Best DVD media for iDVD?

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jfruhjfruh
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in Genius Bar edited January 2014
Hello all-



I've got iDVD 4.0.1 and I'm just learning about DVD burning. What flavor of writable DVD media should I use to make sure that (a) it works with iDVD and (b) the resulting DVD will play on most commercial DVD players? I got some DVD+R and iDVD crashed rather spectacularly when I tried to burn to one, so I thought I'd ask here before I try again. I have the standard PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-117D Superdrive that came with the Mac.



Also, some of the posts I've read on other forums indicate that burning can take a reeeeeally long time, at least on older hardware. Anyone with hardware similar to mine want to offer an estimate for me? 1.8 GHz DP G5, 1.5 GB RAM, 180 GB+ of spare space on my internal SATA drive.



Thanks in advance!



jf

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  • Reply 1 of 5
    oldcodger73oldcodger73 Posts: 707member
    If memory serves me correctly iDVD will only work with DVD-R.



    And you're right, burning a DVD can take a long time. Of course it depends on how big you project is. It's not the actual burning that takes the most time; it's the second step which I think is called multiplexing or encoding. I haven't done a project in a while but it seems to me that on my dual 2.5 a 30-40 minute at best quality setting iDVD project takes about 40-50 minutes or slightly longer to do a complete encoding/burn. If you're running your G5 on "automatic" setting, be sure and change it to "highest" before starting the burn.



    If you do several copies, one right after another, since it's already endoded anything after the first disc only takes the actual burn time.
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  • Reply 2 of 5
    sunilramansunilraman Posts: 8,133member
    apple branded DVD-R that most closely matches your drive specs (4x, 8x burning, etc...) would be recommended.
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  • Reply 3 of 5
    neutrino23neutrino23 Posts: 1,575member
    I'd also recommend Ritek. They have a good rep. Generally, brand name product works well. I've had some problems with off-brand discount disks.
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  • Reply 4 of 5
    oldcodger73oldcodger73 Posts: 707member
    I've used Verbatim, which is the brand I prefer, TDK and Memorex, all without any coasters. However on my computer the 8X rated Memorex would only burn at 2X, so I'm now avoiding that brand.
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  • Reply 5 of 5
    sunilramansunilraman Posts: 8,133member
    off topic somewhat but thought i'd mention i get 10x CDRW burns on my iBook combo drive quite good now with 10.4.3 and 3M Imation 4x-10x rated CDRW.
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