Can't Burn CD in iPhoto 6

I'm trying to burn a CD in iPhoto 6. I'm only trying to back up 117 MB of photos in an album.
However, I keep getting this error message: The burn to the MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-845E drive failed. The burn failed because of a medium write error."
Any suggestions what this means and what I might do to correct it?

I can't tell which extension it is, as, once burned, all I have are the files I noted. No results when I search for mpg, mov, avi in this iPhoto library. Nothing shows up when I search for "Pinnacle" on either iPhoto or the computer.
I recognize the people in the video, but am not quite sure where this particular file came from. I had thought it might be mixed in with some photos I had in my library, but I hadn't been trying to burn any from Ukraine, and there are no movies in this particular iPhoto library at all.
I think it's part of a larger file that someone in Ukraine had put together, a movie created from a ppt and movie snippets. (The music is what makes me suspect this.) I had been fooling with the file, trying to figure out how to convert it to a smaller format so I could post it on our group's website. It was never even in iPhoto. It may have been in iMovie or iDVD, so why iPhoto would burn it is beyond me.
When I googled "Pinnacle Systems", I found out that they make video editing software. Perhaps their name is somehow embedded in their product?
All seems to be well now. Perhaps some hiccup in the DVD-R?

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