DVD Studio Pro Issue: "Format Successful" with no disc. at DVinfo.net

Ricky Serret · September 9th, 2009, 09:06 PM

I have a project all set up and ready to go in DVD Studio Pro 3 but whenever I go to File> Burn, the little pop up window comes up and says "Format Successful" and I haven't even inserted a blank DVD yet.

I've tried restarting the program and restarting my computer as well but nothing seems to be working. Any idea's as to what the problem might be and/or how to fix it?

Jonathan Schwartz · September 9th, 2009, 11:04 PM

Ricky,

Try to do a build then build (format) the DVD from there. Hope that helps. Don't know why you are having that problem.

Jon Schwartz

Ricky Serret · September 10th, 2009, 11:01 AM

I've tried that but I left all the original settings the same because I'm unsure of what they do and it still does the same thing. Thanks though!

Jonathan Schwartz · September 10th, 2009, 09:49 PM

Rickey,

Try to isolate the problem. Can you burn a data DVD in the finder? Make sure that the DVD drive is functioning properly before we start to worry about DVDSP settings.

Jon Schwartz

Ricky Serret · September 12th, 2009, 07:01 AM

Good call. Now that you mention it, the last time I tried to burn a dvd like that, it didn't work.. I'll have to check that out. I'll let you know what happens.

Ricky Serret · September 14th, 2009, 09:57 AM

Ok, I just burned a data DVD and it worked fine so it's not the DVD Drive.

Jonathan Schwartz · September 15th, 2009, 10:21 PM

Ricky,

OK if the drive is OK let's assume that DVDSP has a quirk. Go to users>library>preferences>com.apple.dvdstudiopro.plist and trash that preference. Restart DVDSP and see if that solves the problem. You other option if that will not work is to just do a build and to use a program like Toast to take the build folder and create the DVD.

Hope this helps some.

Ricky Serret · September 16th, 2009, 07:48 AM

That didn't work either but I figured out a way around all this nonsense. I burned the Disc Image from DVDSP and then used Disk Utility to burn the DVD.

Thanks for the help though, much appreciated!

September 9th, 2009, 09:06 PM	#1
Ricky Serret Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 30	DVD Studio Pro Issue: "Format Successful" with no disc. I have a project all set up and ready to go in DVD Studio Pro 3 but whenever I go to File> Burn, the little pop up window comes up and says "Format Successful" and I haven't even inserted a blank DVD yet. I've tried restarting the program and restarting my computer as well but nothing seems to be working. Any idea's as to what the problem might be and/or how to fix it?

September 9th, 2009, 11:04 PM	#2
Jonathan Schwartz Major Player Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ocean Springs, MS Posts: 211	Dvdsp Ricky, Try to do a build then build (format) the DVD from there. Hope that helps. Don't know why you are having that problem. Jon Schwartz __________________ Jonathan Schwartz CA Video Productions

September 10th, 2009, 09:49 PM	#4
Jonathan Schwartz Major Player Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ocean Springs, MS Posts: 211	DVD Formatting Rickey, Try to isolate the problem. Can you burn a data DVD in the finder? Make sure that the DVD drive is functioning properly before we start to worry about DVDSP settings. Jon Schwartz __________________ Jonathan Schwartz CA Video Productions

September 15th, 2009, 10:21 PM	#7
Jonathan Schwartz Major Player Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ocean Springs, MS Posts: 211	DVD Formatting Ricky, OK if the drive is OK let's assume that DVDSP has a quirk. Go to users>library>preferences>com.apple.dvdstudiopro.plist and trash that preference. Restart DVDSP and see if that solves the problem. You other option if that will not work is to just do a build and to use a program like Toast to take the build folder and create the DVD. Hope this helps some. __________________ Jonathan Schwartz CA Video Productions

September 10th, 2009, 11:01 AM	#3
Ricky Serret Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 30	I've tried that but I left all the original settings the same because I'm unsure of what they do and it still does the same thing. Thanks though!

September 12th, 2009, 07:01 AM	#5
Ricky Serret Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 30	Good call. Now that you mention it, the last time I tried to burn a dvd like that, it didn't work.. I'll have to check that out. I'll let you know what happens.

September 14th, 2009, 09:57 AM	#6
Ricky Serret Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 30	Ok, I just burned a data DVD and it worked fine so it's not the DVD Drive.

September 16th, 2009, 07:48 AM	#8
Ricky Serret Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 30	That didn't work either but I figured out a way around all this nonsense. I burned the Disc Image from DVDSP and then used Disk Utility to burn the DVD. Thanks for the help though, much appreciated!