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After successfully recording somewhere around 15 Double Layer DVDs on my MacBook Pro over a lapse of 6 months, I have not been able to record them anymore. Using the same brand of media I used earlier with success, the drive now throws some sort of “Media Error” message when somewhere like the middle of the recording process and just aborts the recording. I think I might have spent more money on spoiled DL DVDs than a new Superdrive’s worth. Is there something I might try to do that might fix this? Or should I just go and disemburse $129 for a new drive?
You could try one of those drive cleaning discs with the little brush on them, or spraying some compressed air into the slot - in case there is some dust interfering with the lenses. There are multiple lasers for reading and writing the various media (CD, DVD, DVD-DL). But this sounds like a laser has failed in the optical drive - if it is still under warranty, I would take it to Apple for repair. If not under warranty, it might be more cost-effective to get an external burner.
Sound’s like a problem with the media however, does it work fine on a regular or any other CD/DVD?
Any chance you’ve gotten stuck with a bad batch of DL DVDs this time ‘round? Have you tried to burn these DVDs in a different machine or tried a different brand/batch in your current machine?
Definitely a bad batch of DL DVD’s, it burns other disks fine, so it is definitely the DL DVDs, sucks, but they’re pretty much worthless looks like. Try to store them in a not-so-variable and stable environment.
