DVD Player not recognized by iDVD '08?

I made a slideshow in iDVD and tried to burn it onto a DVD.
iDVD informed me that my Intel iMac did NOT have a 'Superdrive' and could therefore not burn it.
Strange: this Intel iMac does indeed have a DVD-burning 'Superdrive'.
What gives?

This frequently helps solve some problems. Quit iDVD. Search for the file named com.apple.iDVD.plist and trash it. (A new one will be created next launch of iDVD.) Or look in: User/Library/Preferences. This may solve project loading errors too. Restart and use Disk Utility to Repair Permissions.
You'll need to reset some Preferences.
Can you create a disk image?

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