What are the signs that the burning of a CD or DVD has been compled?

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What are the signs that the burning of a CD or DVD has been compled?

As I type this, there is a very small sign in my dock flashing "ON AIR". I don't really understand all of the implications of this. Anyway, my questions are two: (1) What indications, if any, does Apple use to tell you that the iTunes Playlist has finished loading in preparation for the burning of a CD or DVD? (2) What indications are given that the burning process has been completed?

I'm pretty sure that my iTunes songs have already been burned into my DVD disc, but I may have missed the signs this time, and I want to be better prepared next time.

Oh, what does the flashing "ON Air" signify?

MacBook 2 GHz Intel Core 2 DVD, Memory: 1 GB 667, Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Posted on Jun 22, 2008 1:47 PM

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roaminggnome

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Jun 22, 2008 7:15 PM in response to Niku

Whenever I burn a disc, it ejects when it is done.

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Niku Author

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Jun 23, 2008 6:25 AM in response to roaminggnome

roaminggnome wrote:
Whenever I burn a disc, it ejects when it is done.

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My doesn't. Of course, it might have if I'd waited long enough. However, at some point, it says, "This might take as long as an hour," so I presume that it should be done within an hour. Actually, I think that the whole process takes less than an hour

I look forward to more input. I had three questions, and I'd like to know if everyone's computer always ejects when the CD/DVD is burned.

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Jun 23, 2008 7:01 AM in response to Niku

I don't know what the "On Air" message is about.

My CDs always eject when they are finished burning, and they never take more than a few minutes to burn.

Are you burning in iTunes or through Finder? When I burn in iTunes, I select a playlist in iTunes, choose Burn Playlist to Disc, when it prompts me to insert a disc, I put it in. When it's finished, it ejects the disc.

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Niku Author

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Jun 23, 2008 7:27 AM in response to Diane Wordsmith

Diane Wordsmith wrote:
I don't know what the "On Air" message is about.

My CDs always eject when they are finished burning, and they never take more than a few minutes to burn.

Are you burning in iTunes or through Finder? When I burn in iTunes, I select a playlist in iTunes, choose Burn Playlist to Disc, when it prompts me to insert a disc, I put it in. When it's finished, it ejects the disc.

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I'm using iTunes. Yesterday might have been special, since I burned 149 songs into both a CD-R and a DVD+R. I thought it might have been too much, so I only burned one song into a CD-R just now. Everything worked fine, EXCEPT that it didn't eject the disc. Apparently, what my computer does instead of ejecting the disc is to make a noise. PLUNK.

I appreciate your replies, but it might be helpful if someone else chimed in.

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Niku Author

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Sep 6, 2008 9:57 AM in response to Niku

I have learned how to burn a disc. Close this file.

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