DVD rejected on 10.5.6?

I have an 8 month old MacBook and every time i put a writable DVD into it it kicks it out 10 seconds later. Is there a reason why? It seems to work with normal DVD's fine, just DVD's that are empty.

This is my first attempt to burn something from IMovie, and im getting somewhat confused.

Sorry i searched the forum and did not see any previous threads.

Try a different brand of media and also try cleaning the drive. You can purchase a cleaning kit most anyplace that sells computer accessories. If that doesn't work, take your machine on in to Apple and have them look at it. Since it's still under warranty, they'll replace the drive if it is defective.

Regards.

If you are burning an iMovie project directly to a DVD, I don't know how you can do that. If that's what you are trying to do, you should use iDVD.

Also, your laptop shouldn't have a problem with this (mine doesn't, and I got it probably a couple of months after yours), but is the writable DVD a DVD+R or a DVD-R?

leopard-user1 said:

If you are burning an iMovie project directly to a DVD, I don't know how you can do that. If that's what you are trying to do, you should use iDVD.

Also, your laptop shouldn't have a problem with this (mine doesn't, and I got it probably a couple of months after yours), but is the writable DVD a DVD+R or a DVD-R?

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Thanks for the quick reply all

Ive been using DVD-R. Would that make a difference?

And this is my first time making a DVD off of this mac, IDVD is what i should use?

luvdone said:

Thanks for the quick reply all

Ive been using DVD-R. Would that make a difference?

And this is my first time making a DVD off of this mac, IDVD is what i should use?

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Sorry one last thing. Is it possible my DVD drive isn't capable of burning a DVD?

luvdone said:

Sorry one last thing. Is it possible my DVD drive isn't capable of burning a DVD?

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8 month old MacBook? What model did you buy? If it was an early 2008 white MacBook and the least expensive model, (2.1 GHZ model) then it does not have a SuperDrive. That model could only write to CDs and read DVDs.

That would be the reason it ejects the blank DVDs.

Regards.

chscag said:

8 month old MacBook? What model did you buy? If it was an early 2008 white MacBook and the least expensive model, (2.1 GHZ model) then it does not have a SuperDrive. That model could only write to CDs and read DVDs.

That would be the reason it ejects the blank DVDs.

Regards.

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Thanks,
I got it in Sept 08. I was told it had a Burner, but at this point who knows.
I know that it does not have a Superdrive, but i have a MATSHIA CD-RW, i thought RW ment i can still can burn them? Im not sure. I may have to find a way to move my movie from one computer to another:S

A CD-RW will only write to CD's, not DVD's. RW = re-writable. There are CD-RW drives and DVD-RW drives.

To know for sure what your machine has in it - click on the Apple on the menu bar - About This Mac - More Info - Disc Burning

bobtomay said:

A CD-RW will only write to CD's, not DVD's. RW = re-writable. There are CD-RW drives and DVD-RW drives.

To know for sure what your machine has in it - click on the Apple on the menu bar - About This Mac - More Info - Disc Burning

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Thanks for the help, i hate commissioned sales people.