Nolan: What version of iDVD are you using. Versions 4 and 5 are very forgiving about the discs you feed it. However, earlier ones are not.
I assume your Mac is an iMac (last generation.) No matter, any 1 ghz Mac with SuperDrive will burn at leat 2X; yours should burn at 4X. Any recordable media will simply work at the slower speed of a drive. FWIW, burning at half-speed is highly recommended (2X on a 4X drive, etc.) to prevent data loss. iDVD does not give you this option, however. Try a different brand of DVD 1st. Memorex and Sony DVD-R's are some of the most compatible on the market for both burners and players. Cheap CD-R's usually always work. DVD's are not that forgiving. Find one that works on your Mac and your player and stick with it. If you have AppleCare protection, give them a call replicating the problem in real time. ctw On Jun 30, 2005, at 6:05 PM, NPfield at aol.com wrote: > As a complete novice with iDVD, I tried burning my first disc > yesterday and immediately hit a wall: the drive keeps spitting out > my disc. Is it possible that I have the wrong type of disc? The > always-helpful (!!) Help says merely that I can only burn ?2.0 > General DVD-R discs.? What I have are Dynex (cheap, yes, but I > figured okay for the first trial) DVD-R 8x 120 min 4.7GB 4.7Go > (not sure I understand what all that means). No indication whether > they?re ?2.0 General.? What might the problem be otherwise? Any > suggestions will be most appreciated. FYI, I?m running a 1GHz > PowerPC G4 flat panel with OS 10.2.8. > > Much thanks, > > Nolan Porterfield -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20050630/9a87d334/attachment.html
