[MacDV] Re: 8x DVD-R's

[sb]

How long are your movies? If your movies total time is less than 1/2 hour,
your problem might be that the data rate is too high. You can add a dummy
movie to force iDVD to switch to a lower data rate.

If your movies add up to around 1 hour or more, that wouldn't be the
problem. Can you try to burn at 4x or 6x?

 regards,

 sb


On 4/19/05 8:47 PM, "Nick Scalise" <nickscalise at mac.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I've got a Dual 2Ghz G5 with an 8x SuperDrive (PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-107D,
> Revision: A707)
> 
> When I first got it, I bought no name SuperMediaStore.com 8x DVD-R's.
> They burned fine at 8x but did not play reliably in the most DVD
> players. As a matter of fact, they would not even play in one of
> Apple's older DVD-ROM units if burned at 8x. However, if burned at 1x
> they played fine in all but one 5yr old Aiwa DVD player.
> 
> Well, the difference between 1x and 8x is about 42 minutes of burn
> time. So when it was time to buy new DVD-R's I went with the top of the
> line (and most expensive) Taiyo Yuden 8x DVD-R's. So I burn one at 8x
> and it *still* won't play in Apple's older DVD-ROM unit.
> 
> Does anyone have any experience with 8x DVD-R's that play reliably in
> most DVD players?
> 
> Or is it a dirty little secret that 8x may work in the machine that
> burned it, but not anywhere else?
> 
> Should I send the TaiyoYuden's back and get something else?
> 
> TIA
> --
> Nick Scalise
> nickscalise at mac.com