Which dual layer DVD discs to use with my new iMac???

I just purchased a new iMac from Apple, and would like to know which Dual layer DVD discs work best. Does Apple sell their own DL discs?
Thanks,
Bryan

I highly recommend DVD+R DL discs by TDK. I use TDK almost exclusively for all my disc burning needs (the other brand I recommend for CD's is Philips, but they are hard to find).

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I have DVD Studio 1.5.1 and no plans to move to a more recent version. I would like to make dual layer DVDs by purchasing a burner that supports dual layer burning.
What dual layer burners will be recognized and supported by DVD Studio v1.5.1 and Mac OS 9.2.2? I'm using a Powerbook G4 slot loading 800MHZ 15" titanium computer. I am willing to use either an external or internal device.

Check here: http://eshop.macsales.com/staticpages/Framework.cfm?page=superdrive/sdl_powerbook_g4ti.html
-DH

Which Dual-Layer DVD's are apprpriate?

I need to get some dual-layer DVD's for my new Mini (2009), which should be arriving tomorrow. I was going to get Verbatims, since everyone seems to think they are among the most reliable. But which ones?
I was going to get DVD+R DL, but they come in 2.4x and 8x. Verbatim's website says that the 2.4x will write up to 6x, and the 8x will write up to 10x. That's already confusing enough. So which speed will work best with the new Mac Mini?
Thanks to anyone who may know.

I've been burning dvd's for 10+ years and Verbatim is the best(as long as they are still making their disc in Singapore anyways) media you can buy. Never had more than a handfun burns fail on me unlike other brands and those that did fail Verbatim sent me a replacement dvd dualayer. Anyways, in regards to your question it's a moot point since the drive won't let you burn any faster than what it's rated for so it looks like you are stuck at 6x speed at most. If you have this pioneer dvd burner in your mini anyways like mine:
http://www.pioneer-america.com/PUSA/Products/BusinessProducts/Blu-rayDisc+DVDWri ters/DVDComputerWriters/ci.DVR-TS08.Support?tab=E
Besides by burning at a slower speed the disc will be more likely to play in older drives and standalone dvd units. Only downside of course is the longer burn times.
p.s. I've heard that some mini's come with a Sony burner so you might want to check.
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Dual Layer DVD's not burning with Disk Utility

I successfully created two dual layer DVD's with a disk image that I created in iDVD. Checked both of those disks in a DVD player and both work fine. Now trying to burn more copies with the same procedure, same disk image file, same media manufacturer and all are failing. Any ideas? I can still successfully burn short videos on regular DVD's from iDVD so my burner has not completely failed. I had created a disk image out of the material that I need on the dual layer DVD because it's about 2 hours of video and iDVD was ejecting the disk too early without burning.

Sounds like the burner may have failed. It can fail in a way that only larger items cannot burn. Take it to your nearest Apple Store or Apple Authorized Service Provider to have them check it out

Sorry this may sound a bit stupid but do you get any discs at all with a new iMac, such as restore discs if anything goes wrong?

I just purchased a new Imac yesterday, this is the first time with an Imac so please be gentle with me. I noticed that there was no software discs at all with this Imac and I am wondering what would happen if I need to re-install at a later date especially the OS. Do you get any discs with a new Imac?

No. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718

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Is it possible the discs were mastered in an HFS only format? In Toast, the default is Mac & PC, but it can be set to Mac Only, in which case the PC wouldn't read them without something like MacDrive for the PC. I had all kinds of problems with MacDrive 7, so I reverted to MacDrive 6.08 in XP.
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Communications
Built-in 54-Mbps AirPort Extreme Card (802.11g standard) (2)
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Display
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Millions of colours at all resolutions
Typical viewing angle:
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Typical brightness: 250 cd/m
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128MB of GDDR3 SDRAM
Mini-DVI output port with support for DVI, VGA, S-video and composite video connections via adaptor (3)
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Support for external display in extended desktop
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Storage temperature: -40° to 85° C (-40° to 185° F)
Relative humidity: 5% to 95% non-condensing
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I've burned a couple of dual layer DVD's (8.5GB) with my iBook G4 and an external Lacie DVD burner.
I used Toast 7, experiencing no problems at all.
The DVD's play perfectly using the Lacie driver itself, or my Sony DVD player, or even a 10-year-old Pioneer DVD drive on my PC.
But... my iBook Superdrive refused to even read them.
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I don't believe the SuperDrive for the iBook is set
up to read/write the dual layer DVD's.
I didn't expect it to write DL DVD's, that's why I used an external burner.
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Go to your Apple Menu and select "about this mac".
Click on the "more info" button and navigate to the
Disc Burning label. Select it.
If your SD is dual layer compatible you'll see "+R
DL".
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LaCie?
don't know, really, but Toast is set to burn disks at the best speed:
one was a DL DVD+R 8x, the other a DL DVD-R 4x
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Hi all,
I'm having issues trying to burn dual layer dvd's with either Toast 10.0.8 or 11.0.1. I keep getting the Interface -50 error and sense key 0x02 error saying media is incompatible.
I have tried dvd's by DataWrite and Elite M and they both show error. It's strange though as I have been using previously purchased Elite M dual layer dvd's of the same spec as these newly purchased ones, and they worked fine!
My dvd drive is a standard OPTIARC AD-7170 that came with the Mac Pro as spec'd.
I am able to burn single layer fine, and dual layers are read. I'm just unable to write dual layer at the moment.
Any ideas? I'm stuck on what to do and what manufacturer's dual layer dvd's will work with this drive. It can just do +R DL.
Could it be I've been unlucky to have had 4 bad batches? I brought 2 x 2 (25 disc) tubs of DataWrite and same by 50 disc tubs Elite M.
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P.p.s. "Hopefully" this is just a media issue and I can find some that works again. If not and it is a drive fault what can I do? What writers spec'd same are available internal for my Mac Pro?
Message was edited by: AshleySmith06

Grant Bennet-Alder wrote:
If think you may be using the wrong speed-range media for that drive's capabilities. As I mentioned, there are two ranges, and 8X media cannot be written in a 2.4x (sometimes referred to as 4x) drive.
When you get an error message that actually tells you something concrete, you should listen to it:
CANNOT WRITE MEDIUM - INCOMPATIBLE FORMAT
... is pretty unambiguous. It's a problem with the Media.
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Interconnect: ATAPI
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I am trying to burn a dual-layer DVD disc with the internal drive in my MacBook Pro.
I am getting the same error message from Toast each time I try to burn a disc. I get no response from Disk Utility (it just says "waiting for the disc drive") and Finder doesn't recognize the dual-layer disc when I try to burn in Finder.
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I've heard that it may be a security update that might have caused this issue. System Profiler says that my machine can burn both DVD+R DL and DVD-R DL.
What is going on?!??

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drowning
Can Adobe Premiere Elements 12 burn a dual layer dvd disk?
Short answer: Yes.
What are you burning to DVD disc - DVD-VIDEO on DVD disc or AVCHD format on DVD?
Does your DVD CD burner support double layer single sided discs?
Premiere Elements is supposed to (been there and done that....)
1. burn to Folder (8.5) for Publish+Share/Disc/DVD and Publish+Share/Disc/AVCHD
(you take the VIDEO_TS for the former and BDMV Folder in the latter to a program like ImgBurn
for the actual burn to the DVD double layer single sided disc)
2. burn to disc 8.5 GB/240 minutes
Have you gone the burn to folder Folder (8.5 GB) route?
Have you tried another brand of disc in spite of by the disc manufacturer and the Geek Squad are telling you?
A double layer single sided disc is labelled 8.5 GB/240 minutes. In reality, that 8.5 GB is 7.95 GB. Where are you
coming up with 7.5 GB for your disc? Was that due to typing glitch?
Please review and consider. Any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.
ATR
Add On..Have you updated 12 to the 12.1 Update yet? If not, please do so using the opened project's Help Menu/Update.
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