Disable Automatic Disc Drive Startup

Hello,
I have recently been watching a lot of TV DVDs on my MacBook Pro. However, when not watching, I find it very annoying (not to mention wasteful to the drive) that the disc drive automatically tries to boot up everytime I open my computer.
Is there anyway to leave a disc in the drive and only have it turn on when I ask it to in the DVD player?
Thanks!

fizzbin1701,
if there’s a disc in the Superdrive, then it will always “rev” when you open your computer. The System Preferences change only prevents the disc from being played automatically.

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I hope, it is possible to solve this issue in another way.

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