Music CD will not burn

I'm trying to burn a cd of about four other cd's to play in my car. The music is in my itunes, and I have created a sperate playlist for it. When I hit "burn disc" it chugs away for about 15-30 seconds and then "The attempt to burn a disc failed. The burn failed because of a medium write error" comes up. The Mini has a
MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-846 disc drive in it. This happens whether I try to burn an audio cd or an mp3 cd.
Any help would be appreciated.

Try selecting a slower burn speed or use better quality media. If those dont' work then it is quite possible the drive in an old Mac mini has failed and you will need a new drive. Note that a drive can still read CD but fail at burning them --- it uses different components.
You could also try a lens cleaning disc and see if it is just dust on the lens.

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