On Thursday, October 2, 2003, at 08:54 PM, James Asherman wrote: > I am not sure what happened to you. But I put iDVD into the dock and > let it encode in the background. > Only when the encoding is complete do I add a DVD and burn. I second what Jim said. I always wait for the encoding to complete before putting the DVD in to burn. Besides making it easier to determine when/where errors occur, there are other advantages, like being able to use your optical drive for other things while the encoding is happening. -Mike