CD/DVD drive won't accept discs?

I'm trying to play a DVD in my disc drive. I have an HP Pavilion slimline, model should not matter because it is just an issue with playing discs. It has the Vertical disc drive.
So I have the small DVDs that go in video cameras. There is clearly a small round circle that will accept them. I have played these types in computers with the horizontal drive. My issue is with this being a vertical drive and a smaller disc, it will not stay in the tray.
So should I not be bothering because it won't take these discs or is there some sort of adapter I need to make it stay?

Some drives have a lip or tab to help hold the smaller DVD's in place for the vertical operation. Apparently that one does not. The only solution that seems to be using an external DVD drives that lays horizontal.
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