IMac 24" .a valid DVD drive not found - 70012

I try to insert a DVD to play on my imc , but the disc eject out after the drive search for no disc . I click on DVD player, message as a valid DVD drive not found-70012

Sounds like a problem with the Optical Drive, I find them far too short lived in OSX anyway!???
At the Apple Icon at top left>About this Mac, then click on More Info, then click on Hardware>Disk Burning & report what it says, like ...
TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S222L:
Firmware Revision:          SB02
Interconnect:          ATAPI
Burn Support:          Yes (Unsupported)
Profile Path:          None
Cache:          2048 KB
Reads DVD:          Yes
CD-Write:          -R, -RW
DVD-Write:          -R, -RAM, -RW, +R, +RW, +R DL
Burn Underrun Protection CD:          Yes
Burn Underrun Protection DVD:          Yes
Write Strategies:          CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media:
Media Type:          DVD-RW
Blank:          Yes
Erasable:          Yes
Overwritable:          Yes
Appendable:          Yes

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