Can't copy discs made with iDVD....

[WakkoWarner]

I have been transferring video to my G5. I use iMovie to edit & iDVD to burn the discs. The problem is that when I use Toast to try & make copies, the copy process starts to burn & then immediately fails (usually with some goofy 'media' error). I am using Princo 8x DVD-R discs. I find this to be extremely annoying, because it takes forever to create more copies of the discs using iDVD. My drives are the Apple factory 16x DL DVD burner & a BenQ 16x DL DVD burner in a Kanguru external Firewire case. Any input will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

[tsantee]

Try this: insert the disc from iDVD and - with the disc selected in the Toast Copy window - choose Save as Disc Image from the Toast File menu. Then burn that disc image using the Image File setting in the Toast Copy window.

 

Also, iDVD 5 and 6 let you save as disc image instead of burning DVDs. You can then burn multiple copies of DVDs using Toast from that disc image.

 

You also may want to choose a slower speed than "Best" when burning the discs.

[WakkoWarner]

I will try using Disc Image instead. I always set the burner to the lower speeds when copying (I wish it would give me the option for 1x, but 2x is the slowest it will go). Thanks for your input.

[WakkoWarner]

Well, there is no need to do anything different. The problem was bad RAM. I had recently added another 2 GB of RAM & one of the DIMMs had a bad module on it. I just sent it back today for warranty replacement & they are going to thoroughly check the replacement RAM to be sure that it passes the Apple Hardware Test. I copied two of my iDVD produced discs (one of them at 8x) & no problems at all. Just thought everyone might like to know.