interface error: 5 the connection is not stable

dvds burn fine using finder.

whats up with toast???????????????

I want a refund!!!

I too encountered problem when trying to copy one disc through Toast.

I think the problem is copying a disc and then burning it through Toast directly. If I have data already on the mac Toast burns it without a problem. So I think making an image of the data and then burning it manually might be the way to go. I'll keep playing around and see what happens.

Toast 9, 10.6.2, 21.5 iMac

I have just tried DVD+R from Verbatim and they seem to be working just fine. I cant explain it.

Just add me to the list. New 21.5"/4GB/Toast 9(latest version from the Roxio site). I get the interface error 5 too. If I save from Toast as a disk image and then burn that using Disk Utility it works(both for single and double layer disks) but I then get the occasional Sensor Error/Media Sense error. However, I'm using some cheap media and I think these are down to that, but I'm going to try TY disks just to be sure.

To me this indicates it's a Toast problem(but the evidence is not rock solid)

Has anyone got Apple to swap an optical drive based on this problem? There are enough people reporting it that I wonder if anyone has tried?

Same problem here, new Imac

Toast 10.0.5

only just started using macs, any decent alternatives to toast for converting video files and burning to dvd?

If you just want to make a video DVD then use iDVD which comes with every Mac. Edit the movie in iMovie or FCP and then bring it into iDVD. iDVD is nice but doesn't give the fine control you can get with DVDSP.

For other optical disk jobs(e.g. audio CDs, copying disks, making Windows compatible media etc. etc. Toast has always been the standard Mac application. You can do most(if not all) of the things it does using tools already present in OSX(sometimes via the command line) but Toast has always been the one stop shop for this sort of thing.

Which is why so many people are annoyed with these errors!!

I had the same problem with error 5 to.
After using the new Toast 10.0.5 I have not had any problems
burning Dvds.

It was very frustrating with a 6 week old IMac but I have burnt 6 in a row now.

It seems the software update worked.

Hope this helps .

What brand DVD's work best for burning on the new 21 inch iMac??

thanks

anyone??

I don't own the new 21", but Verbatim has a good reputation on these boards for various models of iMacs, etc. That is the only brand I use.

Try this site
http://www.videohelp.com/dvdmedia

PS. I use Verbatim
I also have a new 21.5 iMac and still having problems with Popcorn/Toast
Maybe OS 10.6.2 and Roxio software incompatibility ? ?
I'll wait for Apples OS update...I hope it helps ! ! !

Bob

Me to.

A new iMac 27" core 2 duo with the DVDRW GA11N also gives me error 5 🙂

Something needs to be done here... Will go back to the shop soon.

Please post back and let us know what they say/do about this problem

I've run into this issue recently using OS X 10.6.2 and Toast 10.0.5. Using a burn folder in the Finder worked OK so it looks as if the drive itself is fine. I removed all traces of Toast from the /Library and ~/Library folders and re-installed v10.0.0. It has just burned a disk successfully.

I'll need to try it with the upgrade to 10.0.4 (which used to work) and then the latest to see where the problem starts appearing. I suspect that this issue occurred the first time I tried to burn with 10.0.5 but will need to verify it.

I have a 21.5-inch Late 2009 iMac and Toast 9. I also cannot burn DVDs. I get the same error:
I get an interface error: 5
The connection is not stable.

I'm just posting here to add an addition person to the count and so that I will be subscribed to updates to this thread.