Message when burning DVD

When I burn a dvd, the status bar will be done but the message "Waiting for the device to become available" appears at the end. The only way to exit is to hit cancel and the DVD does not burn completely. Any way to solve this so the DVD is completely burned?
Thanks

No, the mac is not asking for a DVD. The burning process is almost done, the status bar is finishing, and then the message "Waiting for the device to become available" appears. The only way to stop the process is by hitting clicking cancel. When I check to see if the DVD is successfully burned, it doesn't work in my DVD player.
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