I-tunes 6.0.4 Won't burn disk for me

Hi, I appreciate your help very much.
After I installed 6.0.4 when I ask to burn a playlist and put in the CD-R as requested, it says "checking media" then it stops and the Apple logo appears. It will not start the burn process and does not give any error message.
I am using the same CD's as before the upgrade and they previously worked fine...so it is not the CD's.
Thanks!
1 Ghz PowerPC G4 Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Thanks Kay, but your suggestion did not work. Do you think I should reinstall 6.0.4 or roll back to an old release? I am not sure how to do so and maintain my playlist etc.
I appreciate your help

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