Burning Error: "No more track reservations allowed"

Thanks for the responses. Let's see how well I can answer. This is my first Final Cut Studio project.

I'm doing this on my G5 Dual 2Ghz (brand new), with the Apple stock 16x dual-layer Super Drive. I'm trying to burn to Ridata double layer 2.4x media.

The project was captured originally into iMovie, edited in FCP 5.0.4, exported via compressor as MPEG-2 at 7.5 Mbps (is that waay too high?), and Dolby 2.0. It's a long (137 minute) project, so it's big: the total DVDSP project, including menus, etc., showed as 8.3GB in the menu bar (as I understand it, a DVD-9 will take up to 8.4). As for tracks in the project, there's a short (20 second) "intro" track, the 137 minute mpeg-2 track, one stock DVDSP menu, two Motion-authored menus, and a 15-slide slideshow.

I built the project first, and tested it with DVD Player -- it worked fine. The folder conaining the build assets shows as 7.62 GB. I then chose "Format," chose the break point (it only gave me one option), chose "Lossless Linking", and left everything else alone.

I clicked "Burn", and got the spinning beachball for about fifteen minutes, so I force quit DVDSP, which gave me my first coaster. Then I repeated the process, got the spinning beachball, and left for the evening. When I came in this morning, I found the DVD ejected, and DVDSP giving the following error in the log:

Warning: The file ‘NOISES OFFDUALLAYER.layout’ found in the VIDEO_TS or HVDVD_TS folder will not be included in the final disc.

Warning: The file ‘VOB_DATA.LAY’ found in the VIDEO_TS or HVDVD_TS folder will not be included in the final disc.
Start formatting
Formatting as Standard DVD
Simulation mode is off
Lossless linking is on
Number of layers is 2
Doing opposite track path
Setting layer switch at sector 1914096.
Doing side 1 of 1
Playable in region 1,2,3,4,5,6,8
Disc size is 12 cm
Disc has no copyright material
Writing ISO 9660 directories
Writing UDF 1.02 structures
Writing files
The recording device reported the illegal request: No more track reservations allowed. (0x72, 0x05.)

The recording device reported the illegal request: No more track reservations allowed. (0x72, 0x05.)

I can't imagine it could be a firmware issue, since this computer arrived from Apple a week ago.

All help is very much appreciated. I have absolutely no idea what to even try, and I can't afford to keep burning dual-layer coasters.


G5 Dual 2GHz Mac OS X (10.4.4) PB 17" 1.5GHz

The project was captured originally into iMovie,
edited in FCP 5.0.4, exported via compressor as
MPEG-2 at 7.5 Mbps (is that waay too high?),

Could be for some playersif you get playback errors
(once it gets burned) that would be the first place
to check (saw you used Doldy, what settings? If 448
and 7.5 probably issues for somee players wwill show
up)

I left the Dolby settings alone, so I guess that's 192. Is it safe to go higher? I'm re-encoding the video right now, at average 6.7, max of 8. I thought I'd try that (though it seems that isn't the issue).

I built the project first, and tested it with DVD
Player -- it worked fine. The folder conaining the
build assets shows as 7.62 GB. I then chose

"Format,"

chose the break point (it only gave me one

option),

chose "Lossless Linking", and left everything else
alone.

Was the larger number or smaalller number in Get Info
7.62?

This was in "Get Info". In the burn dialog, it was something like 8.19G. Quite a bit less than 8.4, in any case.

I clicked "Burn", and got the spinning beachball

for

about fifteen minutes, so I force quit DVDSP,

which

gave me my first coaster. Then I repeated the
process, got the spinning beachball, and left for

the

evening. When I came in this morning, I found the

DVD

ejected, and DVDSP giving the following error in

the

log:

Warning: The file ‘NOISES OFFDUALLAYER.layout’

found

in the VIDEO_TS or HVDVD_TS folder will not be
included in the final disc.

This is normal and to be expected

Good to know.

The recording device reported the illegal request:

No

more track reservations allowed. (0x72, 0x05.)

track reservations allowed. (0x72, 0x05.)

Looking at the error in general it is something
between the software and device, first try repairing
permissions, then try a new user to see what happens.

I'll try both of those.

There is also a chance the crash/stall maybe
corrupted some preferences. Do you have a copy of
Toast 6 or 7 around? Did you add after market RAM?

