I have a Mac Powerbook G4 laptop with OS10.2.8 operating system. I also have a Matshita DVD-R UJ-815 burner. I am having issues with burning. I used DVDBackup to decrypted a homemade 4.2GB DVD, and then placed the VIDEO_TS folder created in the process in the DVD burning area on the Toast screen. It imported just fine, only telling me that it couldn't read 4 of the files (I'm assuming the VOB files). Anyway, the entire 6 hours of baby footage (ugh!) were there and it was only 4.0 GB large, so I didn't think that burning it would be a problem. When I hit burn, however, it goes through the normal steps, and then tells me that: "There's not enough free space on this disc: 6416141 sectors (12.2 GB) are needed, 2298496 sectors (4.4 GB) are available." This is odd since the original DVD was homemade on a DVD-R and obviously under 4.7 GB. Any ideas? Is this simply an issue of my burner not being compatible with Toast? FYI....I also currently have 30GB of free space on my hard drive.
If you want to copy a home-made DVD select the copy tab. Insert the DVD you want to copy, press record. When the disk is ejected insert a blank one.
I tried that, but received an error during the last 10 mintues of burning and the burn was not successful. I think there may be some remedial encryption from their mac. Why does it tell me that I need 12.2 GB??? Is it because I'm using 4X DVDs instead of 1X DVDs? I'm new to all this......
What brand of media are you using? Some poor quality media will not burn to the full capacity. You can fit about 120 minutes of video in a DVD-R. So when you ask Toast to re-encode the 6 hours it tells you that it needs about 12.2GB. Anyway when you have a VIDEO_TS folder you do not need to re-encode it. The way to burn it is as a DVD-ROM (UDF) under the data tab.
Thanks for the info. I am using Sony DVD-R, with 1x-4x capability. I tried doing DVD to DVD copy and it seemed to burn fine this time with the 1x-4x versus 4x only DVDs. But.....after "verification" was almost over, I got this error - sector /665920 is unreadable, verification failed. The DVD still seemed to work in my DVD player and my Mac, though when I tried it. Any ideas on that?
Ok.....here's the latest. I put a DVD-R in and tried to copy it. It was almost done copying it when I got the following error...... "couldn't complete the last command because there was an I/O error Result Code=-36 HEEEEEEEEELP!!
Here is what I would do, so far, it has worked every time : simply drag your VIDEO_TS file to your desk (from your home made dvd) it sure could take a while as you are in effect copying the file to your hard drive. Eject your DVD (you won't need it anymore) Use DVD Imager 1.2 (downloadable for free at : http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/11677) and keep it on your desktop. drag the VIDEO_TS file on top of the DVD Imager Application Icon, then clic on "create disc image", it will then ask you for the name of the disc you want (USE ONLY CAPITALS WITH NO SPACE you may use _ ) launch the process when it's done, you will have a new disc image on your desktop (like MY_VACATION.img) now, launch apple's disc utility, then drag the img file you just created in the left column, select it (by clic) and clic on the "burn" disc DO NOT MOUNT THE IMAGE ! voila ! (you can skip the verification phase to gain time. So far this process has resulted for 100 % OK dvds on any players... note : DVD Imager seems to be pretty delicate : avoid launching any other apps while it is working ! take care
Abbysnail Reckon that's simply a corrupted file message. Don't think you'll find a solution to that - had the same when I wanted to back up old iMovie projects from a CD rom. Warning to others - Dont think that all your old backed files on CD roms will last forever. Probably should be re-backed up once a year. CD'S ROT!
Abbysnail, Google DVDImager and use it. Have you tried recompressing your files after decrypting them. DVDRemaster is pretty good. You can adjust the target size in MB. You could compress your 12gb movie in two chunks of 6gb and then to 4gb. You risk loss in image quality though, and you'd have to use 2 discs. But depending on the kind of file you begin with it shouldnt make much difference. LOL Also you need to know what the source disc was. There are different kinds of DVDs (not just DVD-R or+R). The 4.7 DVD is called a DVD-5 disc, but discs that hold over 4.5GB such as commercial Movie discs are usually DVD- 9 or 10 (7-9GB). There are DVD-14 discs that can hold 12gb. I would guess that this is the kind of disc your source is. Check it out. Good Luck I just reread your thread. Since you are quite sure the source disc was 4GB it might be possible that the software you are using requires setting the size and kind of compression that your material will undergo. Maybe the default setting is 12Gb. Perhaps you need to input the target size of the compression before you click. Look into this as I do not use DVDBackup. DVDRemaster allows you to recompress your files to whatever size you need. Try this.
Okay so i have a 1.2 ghz powerbook G4 with a matshida dvd-r drive...i recently tried to burn a data only DVD and the computer won't even recognize the dvd when i put it in! little frusterated, any help would be great! Thanks!
Your drive only supports the -R format. http://www.panasonic.com/industrial/computer/storage/multi/index.html There is a firmware upgrade (hack) that will make it burn DVD-Rs at 2x and will give support for DVD-RW. http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/IDE/pb_g4_superdrive/UJ-815_2x_firmware.html
