iDVD ejects incomplete DVD

This is really bad - I have to burn 8 to be delivered in 10 hours from typing this post.

The disc pops out but instead of saying 'Your disc has been created - if you wish to create another insert another blank disc' I have what you see below.

It's just a 12 minute movie with no extras or slideshows, not even a scene selection - this should be an easy burn.

Please help me.

cameronryan said:

This is really bad - I have to burn 8 to be delivered in 10 hours from typing this post.

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Clearly I missed your time frame, but for future reference this may be helpful.

I would try saving as a disc image or Video_TS folder. A disc image is the easiest because you can use Apple's Disk Utility to copy it to a real DVD. The Video_TS folder may required something like Toast to do a proper job, which is what I use. In fact I had to do that last week as creating a disc image was failing for some reason.

I normally create a disk image first and then copy it to a real DVD. The reason is that the process of encoding the assets is time consuming and I don't want to create a coaster. I can also perform one last test using DVD Player. This avoids any interaction with the DVD writing process until I'm sure the image is even creatable from iDVD.

Here is the menu selection:

^ Thanks - I recently got Toast Titanium 08 and it seems to come in handy for more than copying discs, i'll look into it.

My job turned out ok in the end but for some reason it didn't like the blank discs I was using but when I used the cheaper ones I am used to it was fine.

I thought getting the most expensive blank DVD would be give me the best quality for a master but I think my MBP is just fussy and doesn't like change!