Trouble copying a DVD made with IDVD 5

I have several DVD's created with iDVD.
I erased all the original projects. Now I want to make copies and the superdrive keeps spitting them out. The discs will not stay in. I can play them fine on DVD players. I have tried other disks to see if the disk drive is bad and it works fine. Any ideas of what is wrong?

I'm not saying for certain that you do, but you may have a problem with the optical drive.
I am assuming this is the same Mac that you burned them on?
Sue

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The source video file doesn't display this waviness. Also, I created a DVD of the same video using a PC and the resultant DVD didn't display the waviness. The waviness occurs whether the DVD is played on the computer or a TV monitor with a standalone DVD player. From all this I conclude that it has to be a consequence of the iDVD5 burning process.
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On the same DVD I also placed a different video from the same source. It doesn’t display any of the waviness that I get from the other video. The only difference between the videos is that this latter video – after the MPEG Streamclip processing - was chaptered in iMovie HD and then exported to iDVD as a .mov file. I’d hate to think that I have to run every video through iMovie to eliminate the waviness.
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Robert,
To me, the red flag is that you've created a .mov file from Quicktime for import back into iDVD. A .mov file is generally a smaller formatted movie, typically only 320X240 pixels in size. This size movie, by default, would look perfect when played in QT. But, to go back to iDVD or iMovie, the movie must be expanded back to a 720X480 size movie (typically the DV stream that these programs want and need), so expanding will cause all sorts of distortion. Can you go back to your original MPEG2 source movie and get the movie info on it? You should be able to see the original size. If it is something like 640X480 or 720X480 then use QT to create a .DV file. This will maintain the original size.

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Hi Texastea:
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Disk full (Error 61)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vbenlr98/html/v amsgdiskfull.asp
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No this is an often described problem.
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to go,.
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I drop my movie project icon (with a Star on it) into the open window in iDVD.
2. After done necessary adjustments I go to File/Save as a Disk Image.
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4. AT AN AS SLOW speed as possibly eg x1, x2 or x4 => Less errors in burn process.
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I've made a fair share of dvds from DVDSP and iDVD (version 7.0.4) but a few days ago I tried playing one that was created in iDVD on my computer (in the same drive that burned it) and it wouldn't recognize the disc. I tried several other dvds and they're spit back out too (all of them play fine on a standard dvd player). At this point, none of the dvds I've made from iDVD will play on my computer, while the dvds made from DVDSP seem to play just fine.
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The drive itself works fine. Tested about 15 "homemade" discs and they all played normally.
I don't think it's the DVD brand. The at-fault dvds are Panasonic but my other Panasonic-burned dvds work okay. And they're all DVD-Rs.
I have 30g of hard disk space.
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I burned a dvd using onestep idvd, it plays back fine . If I give this to someone will the material be editable or is the dvd locked after encoding. Also when I look at the dvd in my Finder and open one of the video file it opens in MPEG Streamclip I have on my desk top and also there is nothing in the audio file.
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The standard delivery format of a DVD is mpeg2, which is highly compressed and not intended for further editing. Normally you would edit before making the DVD.
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http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/mpegstreamclip.html
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Just a simple question:is it possible to play the dvds I created with idvd in quicktime? and if so, how?
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Hi
Use Disk Util tool
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[solution inside] Poor quality of DVD created with iDVD '08 (jerky movie)

Hi everyone !
I have a problem with the export of iDVD, the result is jerky.
Here's what I done
- filmed (cam sony 42E, DV)
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I checked everything's in PAL (I'm in Europe)
I checked with another DVD
I checked the large selection in the navigator (720 * 540, H.264, 25 fps, 4Mbps)
I tried with "best performances"
I tried to cut the movie : 72 min -> 35 minutes
I exported just an image disc
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Did anyone else had the same problem ?
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Take care!

I had the same problem with jerky pans and dancing pixels particularly when using Ken Burns on stills.
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There is some improvement(not as much as using Toast) using Quicktime AIC encoding then burning with iDVD with Professional Quality and dual layered DVDs just to make sure the quality indicator is well into the green.
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Hello Dave,
iDVD 5 does not natively support external burners. What you have discovered concerning the creation of disk images, though, is not simply a workaround, but a widely recommended procedure, as it greatly reduces the risk of burn errors.
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