Compensation for radial and vertical runout of an optical disc

An apparatus for compensating for radial and vertical runout of an optical disc (16) using an actuator (12,13) having a lens (14) for focus of a laser beam and wherein the focus and tracking currents control the position of the lens in the vertical and radial directions is disclosed. The apparatus focuses the actuator lens along at least one revolution of a track on an optical disc and producing lens position signals. Structures (26,36) provided which responds to the lens position signals to produce the frequency content of surface height and track deviations of the optical disc using a frequency transform technique. The surface height and track deviations frequency content are stored as well as a signal representing the focusing and tracking actuator currents. In response to the focusing and tracking actuator current signals and the stored surface height and track deviation frequencies the lens position is controlled thereby reducing focusing and tracking errors.