i've been successful burning DVD-Rs using Finder before but i tried burning an audio cd just now using itunes and this message came out: "The attempt to burn a disc failed. The device failed to calibrate the laser power level for this media." What does this mean? I tried it for about 5 times but the same message comes out. I just assumed that i bought a cheap cd-r that's why it won't work but i tried burning the same cd using my sister's macbook and it worked (audio cd using itunes). May sira ba itunes ko? I'm using a powerbook g4 by the way.
i'm burning a disc right now and it's working.. lefthandedwonder, what do you mean by optical discs? is that another word for a regular cd or dvd? i'm not really a techie person so forgive me for my stupidity.
I also got this same error when trying to burn all my photos in iPhoto: The burn to the MAT****A DVD-R UJ-85J drive failed. The device failed to calibrate the laser power level for this media. I already tried at least thrice to no avail. I was able to successfully burn video files, dmgs and other apps in the same media (Sony Accucore DVD-R) 3 times (though I also wasted 3 DVDs because of some other error) using the Finder so I can say my Superdrive is working fine. I tried again, only this time the speed I used is 1x. Took a while longer than usual but it did the job well.
With burning, its a question of the right DVD Media with the right DVD Drive. DVD drives have different "write strategies", that is the way they burn a disc they can identify. Every DVD or CD media has a unique ID that tells the DVD drive who is the manufacturer and type/model. If the drive can't identify the DVD media its trying to burn and doesn't have the right "write strategy" for it, it'll try to use the default setting, and that sometimes goes wrong. So if you're experiencing a lot of hit or misses, it doesn't necessarily mean the drive is busted. It might mean the DVD media is of poor quality or the DVD media isn't compatible with the DVD Drive. You could try updating the firmware of the drive if possible. Or better to just try another brand of media.
I've been having problems burning as well, I've tried using iTunes, and Toast Titanium 9. Media problem. So, can someone give suggestions of Media Brands so I can try em out. Otherwise, I might have to take my MBP to get fixed . HL-DT-ST DVDRW GSA-S10N: Firmware Revision: AP09 Interconnect: ATAPI Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipping Drive) Cache: 2048 KB Reads DVD: Yes CD-Write: -R, -RW DVD-Write: -R, -R DL, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO Media: Insert media and refresh to show available burn speeds Media I've tried to use and failed (several times) HP CD-R 48x. I was told that iTunes is very picky with the Media it uses to write on to but as it turns out the CD-R I use won't burn with Toast 9 either. Help.
Seriously? Even the El Cheapo ones? I was able to burn on a TDK DVD-R using Finder so I guess that means my superdrive isn't really busted. Trial and error...It doesn't sound like fun. Can anyone recommend a brand that will work for certain? I have lots of friends eagerly waiting for my next muzikz mix-cd. Thanks for the reply!
Hi, I was hoping someone can also help me with this problem: I can't burn disks in my iTunes and I get this error message saying "Failure to burn disk.... because of medium write error" Would anyone be able to help me with this? Thanks.
itunes is indeed picky in burning media, so it's actually hit and miss with the kind of optical disks that you use...and sometimes even if one media worked the first time, the next time it wouldn't work, and vice-versa...
What write speed did you select? Try lowering yours. I checked the different Apple forums and these 2 solutions popped up: - lower the write/burn speed - switch to a different brand of disks Good luck!
I got similar error messages in opensuse 10.3 last year while burning stuff with k3b. Then I tried burning onto rewriteable disc and voila! A successful burn. But then my uncle (he's an electronics engineer / hardware expert, and he has a PM G3) told me that laser calibration failures is also a sign of the laser diode about to go bye-bye. He was right, the drive stopped burning but reads are no problem. Ms. Claradryll, how old is your Powerbook?
