Will the dvd burn a DL dvd

Will the dvd player/burner in my IMAC burn DL DVD`s

Depends on your model. Click on about this Mac under the Apple, then on more info. Click on System Profiler (I believe that's what it says in Snow Leopard) or System Report in ML and see what it says under Disc Burning.

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New FireWire DVD Burner Plugged In - DVD Player Wants To Change Region?!

I have just bought an external Freecom FW/USB 2.0 DVD Burner.
As part of my testing, I inserted a DVD-R video I had made and attempted to view it via DVD Player.
However, I got a warning window saying that as this was the first time I had played a DVD I would have to set the region.
This DVD is a home-movie and as such has no region.
Needless to say, the DVD plays perfectly when using the Superdrive.
If I did set the region would it only apply to the Freecom or would it be one of the 5 changes you are able to make to the Superdrive?
Is every DVD burner allowed 5 changes of region?
I have not attempted to change the region as normally I will not be using the Freecom to play DVDs . . . . . just burning and copying.
What exactly does changing the region affect? The DVD Burner, my iMac, DVD Player or what?

Hi Ian,
most if not all computer DVD drives allow up to 5 changes of the region code with the 5th being the last and permanent one.
The region code itself is saved inside the drive itself and each drive is 'for it's own'.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVDregioncode
As for your home video DVD you might wanna have a look here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVDregioncode#Circumvention
Regards
Stefan
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DVD Burn Failed-Matshita DVD-R UJ-815

Please help: I can not burn any DVDs. I am trying to burn some pictures from iPhoto to DVD for storage. I choose the pictures & then hit the burn icon at the bottom of iPhoto. It will run for about an hour but then stops. I keep getting "Burn Failed: the burn to the MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-815 drive failed. Unknown error." I've tried several TDK DVD-R 2x discs & the original Apple DVD-R that shipped with my computer. I am able to burn CDs with no problem but this is the first time I've tried to burn a DVD. Can you also tell me if I will be able to use TDK DVD-R 8x since I can't hardly find 2x or 4x anymore. Thanks to anyone for any help. I have lots of pictures & I've got to get them off of my computer. Thank you very much.
Apple PowerBook Titanium G4 15"
purchased 12-2-02 from MacConnection.com
1GHz/1GB/60GB/SuperDrive/56K
Mac OS 10.2.8 (6R73)
Matshita DVD-R UJ-815

I'm having the same exact problem with my Powerbook I think, it's a 1GHz with the same Matshita DVD drive. It'll burn the disc apparently, but it never finishes. it just idles in "Closing Session 1" (i'm using a burn folder in Tiger now)...
but the problem also occurs in iDVD. and when i burn disc images.
i've found that when i see it idling (at the end of a burning cycle), i can usually eject the disc and have a working disc, but with no guarantee.
I want Apple to fix this!

DVD burner not recognizing DVDs

I've had a mini for quite some time now, and recently in the past few weeks I've had a strange problem where it no longer recognizes burnable/burned DVDs. CDs work fine, retail DVDs on movies work fine, but I am unable to access any of the things I've burned myself.
I've tried 3 of the types of burnable DVDs, and have even dug up some of my old DVDs I burned myself on this computer and they all do not mount. I've checked the system info, and the drive is still being detected as a DVD burner, so I am at a complete loss as to what could be causing this.
Any help would be greatly appreciated

I'm having exactly the same problem as this.
The last discs that I burned would have been in October/November, and after that I noticed that the Mac would no longer recognise burned DVD's.
As I need to burn some more discs I've been testing in the past few days and can confirm:
1. Will not read from burned DVD-R
2. Will not recognize blank DVD-R
3. Will recognize blank DVD-RW, but will not burn to them
I'm now searching around to see if it's a hardware or a firmware problem.
The data on the drive from System Profiler is as follows:
MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-835F:
Firmware Revision: GGND
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipped/Supported)
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -RW, +R, +RW
Burn Underrun Protection CD: Yes
Burn Underrun Protection DVD: Yes
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, DVD-DAO
Media: No
Any ideas anyone?
Thanks in advance.
Mac Mini G4 1.42ghz Mac OS X (10.4.8)

HD DVDs burning for SD DVD players

does it work?
I tried burning one and it would NOT play in my regular dvd players. Anyone?

So has anyone burned an HD DVD from DSP to a regular
DVD and had it play on a toshiba or rca HD DVD player?
I do it all the time to the Toshiba.
However, later firmware revisions to the Toshiba will cause problems.
mpeg2 HD and aiff audio work but no menus.

