the project as you want it save it as a disk image via the File ➙ Save as Disk Image  menu option. This will separate the encoding process from the burn process.
    To check the encoding mount the disk image, launch DVD Player and play it.  If it plays OK with DVD Player the encoding is good.
    Then burn to disk with Disk Utility or Toast at the slowest speed available (2x-4x) to assure the best burn quality.  Always use top quality media:  Verbatim, Maxell or Taiyo Yuden DVD-R are the most recommended in these forums.

  • Please Help with Burn Error in iDVD 4.0.1

    I'm using a G5 and running OS 10.3.9. I've burned a slideshow once with no problems using iDVD over a year ago and went to try again recently (after upgrading whenever an upgrade was available) and I'm getting the following error:
    Errors were found during the burning process
    The recording device reported the media error:
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    I'm using DVD-R as required, which I've also used in the past. Can anyone help me in troubleshooting this problem. I've ruined 3 disks so far trying to burn this slideshow. Any information would be helpful. Thank you!

    Thanks for your response Sue.
    I tried the Verbatim DVD-R and I'm now getting the following error:
    Errors were found during the burning process
    The recording device reported the media error:
    Power calibration area error. (0x73, 0x03.)
    Where can I choose the burn speed? You recommended 4x or slower but no burn speed option appeared when I clicked 'burn'.
    M

  • Burned DVD on iDVD. Won't play on DVD player

    I burned a slide show on iDVD and when I put the disk in my DVD player or back in my computer it won't play.

    Hi
    My thoughts on this - this occures to me when
    • Using Cheap brands of DVD e.g. Memorex and NoName are bad choice for Video-DVDs (might work as Data-DVDs)
    I use Verbatim (only)
    • DVD type used - I use now DVD-R as they also play on older DVD-players - NEVER +/-RW as they are known problem makers
    • BURN SPEED - I now set down burn speed to x2 or x4 = Less burn errors = Plays on Mac that made the burn and so on PCs - Works so much better
    Yours Bengt W

  • Multiplexer error message when trying to burn DVD in iDVD

    When I try to burn a DVD in iDVD, at the end of the burning process, I get a message that reads "Multiplexer Error" "There was an error during formatting".
    Can anyone out there give me advice on how to remedy this?
    Thanks!

    When iDVD isn't functioning correctly, a basic maintenance procedure to try is:
    1) Closing iDVD and trashing the file com.apple.iDVD.plist found in User/Library/Preferences.
    2) Doing a permissions repair using the Disk Utilities app on your Mac.
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  • DVD Burn Speed - should I go Fast or Slow?

    Please help! I am getting conflicting advice regarding the best speed to burn a DVD Video (in DVDSP, iDVD, Disk Utility etc) that will be used as a duplication master. I have read online that you should avoid slowing down the burn too much (I think because the disc dyes etc are 'optimised' for faster speeds) and that you will run into problems if you burn an 8x disc at 1 or 2x. However, a technician assures me that you should slow the burn right down and that professional duplicators and production houses never burn a DVD at its rated speed! Who is correct? Any help or links appreciated. Thanks in advance.

    Burning too slow is often just as bad as burning too fast.
    It's possible this may apply to the latest / newest DVD Burners on the market but not necessarily to the Burners that have been on the market for some time now like the Pioneer 103 for example. I own three separate burners, all Pionneer (103, 107, and 110U). The newest S-Drive I own is a Pioneer 110U in an ext. FW Enclosure. Originally my G4 733 came with a Pioneer 103. It still works but it now lives in an older G4 PM as a backup ... Still works great (at SLOWER BURN SPEEDS)!
    But slower is better on this particular early model /S-Drive. And the same applies to the Pioneer 107. However, it does not apply to the latest Pioneer burners like the 110U, 111, nor the 112.
    As pointed out in the above article you mentioned media can and often does contribute /influence the actual write speed that the drive will default to when burning a DVD. Very good article btw and thanx for bringing it to our attention.
    Contrary to what is written in the above article though .... "slower is better" provided your burner is also an earlier model (and perhaps not so if you have the latest/ newer burner/s).

  • Disk Utility : Cannot set burn speed

    I've created a DVD disc image from DVDSP3 and want to burn it to a new DVD-R at less than 8x speed, but Disk Utility has greyed out the speed setting.
    What am I doing wrong?
    Thanks!
    -Bob.

    Yes, you can set the burn speed in the iDVD '08 Preferences (finally).
    I just can figure out what your problem is with Disk Utility - it's probably something simple we are overlooking.
    +++++++++++++++++
    You are CERTAIN that the DVD you tried had not already been burned to?
    Message was edited by: F Shippey

  • Burn Speed for DVD mastering - fast or slow

    Please help! I am getting conflicting advice regarding the best speed to burn a DVD Video (in DVDSP, iDVD, Disk Utility etc) that will be used as a duplication master. I have read online that you should avoid slowing down the burn too much (I think because the disc dyes etc are 'optimised' for faster speeds) and that you will run into problems if you burn an 8x disc at 1 or 2x. However, a technician assures me that you should slow the burn right down and that professional duplicators and production houses never burn a DVD at its rated speed! Who is correct? Any help or links appreciated. Thanks in advance.

    Ian
    I have read online that you should avoid slowing down the burn too much (I think because the disc dyes etc are 'optimised' for faster speeds) and that you will run into problems if you burn an 8x disc at 1 or 2x.
    The general advice around here is burning at slow speeds to avoid playback problems. DVDSP will allways burn at max speed and that's one of the reasons for NOT using that burning workflow. I allways create a disc image of my project and burn it with Toast and/or Disk Utility, where you can select the burn speed.
    After all, you can ask to your duplicator what they prefer.
    Hope that helps !
      Alberto

  • Burn speed

    Hi there,
    I have a PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-106D superdrive on my iMac flat panel. Can someone tell me the recommended DVD I should use and what burning speed I should use?
    I have iDVD 3 and I'm trying to burn an iMovie project with iDVD and it's not going very well!

    Specs of the Pioneer DVR-106D fitted to the iMac G4 17" (taken from this article).
    • Write Speed
    CLV 1X and 2X at DVD-R
    CLV 1X, 2X and 4X at High-Speed DVD-R
    CLV 1X at DVD-RW
    CLV 1X and 2X at High-Speed DVD-RW
    CLV 2.4X at DVD+R
    CLV 2.4X and 4X at High-Speed DVD+R
    CLV 2.4X at DVD+RW
    CLV 4X, 8X, 12X and 16X at CD-R
    CLV 4X at CD-RW
    CLV 4X and 10X at High-Speed CD-RW
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