DVDSP-DVD won't automatically play

I've authored thousands of DVDs using DVDSP and never run across this before. This disc I just authored won't play in the MacPro I used to author it. It'll play in set-top players, it'll play in PCs just fine—and also will play in my Quicksilver G4, but when I slide it into my MacPro, it spins up like it's about to play, but nothing happens. Other DVDs play just fine when I insert them, just not this one or any of the batch I made alongside it. I've checked the DVD Player prefs, and it's set to play a DVD when inserted. The blank media are Maxell DVD -Rs —which I've never really had problems with.
So the question is, is this a problem with the authored DVD, DVD Player or maybe my DVD drive is going out? Any ideas?

This is definitely a strange issue.
My bet is that it's the blank DVD-R media as what you have described sounds just like something one might encounter when working with DVD-Rs.
(Athough, it is very unexpected that the machine that burned them will not read them.)
If you have Toast handy, try using it to burn your DVD buid. As Toast does a verification pass, you will know right away if the data on the disc that was just burned can also be read.
Another thing to try is to copy the VIDEO_TS data to you G4 drive and then burn it back to both the same Maxell media as well as a different brand. Then, see if either of this play on your Mac Pro.
Report back on what you come up with.
-Warren

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