itunes can't burn this cd because the burn speed is too fast for your cd...

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itunes can't burn this cd because the burn speed is too fast for your cd...

For the first time since upgrading to 10.3.9 I'm trying to burn a data disc from iTunes to backup some files. It fails every time and ruins the blank CD. This is getting expensive!

The CDs are Phillips CD-R 52x. (Yes, I've used blanks from this very box before the 10.3.9 upgrade and it never failed before.) iTunes was set to 24x burn then changed to "maximum possible" for the burn speed.

Most times it looks like it's burning the playlist but around the 5th file it spits it out and gives the error "itunes can't burn this cd because the burn speed is too fast for your cd burner or media". Sometims it just locks up itunes with "checking media" and I have to force quit iTunes. Then the disc is ruined. It won't even show up in Finder.

Ugh. Anyone know how to fix this?

edited p.s.

Here's what the Console log says for the last failed attempt.

Mac OS X Version 10.3.9 (Build 7W98)
2007-05-13 14:20:36 -0500
iTunes: Burn started, Sun May 13 14:21:47 2007
iTunes: Burning to CD-R media with SAO strategy in MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-816 DXJ3 via ATAPI.
iTunes: Requested CD burn speed was max, actual burn speed is 16x.
iTunes: Burn underrun protection is supported, and enabled.
iTunes: Write (10), block: 72864, count: 32 -> 3/0C/00 Medium Error, Write error
iTunes: Burn failed, Sun May 13 14:24:37 2007
iTunes: Burn sense: 3/0C/00 Medium Error, Write error
iTunes: Burn error: 0x80020060 The device drained its buffer without burn underrun protection.

PB G4 12, 1gHZ/768 mb RAM, iPod Shuffle, Mac OS X (10.3.8), PM7300/200 416 mb RAM OS 8.6/8.5/7.5.5

Posted on May 13, 2007 12:40 PM

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Answer 1

May 13, 2007 4:23 PM in response to Marlinespike

Have you tried setting a slower burn speed?

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Answer 2

Marlinespike Author

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May 13, 2007 6:46 PM in response to IdrisSeabright

Nope, I thought setting the burn speed to "maximum possible" would have automagically selected the correct top speed.

I didn't change any settings in iTunes when I updated to 10.3.9, and it had been set to 24x, then I changed to max possible. Maybe it's time to dig out the specs for the Superdrive? I'll give that a go after I buy some more discs.

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Marlinespike Author

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May 19, 2007 8:01 PM in response to Marlinespike

I just tried setting the iTunes preferences to burn at 4x (since in theory the specs say my SuperDriver burns CDs at 8x) and got the following error.

The attempt to burn a disc failed. The device failed to respond properly, unable to recover or retry.

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and looking in the console this is the error.

iTunes: Burn started, Sat May 19 21:46:14 2007
iTunes: Burning to CD-R media with SAO strategy in MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-816 DXJ3 via ATAPI.
iTunes: Requested CD burn speed was 4x, actual burn speed is 4x.
iTunes: Burn underrun protection is supported, and enabled.
iTunes: Write (10), block: -150, count: 32 -> 3/73/03 Medium Error, Power calibration area error
iTunes: Burn failed, Sat May 19 21:46:25 2007
iTunes: Burn sense: 3/73/03 Medium Error, Power calibration area error
iTunes: Burn error: 0x80020022 The device failed to respond properly, unable to recover or retry.
iTunes: Burn started, Sat May 19 21:52:27 2007
iTunes: Burning to CD-R media with SAO strategy in MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-816 DXJ3 via ATAPI.
iTunes: Requested CD burn speed was 4x, actual burn speed is 4x.
iTunes: Burn underrun protection is supported, and enabled.
iTunes: Write (10), block: -150, count: 32 -> 3/73/03 Medium Error, Power calibration area error
iTunes: Burn failed, Sat May 19 21:52:35 2007
iTunes: Burn sense: 3/73/03 Medium Error, Power calibration area error
iTunes: Burn error: 0x80020022 The device failed to respond properly, unable to recover or retry.

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