dvd burn errors

[ollyclio]

hi guys, sorry if this is some where else on the forum (i did search)....

I have a Alu Powerbook 1.25 Ghz 10.4.4, 15inch wide screen (prob an earlier alu pb)

I've not had a problem in the past when burning dvd's but when i come to burn a dvd in idvd 6 i get: The recording device reported the media error: Power calibration area error, (0x73, 0x03)

then when i try to burn a dvd movie in toast 7 i get: the drive reported an error: sense key = medium error, sense code = 0x73, 0x03.

Everything is update to the max, as ive read the firmware might need updating. Also ive tried different makes of dvd-r's, also tried writing on 1x speed.

The drive burns cds ok and plays dvd's fine and stuff and i was able to burn dvd's (any make) not so long ago, i think maybe before the last few updates.

ok just tried using the apple 2x dvd you get with it and i get this error:

The drive reported an error:
sense key = Illegal request
Sense code = 0x30, 0x05
Cannot write medium - incompatible format

(also tried the p-ram and fixing permissions)

Would the system updates make this the pickyest dvd-r drive around??

any help would be great, thank youuuuu

 

[albloom]

Have you tried a CD/DVD lens cleaner?

 

[ollyclio]

no not yet, but i thought as i was able to burn a cd ok and fast it would be ok

 

[ollyclio]

ok, just to say, used a dvd lens cleaner and bought some philips 2x speed dvd-rw (didnt mean to get rw's) and it worked.
So prob did need a clean and can only prob use dvd's that have a max of 2x speed, just got to find some others to test now, cheers

 

[fryke]

I'd say the error messages point to bad media...