Disk Utility not burning DVDs properly

I am using Disk Utility to burn a disk image to DVD, and it isn't working properly. It goes from 'opening session' to 'writing track' to closing session in a matter of 10 seconds, and then it freezes.
I am burning this same .img file on my Mac Mini and my iMac, and everything is working the way it should. I have tried recopying the file and running the burn directly from the original file, and it still won't work on the MBP.
Any suggestions?

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