DVD Drive not reading discs

Hi, I have a Pioneer DVD-R DVR-117D superdrive that came with my computer from apple. I have a project that I am trying to put onto a DVD-R dual layer disc but my drive just ejects the disc after attempting to read it for a little while. Any suggestions are appreciated

The DVR-117D is in reality a DVR-108 with some functions either slowed down or disabled by Apple. One of the disabled functions was double layer burning.
If you wish to restore this ability, you'll need to flash the drive to a DVR-108 with the firmware available from Pioneer here.
You can get instructions for doing this at XLR8yourmac.com, but some of the links on that page are outdated. The flash utility mentioned is now at version 2.2, and the firmware you should be using is the one I linked to above.
Now, you've stated that you bought DVD-R DL, which this drive won't burn. It will burn the DVD+R DL, though. In any event, Apple specifically recommends that DVD-R DL not be used.

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