Superdrive problem or DVD-R problem

[Grasbak]

Help! I have an iDVD project I am burning onto DVD-R.

So far I have successfully burned 2 but have had 3 failures. Each time it failed it said "there was a problem buring multiplexing/burning"

Is my superdrive at fault or the DVDs?

Also, dont know if its related but when the DVD starts up spinning it makes a very loud "moo" - is this normal?

Thanks

 

[Flynnstone]

I've had problems too.
Try slowing the burn down.
I've also used iDVD to make an image file, then use Toast to burn.

 

[Grasbak]

thanks for the quick response!

Try slowing the burn down.

how do I do this? (I don't have toast)

 

[mad jew]

I don't think you can slow iDVD's burn speed down but you can export the file and (if you don't have Toast) burn it in Disk Utility. Alternatively, try a different brand of blank DVD.

 

[Grasbak]

Yep - that seems to have worked.

Burned disk image then used Disk Utility to copy to DVD (at full speed).

Just seemed to work a lot better than through iDVD... a bug in iDVD perhaps?

Thanks

 

[Flynnstone]

I don't think you can slow iDVD's burn speed down but you can export the file and (if you don't have Toast) burn it in Disk Utility. Alternatively, try a different brand of blank DVD.

You're right.
I am used to using Toast.