anthonyfromhuntley

Q: Trying to create a dvd I can play on PC

I am a Newbie to Mac less than a week

also new to Final cut pro using latest trial version

Pro Mac ,OSX-Yosemite

Apple USB Super Drive

I want to create a DVD without any success

I save project to DVD and it fails

tried dvd-R, dvd+R

would appreciate any help ,suggestions

Mac Pro (Late 2013), OS X Yosemite (10.10.4), My Book Thunderbolt Duo 8TB

Posted on Jul 10, 2015 8:55 AM

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  • by lllaass,Helpful

    lllaass lllaass Jul 10, 2015 8:59 AM in response to anthonyfromhuntley
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    Jul 10, 2015 8:59 AM in response to anthonyfromhuntley

    Can you burn any file to a DVD?

    What exactly happens when you try to burn a DVD? Eror message?

    What optical drive are you using? Does the manufacturer say it will work with a Mac/Yosemite

  • by Johnb-one,Helpful

    Johnb-one Johnb-one Jul 10, 2015 10:56 AM in response to anthonyfromhuntley
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    Jul 10, 2015 10:56 AM in response to anthonyfromhuntley

    dear anthonyfromhuntley, first off, welcome, we are all here to help each other, and we all learn as we go

    so...I don't know much about FCP, but I know this-certain brands of dvd's work better than others. Verbatim, Taiyo Yuden work fine...

    and you are using the Apple Super drive, right. You have a mac Pro desktop 2013, right? so apparently the super drive works fine with that.

    I've tried to cover brands of dvd and see if the dvd drive itself could be the problem-nope, so that's two things.  I'd be inclined to consider what IIIaass

    has to say.  I'd see if you can save the file seperately, then burn it to dvd a bit later.  You have to burn it as MPEG-2, I believe. The -R and +R don't matter that much.  Also try burning at a slower speed, say 4x rather than 20x. from what I've read (which isn't much) the only thing limited is the length of time

    and that's all.  You've chosen share, then dvd... bear in mind that FCP when sharing stuff to dvd has to get that into a 4.8 gig container, maybe choose background rendering?? I don't know how much ram you have on board, maybe restart machine, then render file.

     

    sorry I can't help you more

     

    John B

  • by anthonyfromhuntley,

    anthonyfromhuntley anthonyfromhuntley Jul 11, 2015 3:45 AM in response to lllaass
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    Jul 11, 2015 3:45 AM in response to lllaass

    Hi,

    Thanks for the reply

    It says failed

  • by anthonyfromhuntley,

    anthonyfromhuntley anthonyfromhuntley Jul 11, 2015 3:48 AM in response to Johnb-one
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    Jul 11, 2015 3:48 AM in response to Johnb-one

    Johnb,

      Thanks for your welcome and reply I appreciate it.

    I will try your suggestions as to brand and speed and savinf file and later trying to make dvd

      Thanks  Again

       Anthony