Inability to play on Mac DVD burned on Sony DVD Recorder

I burned an old VHS onto a Sony DVR-R disc, using a Sony RDR-VX560 Recorder. The resultant DVD played fine on the Sony TV set, but I could not play it on my Mac. On insertion into the Mac, I got a Disc icon titled: "SonyDVD_RECORDERVOLUME" but the Disc did not open automatically, as usual, nor would it open in the DVD Player app. Upon double clicking the icon a screen w/the DVD title as its name appeared w/a folder titled "DVD_RTAV" opened, w/2 items enclosed. The 2 enclosed folders, were titled "VR_MOVIE.VRO" and "VR_MANGR.IFO" respectively. Upon opening the folders, each produced a DVD Player app msg: "There was a problem opening the media. The media type is not supported." This was my 1st attempt at dubbing though I have been successfully burning and playing the same Sony discs on this Mac and TV for some time w/minimal problems. I'm at wits end trying to resolve this problem and will certainly appreciate any help. Many Thanks.

Did you finalise the disc on the Sony?
PS - This has nothing to do with iDVD, which is the software used to create DVD's on a Mac. You have posted the question in the wrong forum really, it would be better to post the question here :
http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=263
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HD DVD burn to normal DVD?

I was looking on the Apple site and it say I can make a HD DVD with a normal DVD using the 264 codec. First, will it play on another DVD player?
I have a first cut of a 20 minute demo in HD DVC Pro 1080i 60.
Is it really possible to put this in HD on a normal DVD and deliver it to a client? Sorry if this is old news.
David Perry

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3828880&#3828880
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=807102&tstart=0
Also do a search for HD for other threads about the subject (seems to come up almost daily) we are all patiently waiting

DVD burns & non-readable DVD's

(moderators - please relocate this question to appropriate place, this seemed the best spot)
I'm having trouble getting freshly burned DVD's to mount it the two newest macs that we have in-house:
- Dual 1.25 Ghz G4 tower 'mirror door', running OS 10.3.9, 1.25GB RAM
- iMac 1.8 Ghz G5, running OS 10.3.9, 768GB RAM
I burn DVD's on our Dual 2Ghz G5 Server (running Server 10.3.9)
these DVD's sometimes mount (after a looooong wait) or not at all
same DVD that fails will mount on our old 400GHz G4 'YIKES' ???
same DVD will mount on the server
Is the DVD firmware in OS X Server 10.3.9 different from the one in OS X 10.3.9
solutions??
- is there a DVD firmware upgrade somewhere on the apple site (I check the upgrades religiously)
- can it be a bad batch of DVD's (seems really, really iffy)
suggestions anyone?
Dual 1.25 Ghz G4 tower (mirror door) Mac OS X (10.3.9) 1.25GB SDRAM

Hello Debbie,
did you create the disk image? If so, did you test it with DVD Player?
If the disk image plays fine in DVD Player, the problem is in the burn pocess itself. What DVD media did you use and at what speed did you burn? You might want to try another brand - Verbatim DVD-R is first choice around here, but Ritek and Taiyo Yuden also make very good discs.
You also need to make sure the DVDs are compatible with slow burning (e.g. 1-4x). Try burning at the slowest possible speed (1x if possible).
About optical disc drive burning and write speeds
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301551
Factors that affect writing to or reading from optical media
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25402
Another thing you can try is a cleaning disc. Burners get a little dusty over time and if the lens is not perfectly clean, that might lead to burn errors.
let us know
mish

DVD Burning Error within DVD Studio Pro

Hi There,
Tonight I tried to burn a DVD Studio Pro project to a DVD. Up until now it has been smooth sailing. Tonight when I went to burn my completed project, it began formatting and then I received a Unknown Device Error after the DVD drive worked for about 2 minutes. If anyone has any ideas or if you think I need a new drive please let me know. The drive information is below:
MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-846:
Firmware Revision: FQ3T
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipping Drive)
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, DVD-DAO
Media: Insert media and refresh to show available burn speeds

First thing is to diagnose if the drive is a problem by putting in a DVD and trying a burn other than from Studio Pro. How's that work?
The formatting part is interesting, formatting what exactly?

