Eject DVD HELP!!!!!

My burner has eaten my blank DVD.
It doesn't even show up as being in the burner/player.
I can't get it to eject no matter what I do.
Does anyone else have this problem?
More importantly, does anyone know how to get it out??????

More in keeping with the way that the Mac is supposed to work (not requiring rebooting to resolve issues like this) you could also try ejecting the disk using Disk Utility. This works for me when this happens.
This situation occurs for me regularly if I choose iMovie or iDVD as the action when I insert a blank disk and then do not create one. Even when I try to burn from a burn folder the Finder does not see media in the drive. Seems like a bug to me.

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a. You are using Cheap media as Memorex, NoName etc DVDs - I only use Verbatim
b. You use a DL-DVD or DVD+/-RW type of media - Old Macs can not use DL-DVDs - I only use DVD-R
c. Your DVD-burner needs a cleaning - Cleaning DVD without liquid but the brush type
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e. Can You describe the material used to create Your DVD
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- Photo file formats
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