Mac Pro and DVD Studio burner issues....

Hello-
We just got a new Mac Pro, installed Final Cut Studio 2 and for some reason when I go to burn a DVD in DVD Studio Pro I get the message of: No disc was found in the disc drive. Please insert acceptable DVD recordable media. I have tried 3 different brands of DVD's to make sure that it wasn't the brand we where using.
We tried burning a DVD in iDVD and it worked fine. I can place a disc or a dvd in the drive and it works..... I called tech support and they had no idea.
Has anyone else had this problem and/or a solution?
Thanks!

Hiya and good morning. Does the DVD Studio Pro (not running it myself) require a specific disk by any chance (anything in preferences?), such as -R OR +R or similar.
I take it, otherwise, your Mac Pro DVD writer is performing well? I could be an issue with that? Have you updated all firmware via software update?
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