burn software suddenly not working

[stinarr]

I am a new imac user and have been using the 'burn' (that's the actual name) program for months without fault. All of a sudden i was unable to burn DVDs. the process would work as normal until the very end when the disc was ejected and the program would say burn failed because of the disc drive (or something like that). I've tried re-installing the program but the same thing happens except now it just says unable to burn and cannot retry. I've tried Resetting PRAM and NVRAM and doing the hardware test (which found nothing wrong) and nothing has worked. I really would like to keep using 'burn' because its so quick and easy but if there is anything out there similar or better (but still free) let me know! Any help would be GREATLY APPRECIATED
-it actually says "The device failed to respond properly, unable to recover or retry."

 

[spinnerlys]

You could try it under another user account, which you might have to create.

If it works there, you might use a software called AppZapper, which deletes all accompanying files in the library and then reinstall Burn again.

 

[acxz]

You could try it under another user account, which you might have to create.

If it works there, you might use a software called AppZapper, which deletes all accompanying files in the library and then reinstall Burn again.

Or use AppCleaner, which works exactly the same but is free and doesn't come with a pointless sound effect.

 

[spinnerlys]

Ah, didn't know that and confused both apps as it seemed. Thanks.

 

[stinarr]

cool thanks, will try that asap

 

[Spunky424]

any luck on this issue? i'm actually having the same problem.

 

[stinarr]

You could try it under another user account, which you might have to create.

If it works there, you might use a software called AppZapper, which deletes all accompanying files in the library and then reinstall Burn again.

yeah i tried this with no luck. I really cant figure out what the problem is and i would appreciate anything you could give me. it's just so disappointing because burn is really a great program. any luck with you Spunky424?

 

[Spunky424]

still no luck. i was able to burn a dvd through burn that was under 2gbs. i think it came in at around 1.8. but anything over 2gbs seems to not be able to work with burn. i just actually used idvd but that took over 5 hours and the audio wasnt even synced. horrible waste of time. hopefully we can get this issue resolved.

 

[stinarr]

yeah i agree it sucks. Such a waste of dvd's to burn under 2 gb?! i tried toast as well but it took so long i just cancelled it.

anyone out there please- any suggestion is welcome!

 

[Spunky424]

yeah i agree it sucks. Such a waste of dvd's to burn under 2 gb?! i tried toast as well but it took so long i just cancelled it.

anyone out there please- any suggestion is welcome!

i just downloaded toast, it does take a lot longer than burn but it does work. i've already burned 4-5 dvds from avis and it works perfectly. give it a shot.

 

[Consultant]

Try the latest version of the software?

 

[crazycat]

Download Disco (google "disco os x") and give that a try, there might be a problem with Burn. I agree with acxz, you might want to completely remove burn before you reinstall it.

 

[stinarr]

hey, sorry i know my questions must be child's play to you all but i'm trying to uninstall burn as suggested by acxz using AppCleaner but it says it's protected- can anyone tell me how to unprotect it? thanks

 

[bindigok]

Just curious what you are burning onto the DVDs. Why not use Leopard to burn DVDs? Or are you burning movies (insert copyright protection blah blah blah, you know "legal" movies)? I've always used Popcorn to copy my DVDs after I've created them.

 

[stinarr]

yeah no i'm burning movies- divx and dvd. it just sucks because burn was absolutely perfect for me after searching for the right software for so long. btw still not able to unprotect it on appcleaner- anyone know?