Another Mac user here, just get one, it will make your iLife so much easier. iMovie, iDVD etc, easy as farting.

Paul

uncleporry:
most dvd/cd drives can be frigged open in the power down state by sticking a needle or end of a paper clip in the tiny hole in the front of the dvd/cd drawer. That should allow you to at least get the discc out without restarting.

Sounds like Roxio doesn't support the type of DVD drive you have?

It might be worth checking for an update/patch of the roxio software and/or your cd drivers.

thanks i`ll give it a go :)

Roxio software sucks in my opinion always has and always will, it is known to cause the largest number of system problems.

As you have already ripped the the files to HD you should give AVS a go http://www.avsmedia.com/VideoConverter/index.aspx

does your DVD drive support the disk you are using (DVD-R, DVD+R, etc.) Do you have enough memory left for the file to use when writing. An AVI file sucks a lot of memory space for use when writing to disk.

thanks bionicle, will try it.
mad dog, yes, dvd drive is + & - compat, if by memory you mean hard drive space , then yes, i have 11 gigs spare. roxio has a drive compatability section and my drive is supported and it lists it as working properly etc.. i think maybe roxio is corrupted, will re-install and try again.
thanks all for the help.

great. Good luck. Roxio has never given me much problem and the one time I contacted them their response was fast and on the money. May want to try that as well. Tell us what you find.

The Roxio Easy Media DVD creator that I have crashed more than I do, so it's not the best software in the world.

It also doesn't like my DVDRW drive either, but it will burn disks from ISO images, so I have to create a DVD like that then burn it!

I agree it's not the best (technically) software but it sure is easy to create a menu'd dvd using it.