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Sony Dw-q28a Dvd±rw DL DVD Writer 2mb Black 5.25″ IDE Internal Optical Drive Odd Our experts will be delighted to help with any Mac or iOS problems that you’re having. Delivery times may vary, especially during peak periods. I have a Power Mac G5 running OS X.4.9 and the drive is SONY DVD RW DW-Q28A. It reads prerecorded CDs and DVDs fine, and accepts files and software off of CDs, but whenever a blank is inserted it insists 'This disc cannot be used because it is not recognized.'

A 'video' DVD is very different than a data DVD. If you are just burning a QuickTime file to a disc, then you are creating a data DVD and no, that can't be read by a stand-alone DVD player. Pdf to swf file converter. First, the QT file should be in the DV codec (imported from mini-DV as example). Kaspersky lab releases new kaspersky internet security for mac. This file will then need compressed into the MPEG 2 format which Toast or iDVD can do. So how exactly are you burning your DVDs and what type of QT file are you using? I have exactly the same problem and as usual you end up with similar solutions(e.g.

It's the media, it's the application, it's the user, etc.) but never it's the drive. We have three Macs. With the other two Macs we are able to burn at 1x which is more compatible with older DVD players. I am unable to do the same with the Sony DW-Q28A.

It refuses to slow down even with Toast. I even started a similar thread that was never answered here. There is supposed to be a firmware that might fix this but then you'll hear about how it voids your Apple warranty. I love the fact that the drive can write to a DVD at warp speed but if you want to share it with someone else, they end up with a coaster.

Nikoman, My drive burns fine also and I do use the UDF format. Are you able to burn at 1x speed? Have you tested your DVD's in older DVD players and DVD-ROM drives to see if they play?

It would help me out a great deal if I could establish that the problem is my drive and not all drives. BTW, I can select 1x in Toast before burning but the drive ignores it. I discovered this by running the same burn at 1x on my daughter's Powerbook. It took over an hour longer to burn and worked on every device I tried -- unlike the disk burned with the DW-Q28A. Rafaelp, My burns play on all new and old DVD players, and I do mean very old ones (circa 1999-2000).