No Toast. Yes aftermarket RAM.

Do you have a DVD-5 Project to test/build to see if
it happens there? I have not had this particular
problem before, but these are some of the first
thhings I would test/do to troubleshoot.

I tried that, and the burn was successful. What does that mean? can I rule anything out? RAM?

I can't imagine it could be a firmware issue,

since

this computer arrived from Apple a week ago.

10.4.4 has had some issues for some people

Great. I'll try a few of these things. Is there a good RAM diagnostic out there?

G5 Dual 2GHz Mac OS X (10.4.4) PB 17" 1.5GHz

Thanks for the reply.

I'm re-encoding the
video right now, at average 6.7, max of 8.

you may also want to try a lower video rate
just in case

Lower than 6.7? I'm a complete novice, so I have no idea what's adequate, what's too much, etc. I just figured, higher=better quality, and with a dual-layer, I could go pretty high. I did read in the manual that too high can cause problems on some players, but there seem to be no set rules.

This was in "Get Info". In the burn dialog, it was
something like 8.19G. Quite a bit less than 8.4,

in

any case.

Should be okay, but it is close, also maybe
deselecting lossless linking (I think there were some
issues at one point pertaining to whether it was
cheecked or not for some people)

Yes, I'll try that.

No Toast. Yes aftermarket RAM.

Sometimes after market RAM depending on the brands
and from where you bought it, can cause weird
problems. (Not that other RAM or Apple RAM cannot
cause problems, but very often some of the free RAM
upgrades can cause issues) You may want to pull the
new chips and see if that helps.

This is from OWC, who are usually pretty reliable, but it is generic. I will test/swap out, if it comes to that.

I tried that, and the burn was successful. What

does

that mean? can I rule anything out? RAM?

Well it checks out that the drive and DVDSP are
working together to some degree, so probably the
hardware is okay. RAM still could be an issue,
problem with bad RAM is that it is a bear to track
down, it can be just one call in one app accessing a
particular part of RAM memory

There should be a hardware test disc with the G5 and
you can run RAM test.

Yes, I'll give that a go, as well. I just wish DL media weren't so costly to trouble-shoot with! Dang!

Thanks again for the ideas. Great forum.

Thanks again for the ideas. Great forum.

Sorry nothing is working yet for you, I bet when it
is all said and done will probably be something
obvious I forgot to suggest and will kick myself

I really appreciate all the help. If anything occurs to you, I'm all ears. I've tried everything -- long diagnosis of RAM with the hardware test DVD, even burning as a new user. But it still fails, with the same error. Since I essentially have zero knowledge, I'm out of ideas. Could it be the media, I wonder? I could try burning a project to just one layer of this DL media. Would that tell me anything if it either fails or succeeds?


G5 Dual 2GHz Mac OS X (10.4.4) PB 17" 1.5GHz

In other circles the discussion of "quality RAM" has
been brought to the surface. The fact that you pulled
RAM and got a sucessful build is a clue.

I didn't mean to be misleading: I did the long (2.5 hour) hardware test from the G5 system install dvd -- and it all checked out -- but I did not pull the aftermarket RAM. With just the stock 512MB of factory RAM, I thought it would take many days to burn. Perhaps even the hardware test isn't conclusive.

Media choices is a good variable to test also. I have
no particular preferences but there are items that
have been discussed in the past.

I'm going to try a few variations, but, again, I can scarcely afford to go burning $4 coaster after $4 coaster.

I'd also call to question the assets of your project.
I know you have done a lot already but you could
consider creating 2 or 3 "sub projects" from this
project. In each take a portion of the assets, get
them into your entire menu structure and do a
build/format. If the DVD Player corks out on one of
these sub projects you have a clue to an asset that
might need adjustment.

I wondered about that, but, again, don't know quite enough to be aware of what CAN go wrong with assets. I thought I'd try re-encoding the same FCP project at a low enough bit-rate to fit on a DVD-5. If that chokes, it would seem to be something - I don't know what -- with the assets. If not, I thought I'd try burning that same small project onto one of the dual-layer media. If that chokes, then it would seem to be the media. If not... I may need to abandon the quest, and simply make a two-DVD(-5) set of my "oeuvre." 😉

Opinions are welcome on whether this logic tree makes sense.