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iDVD Won't Burn

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gtee

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I've spent hours making an iDVD project and now - when I click the BURN icon in iDVD 4 - the blank DVD-R disk I insert keeps getting ejected and asks me to insert a blank DVD-R disk!

Does anyone have any ideas?

Thank you.
 
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Try a different disc
 
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What brand of DVD are you using?

The following, Apple, Imation, Fujii, Verbatim and TDK have worked well for me. I don't use any of the cheap ones.
 
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gtee said:
I've spent hours making an iDVD project and now - when I click the BURN icon in iDVD 4 - the blank DVD-R disk I insert keeps getting ejected and asks me to insert a blank DVD-R disk!

Does anyone have any ideas?

Thank you.
Click to expand...

It may be that +/- compatibility issue happening. Try a +R disc and see if the same thing happens.
 
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gtee

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badmojo said:
It may be that +/- compatibility issue happening. Try a +R disc and see if the same thing happens.
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The disks are DVD+R and are TDK.
I have been able to now get them to burn via Finder but they will not play.
I get an arror message saying 'Project cannot be opened as it may be write-protected'.

Could it be all down to the DVD brand?

Thank you for your support.
 
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gtee

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rman said:
What brand of DVD are you using?

The following, Apple, Imation, Fujii, Verbatim and TDK have worked well for me. I don't use any of the cheap ones.
Click to expand...

I'm using TDK+R.
 
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Success

SUCCESS - I read somewhere online that iDVD 4 will only burn DVD-R disks. Tried that and it worked!
 
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I was going to suggest that next, but I was away for a day. Glad you found a resolution to your problem.

What I have found is not all DVD player can read DVD+Rs. So I tend to use only DVD-Rs.
 

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