[MacDV] Re: MacDV Digest, Vol 5, Issue 9 problems burning a DVD

[Susan Weiss]

Mark,
I had a similar problem.   Here is what I did to solve the problem. 
I went to the Energy Saver and unclick "put the display to sleep" and 
unclick "Put the display to sleep when the computer is inactive"

This worked for me.  I have been burning DVD at least once a week 
since I learned this.  Hope it works for you
Susan



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Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 21:43:10 +0000
From: Mark Walker <mark at scip.org.uk>
Subject: [MacDV] problems burning DVD
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Hi all

I've had a superdrive in my powerbook for 2 years now but I can't
seem to master the art of creating DVDs - I wonder if anyone can spot
where I'm going wrong:

1. edit movie in iMovie 4 [the last one I did was 21 minutes]
2. use the 'Share' menu and choose iDVD
3. iDVD opens  - I select a template, format the screen, and drop in
the appropriate movie
4. I preview it and it seems fine
5. I put in a blank DVD [no special brand but seem to burn okay with data]
6. iDVD gets to Stage 4 but never finishes - left it running for 6
hours on the weekend and came back to discover an error message
[can't remember what it was - doh]

I did read that you need twice as much disk space available as the
movie you're burning. I'm quite close to the exact double - just less
- so thought that could be where I'm going wrong?

Any suggestions and/or foolproof instructions very welcome.

Thanks

Mark