iMovie>Toast>Error Msg

Ok, in regards to a previous post...

I created an iMovie project (7 mins in length) and saved it as a .dv file which is about 1.2 gigs in size.
I have Toast and an external dvd writer.
I dropped the file onto Toast with Advanced settings to create a DVD-video and NTSC with no chapters (don't need them).

Toast began "encoding" and this process lasted about 6 or 7 hours (?), then it started to "write" to the DVD. About an 1/8th of the way through Toast gave me an error saying "can't write lead out".
What does that mean?

Anyway, the disc ejected after I hit "ok" and I was able to play the dvd on my tv DVD player but it stopped at about a minute and a half of play. Was this caused by the error message I got?

Is this a normal error message in regards to toast (glitchy)? and should I try again? Or perhaps I didn't do something right?

Thanks for any advice.

I had a similar problem burnign with toast i dont know how to fix it but i do know how to tell if you file will burn without an error, ok well when you have chosen the video tab the drop the video file on to toast and if it shows up with a small screenshot of the first frame of the video it will burn with no problem but if you get a picture of a video reel then it will get an error, although this is only my experience.

Exapmle John lennon video would burn but the simpsons episode would have an error... sorry i cant help out with getting your video to burn, but what i told you may save some blank dvds going to waste.

Paul

Ah.. sorry to say your theory doesn't work for me. I can see a thumbnail of the image. As for the error, it was because I dropped the file from an external harddrive - and occassionally it will loose a split second connection and cause the error.

Anyway, moving on to Toast errors... my buffer underrun is grayed out and I can't select it. Any reason why? I can't burn at all anymore cuz of buffer underrun errors. I've been resorting to DiscBlaze but still get errors with that. It's 50/50 for me when burning and I've got so many coasters I can open my own store!