Dual-Boot.. But Can The Old DVD Burner Work With Nero 9?

hi,
i have an imac(intel), so i added windows vista to my imac.
i have an old dvd burner that only works under windows.
my question is that the "disc drivers" are from OS X v10.5.8 "bootcamp". will the driver support my old dvd burner run under nero 9 reload?
thanks in advance.
ed

Typically, Windows has its own methods of installing the needed drivers. The drivers that the Boot Camp utility installs are to allow Windows to use the Mac hardware, such as the display, iSight camera, microphone, keyboard/mouse, etc., NOT for any third-party hardware. When it is booted up with Windows, the Mac is a Windows machine, so you need to do whatever you did before to get the DVD burner to work under Windows. That may have been installing software from a disc that came with the burner; it may have been downloading a driver installer .exe file...
Since you have the Mac, the Windows Vista installation, and the burner, is there a reason you can't give it a try?

G5 DVD burner error message? Help please?

I get this error message when I try burning a 1gb quicktime movie to dvd on my pre installed standard burner. Thanks in advance
the link below is a screenshot of the error
http://www.darkstargraphics.com/dvd_message.gif
Im at a loss and ready to by another
below is the dvd burner profile
PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-106D:
Firmware Revision: A606
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipped/Supported)
Cache: 2000 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -RW, +R, +RW
Burn Underrun Protection CD: Yes
Burn Underrun Protection DVD: Yes
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media: No

The error "internal target failure" appears on PCs using this drive as well, so it appears that it's not a Toast specific error.
However, in my browsing, no one seemed to be able to tell if it was a true hardware failure of the drive, or if it was caused by poor quality media.
I'd try other brands of media and a lens cleaner before flashing the firmware. And, if you do decide to flash the firmware, the current, official firmware for that drive is here. The link in MLCinma's post contains hacked (region free) firmware and is outdated in any event.
Let us know what brand of media you're using and what speed you're burning at.
The DVR-106D has had lots of reports of failures, so it could very well be the drive. At least a replacement DVR-111D will only cost you about $40 - $50.

Is there a way to burn your project with DVD quality without a dvd menu?

Ive compressed my file and got the .ac3 and .m2v but now I want to just burn it. Dont want a DVD menu or anything, just want to burn it into a DVD so I can just pop it in a drive and it plays. Can someone please walk me threw what to do next?

#42 - Quick and dirty way to author a DVD
Shane's Stock Answer #42 - David Roth Weiss' Secret Quick and Dirty Way to Author a DVD:
The absolute simplest way to make a DVD using FCP and DVDSP is as follows:
1. Export a QT movie, either a reference file or self contained using current settings.
2. Open DVDSP, select the "graphical" tab and you will see two little monitors, one blue, one green.
3. Select the left blue one and hit delete.
4. Now, select the green one, right click on it amd select the top option "first play".
5. Now drag your QT from the broswer and drop it on top of the green monitor.
6. Now, for a DVD from an HD source, look to the right side and select the "general tab" in the track editor, and see the Display Mode, and select "16:9 pan-scan."
7. Hit the little black and yellow burn icon at the top of the page and put a a DVD in when prompted. DVDSP will encode and burn your new DVD.
THATS ALL!!!
NOW...if you want a GOOD LOOKING DVD, instead of taking your REF movie into DVD SP, instead take it into Compressor and choose the BEST QUALITY ENCODE (2 pass VBR) that matches your show timing. Then take THAT result into DVD SP and follow the rest of the steps. Except you can choose "16:9 LETTERBOX" instead of PAN & SCAN if you want to see the entire image.
Shane

Satellite M40 - Teac DV-W28E does not burn CD or DVD

G'day,
I have had problems with my dvd burner no longer working properly when trying to burn cd's, or dvd's. It is a model Teac DV-W28E and I would love to be able to get drivers for it to reinstall them, but I can't find them and when I try to do a web update it asks for the CD. Looking at the Teac website there are no drivers for this particular dvd burner there. Looking at the Microsoft website for support.....well the less said about that the better.
I don't know if I uninstall my dvd driver, then try to reinstall it that I will even be able to do it over the net due to the above mentioned reason of it asking for the installation cd.
Now I do not know if it is related, but I did follow the Toshiba update for my BIOS a while back and as I had not even tried to burn anything for a while I do not know if it had the issues before, or afterwards.
Generally it is not recognising the dvd burner as a dvd burner. If I drag and drop files to burn in explorer, then they do not show up to burn to a cd, or dvd. When trying to use Nero v6.0.0, then it will crash at the end when trying to write the final part of the file to the disc.
Does anyone know how to help me save the environment by not creating any more silver coasters/ wind chimes/ etc etc? Any ideas at all? I might just have to ditch the cow and get a generic replacement as I have started to need to burn for work backups and reports.
TIA,
Keiran

