DVD will not open in Finder

I just tired to put a blank DVD-R into my MacPro's drive - usually it opens and I can drag files to the disk to burn them, but this time the discs are reported as not-recognized. Oddly, I can burn w/ the disk if I use Roxio and other packages that run the drive. Anyone know anything about this?
I've tried to reboot, can't think of anything else to try...
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Have you tried different media (like a CD-R or a different brand of DVD-R)? When it is reported as "not-recognized", is that a dialog? What does the dialog say specifically?
In System Preferences->CD&DVD's, what is the setting for "When you insert a blank DVD" popup? Set it to "Ask what to do" if it is not already. Then try to insert the blank DVD. Does the little dialog show up asking what app you want to open the disk in? If so, choose Finder.

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