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seano911 - Apr 26, 2005 - 7:55 pm

I have a 2004 emac with a built in dvd burner i am using popcorn and i keep getting different error messages while trying to burn dvds what do you think is going on is there a problem with the panasonic burner of the popcorn?

hixer - Apr 26, 2005 - 10:54 pm

Little more info please....what are you trying to burn? Ripped movies? And if so, how are you ripping? What DVD media are you using? Your OS version, RAM amounts please.

I've been using Popcorn with very good results. When I do have trouble, it tends to be with the source.

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Jim Hicks
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seano911 - Apr 27, 2005 - 9:59 am

yes ripped movies using mac the ripper -r dvds

hixer - Apr 27, 2005 - 1:01 pm

Were you previously able to rip and burn without problems? If so, are you having particular problems with any one DVD? What OS version are you running?

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Jim Hicks

seano911 - Apr 27, 2005 - 1:56 pm

newst version os osx was having no problems with any dvd then it just happened every one is a problem to burn now

hixer - Apr 27, 2005 - 11:00 pm

If you have been burning all along, then you should be able to again. Try these simple things:

1) make sure you are using the most current Mac the Ripper. You could also try DVD Backup, which seems to work well for me occasionally when Ripper doesn't.

2) See if you can rip and burn an unprotected DVD. If so, or if you can burn a disc image just fine, then it isn't your burner. No ripping program gets them all. New DVDS seem to have a protective "wrapper" around the VTS files that makes it hard to extract. Try extracting just the Main Feature, with and without ARccos.

3) For Popcorn, you can do a couple of things. Trash the preferences file in User/Library/Preferences. You may have a corrupt pref. If that doesn't help then try saving the Popcorn file to a disc image. Change the name from Yourmovie.toast to Yourmovie.img and burn the image from MacOS using the Finder or Disc Utility. This excludes the burning part of Popcorn.

4)Change media. Try a DVD-R instead of RW. Try Sony instead of Memorex or try burning at 1x instead of 2x.

5)Lastly, try finishing the burn regardless of errors and see if it will play on a dedicated DVD player rather than your Mac.

6)If you have access to an external burner you could try that as well. Popcorn should burn to an external device that isn't a Superdrive.

If you need more detail on doing any of these things then let me know. Include any error codes you might get.

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Jim Hicks

seano911 - Apr 28, 2005 - 11:36 am

i will and jim thanks so much for your help