Can't burn DVD's

[Gen]

I can do music through iTunes, but burning through Toast or BurnX just throws out an error.

Here is what toast says;

I've tried all the remaining 20 DVD's that I have left - I know that they are good and work, I've used them last week to burn movies. Today, nothing.

Any help?

 

[CJS7070]

Tried changing the burn speed?

 

[r.j.s]

Have you restarted?

 

[spinnerlys]

What Mac do you have and have you taken a look at System Profiler > Hardware > Disc Burning and ATA (or S-ATA)?

Can you still burn with Finder or Disk Utility?

 

[Gen]

I've tried 4x instead of 8x, same result.

Restarted and got the same result.

MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-868:

Firmware Revision: KB19
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipping Drive)
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -R DL, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, DVD-DAO
Media: To show the available burn speeds, insert a disc and choose View > Refresh

edit; I lied about the iso's, now they won't work either;

Tried all 15 remaining DVD's and no luck.
These worked fine last week.

 

[Dave Braine]

OK, I'm going to ask the obvious question here. You say the DVDs worked fine last week but don't work now. They are DVD-RWs aren't they??

 

[Gen]

Yup.
Magnavox RW, DVD+R, 4.7gb

 

[Gen]

Could my drive need replacing?
It's really weird how I can burn on normal CD's but I can't burn anything on DVD's.

 

[Dave Braine]

DVD+R

That is not a rewritable DVD.

 

[Gen]

That is not a rewritable DVD.

I know, they are blank DVD's.

 

[ScoobyMcDoo]

I know, they are blank DVD's.

Uhm, you said you "These worked last week" What did you mean by that? If they worked last week, doesn't that mean you wrote to them last week, therefore they would not be blank any longer?

 

[erichian]

I'm having the same issue, and getting the same error. I'm using a MBP, running 10.6.2

My machine is a 2.4 Core2Duo with 4gigs. of ram. I'm not running anything else when trying to burn, I've tried Toast, IDVD, and Disc Utility. All fail to burn dvd's

 

[erichian]

I was able to borrow my old MB, and its burned 27 dvd's so far. This really seems to be a snow leopard issue. I've read post other places that seem to agree with this, but I can't find a solution. Does anyone have any ideas?

 

[Gen]

Uhm, you said you "These worked last week" What did you mean by that? If they worked last week, doesn't that mean you wrote to them last week, therefore they would not be blank any longer?

I've used DVDs from the same batch - as in the same box, last week and I was able to burn DVDs. I'm still using the same brand, and from the same box, it just doesn't want to burn now.

I'm having the same issue, and getting the same error. I'm using a MBP, running 10.6.2

My machine is a 2.4 Core2Duo with 4gigs. of ram. I'm not running anything else when trying to burn, I've tried Toast, IDVD, and Disc Utility. All fail to burn dvd's

I have the same machine, first gen uMBP.

I was able to borrow my old MB, and its burned 27 dvd's so far. This really seems to be a snow leopard issue. I've read post other places that seem to agree with this, but I can't find a solution. Does anyone have any ideas?

I'll ring up Applecare and see what they say.

 

[Gen]

Yeah I can't even burn DVD's via iTunes, as a back-up DVD.

Picked the slowest speed possible.

I'll try reinstalling the OS, maybe that'll do it.

 

[Andyb43]

I am having the same problem here is my profile
MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-857E:

Firmware Revision: ZF1E
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipping Drive)
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -R DL, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, DVD-DAO
Media: Insert media and refresh to show available burn speeds

It wont write on DVD +R disks?

Why not people ?

 

[Afriendsfriend]

I'm having the same issue, and getting the same error. I'm using a MBP, running 10.6.2

My machine is a 2.4 Core2Duo with 4gigs. of ram. I'm not running anything else when trying to burn, I've tried Toast, IDVD, and Disc Utility. All fail to burn dvd's

Same here...I always have to use an external DVD burner, which works like a charm, but no use with mine. Also playing DVDs (original and not) depends on the day...I wanna change the whole drive!!!

 

[satcomer]

Same here...I always have to use an external DVD burner, which works like a charm, but no use with mine. Also playing DVDs (original and not) depends on the day...I wanna change the whole drive!!!

Have you run a simple laser cleaner CD/DVD in it? You will be surprised on how must dust gets into those drive.