DVD buffer underrun

[Gordon B. Alley]

I often log out and log back in while holding down the shift key when 
I am about to encode and burn a DVD. This keeps most non-essential 
apps and other software that automatically start at login from doing 
so.

Start holding the shift key just before typing the Return at the end 
of the login password, and keep holding it until the desktop has 
appeared and disk activity has stopped.

Afterwards, log out and log back in normally to get everything running again.

--Gordon

On Mon, 1 Mar 2004 19:00:34 -0600 (GMT-06:00), David Thrasher 
<idave at earthlink.net> wrote:
>Buffer underrun (whether for a CD or DVD)  is caused by not enough 
>memory being available to provide a constant stream of data to the 
>burner. Adding more RAM to your computer will help remedy the 
>problem. Also, not having a lot of extra applications running (these 
>use up available memory) will help. Another thing to try is 
>restarting the computer so as far as memory is concerned, you are 
>starting with a clean slate. (Software, even if you quit it, doesn't 
>always return all of the memory it was using to the available 
>memory.)
>
>-Dave
>
>-----Original Message-----
>I've been trying to burn on an eMac superdrive and after a few successes,
>I've produced several coasters. I got a good DVD from iDVD3, then upgraded
>to iDVD4 and got another good one.
>
>Now I get buffer underrun alerts. I've tried going back to three, but that
>didn't help and I can't burn in either.
>
>Does anyone have any ideas?
>
>
>Thanks,
>Neil Poese

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