The CD/DVD drive does not use any special drivers.
It uses the simply Microsoft Windows drivers and the drive should be recognized automatically after removing.
If you have any problems with writing on the CD/DVD then I assume it could be an hardware problem like lens calibration or something like that.
But firstly you should check different options which could be responsible for the burner malfunction
In the drive properties (right click -> properties) you will find the Recording tab.
There you should enable the option Enable CD recording on this drive if you use the drag and drop for file burning.
I would also recommend using only one burning application on the OS.
The Nero is a nice program. I use it too

Pre12 – unable to burn AVCHD to DVD media

I'm using Pre 12 with Windows 8, editing AVCHD video, and want to burn AVCHD to DVD disk media (to play on a Blu-ray player). However, whenever I try Pre12 shows “media not present” as status, despite having a blank DVD in the drive. But, simply changing from AVCHD to DVD works fine.
Some background: I’ve been a Premiere Elements user since V1 and after purchasing a HD camera several years ago I’ve burned many short HD videos on DVD media s using Pre 10 and 11 AVCHD format option. However, that was before converting to a new computer and installing Pre12.
My new computer is a Dell XPS 8700, Win dows 8 64 bit, with an internal Blu-ray Combo Drive (Reads BD and Writes to DVD/CD). The drive shows in Windows Devices as “HL-DT-ST DVDRWBD CH20N”. It claims to read and write DVD media in either the plus or minus types. I’ve been using TDK single side DVD + media. I've reported the problem to Dell Technical Support without success.
So, I don’t know if the problem is with my hardware, media, or a bug in Pre12, and would greatly appreciate advice.
Thanks in advance

1. Yes, HD or SD video will burn (in DVD format) to DVD media on either internal or external optical drive. The reinstall of Pre 12.0 solved that problem.
2. There was no change to results when attempting to burn AVCHD to DVD media. The internal optical drive continues to show "media not present", while the external drive shows "ready"
3. There was no change to results when burning to Blu-ray which continutes to operate correctly - the external drive shows "ready" (and burns are still successful). Note that the internal drive can only write DVD media so isn't shown by Pre 12 for this task.
Below is revised table of results:
Source Video
SD
SD
SD
HD
HD
HD
Task:
Burn DVD
Burn AVCHD (to DVD media)
Burn Blu-ray (to Blu-ray Media)
Burn DVD
Burn AVCHD (to DVD media)
Burn Blu-ray (to Blu-ray Media)
Status/Result
Optical Drive E:
Internal DVD Writer
Ready
Media not present
Burner loacation N/A
Ready
Media not present
Burner loacation N/A
Optical Drive F:
External USB 3 Blu-ray Writer
Ready
Ready
Incompatible disc (with DVD media), Ready with Blu-ray media)
Ready
Ready
Ready
So, ok to uninstall and reinstall Windows driver for internal burner?
Thanks

Re: K7T266pro2 Board mod - Problem with DVD burner/DVD ROM

Hi there!
I did the mod and installed a Athlon XP 2400 (T-Bred) on my board. Everything worked perfect, I had the 3.7 bios and it recognized the processor correctly, same for WIN, Sandra etc. System is stable, temperature are much lower compared to my old 1700XP.
But there exits a problem and I am not sure if it's related to the removal of the cap. First my DVD burner and my DVD-ROM stopped working and after thorough testing (different combinations master/slave/CS...) I thought they're broken and got a new DVD burner. But after installing this one - sampe problem.
This is the problem: The bios does not recognize the burner when it's in "auto" setting, it does so when doing autodetection in the bios. Then it says "DVD" for the respective IDE channel. But the drive does not react. If I press eject the lamp on the drive starts blinking but nothing happens, the tray does not open. Sometimes the drive is listing in WIN but it's not accessible.
All my HDD's work fine even on the same IDE channel.
Does anyone encounter a similiar rpoblem or have any idea how to solve this? I am sure itt must be a bios issue (to test I have flashed the 3.74 beta bios but problem remains).
Thanks.
Cheers
P.

Hello! I tried to reply, but was thrown out of the forum without passing "Go". In short:
Have only one optical drive in.
Make it Master at the end of the cable.
Disable DMA for it.
If this one works now, continue with the next.
Don't re-enable DMA till both are working.

Will the dvd burn a DL dvd

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