
Quit any open applications (startup items, etc.

You did skip mentioning the important fact that youre using iDVD which. Go to Network System Preference Pane and create a location which has no ports open (go to Network Port Configuration in the 'Show' popup and unselect all ports. We previously reported an issue where iDVD 4.x fails during the multiplexing stage of recording a DVD - generally on projects that are over an hour long. to an authoring error, that will really balloon the overall project size. If you have had failures already, close iDVD and trash the preference file in Home>library>Preferences The latest comes from Chris Ogle, who says the following process has resulted in no subsequent burn failures:
Multiplexing error in idvd movie#
But adding the chapters back into the movie (in iMovie), then burning using iDVD causes Multiplexing. You always want to buy the highest quality DVD's you can find when working with iDVD. The quality of the DVD's is too low, or they are corrupted.9 times out of 10 it's the second issue. The project is too large, and iDVD can't handle it.

There has since been a multitude of discussion on the issue, with various suggested workarounds. If I remove the chapters in iMovie and then use iDVD to burn, it works great. That error normally means 1 of 2 things:1. 896 digital multiplexing, 899 granularity, 899 large-sized detectors, scaling. We previously reported an issue where iDVD 4.x fails during the multiplexing stage of recording a DVD - generally on projects that are over an hour long. 405 IDVD and IDVDH measurements, 403 MATLAB, 405 smoothing factor.
