Burned DVD works on 1 Macbook pro, says it is blank on other

I have 2 macbook pros, same exact set-ups. 10.6.8 OS and all same hardware.
I have a DVD from a photographer that I put in one mac book and it worked fine.
I put the dvd in to the other mac book pro and it says that the disc is blank.
Any advice appreciated.

j.nahig wrote:
Yes, it is encrypted.
Not WEP encrypted correct? Mac's might not be connecting to this standard.
WPA and WPA2(AES) is fine for connections, just that WPA is also cracked,
so WPA2(AES) is really the only secure standard now (with a long random password)
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