Burn disc doesn't highlight

I made my first project the other day and want to burn to a DVD-R. The little spin wheel icon doesn't highlight and when I go to the drop down menu the "burn disc" isn't highlighted. A friend who knows Mac's and has worked a lot with computers actually set the project up, but he couldn't figure out what was wrong either.
My project is a slideshow with some music attached. There are about 55 pictures. Since the music lasts about 13 minutes the slideshow does the same.
Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong.
Thanks

Click on the Apple logo on the top right corner of your menu bar.
Click on About This Mac
Click on More Info
Click on Hardware, then on Disk Burning.
You should something like this:
MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-846:
Firmware Revision: FA0G
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipped/Supported)
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -RW, +R, +RW, +R DL
Burn Underrun Protection CD: Yes
Burn Underrun Protection DVD: Yes
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, DVD-DAO
Media: No
If you don't have 'DVD write' you don't have a superdrive.

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