[X4U] Tiger DVD burning: LAME!

[Fred Terry]

I want to second Richard's suggestion about the burner. I tried to burn a
DVD on my new AL Powerbook about five weeks after I got it. I wasn't able to
successfully burn a DVD no matter the kind/brand of media I used, the size
of the image or whether I was using the Finder or Toast. I'm lucky enough to
live close to an Apple store and took it to the Genius Bar. They confirmed
my suspicions and ordered a new burner. If you are within warranty, you
might want to go that route. It will be a headache if you have to ship it.

pf 


On 1/18/06 10:00 AM, "Richard Gilmore" <rgilmor at uwo.ca> wrote:

> Perhaps there's a problem with the burner? Is the machine still new/under
> warranty? I use Toast and not the built in burn software. It has more
> options and is more robust I find, but lots of other people I know use the
> Apple supplied software without issue. If you have Toast try it. Also have
> you tried going down from 4.11 GB to say 3.5 and see if that still produces
> an error? Is it a DVD-R or +R I know it's supposed to burn both but I find
> the -Rs are supported better. If none of that helps maybe you should look
> into an exchange because generally they're pretty reliable.
> 
> 
> On 17/1/06 9:31 PM, "netkat at comcast.net" <netkat at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
>> sorry if this seems uneven, but I'm just a hair
>> cranky right now..
>> 
>> I have spent 8-1/2 hours to burn 4 data DVDs (2
>> unique burns with 2 copies each) and I have had
>> almost no end of stupid problems in the process.
>> 
>> Including:
>> 
>> having to reset open firmware, trash prefs, and
>> perform multiple restarts to clear up what a
>> dialog box claimed were "communication failures"
>> with the DVD burner!
>> 
>> Not to mention that all of this malarkey is
>> giving me about a 60% media failure rate.
>> 
>> OH! and you think I can just drag files into a
>> folder and burn that? Heck no! that's WAY too
>> obvious. I have to make disk images and burn THEM!
>> 
>> the Tiger/Mini duo can't figure out that 4.25GB
>> of data really does fit onto a 4.74GB DVD. 4.11GB
>> fit even more comfortably, but the Mac can't
>> figure out that 4.74 is BIGGER than 4.11!
>> 
>> Pardon my grammar, but this don't speak too good
>> about the "world's most advanced, most powerful
>> operating system."
>> 
>> The concept is SO simple: take this stuff and
>> burn it to that disk.
>> 
>> jeepers!
>> 
>> nk
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