No DVD-RW anymore

Hi there,
all of a sudden, i can't read/write any DVD-RW any more.
Even the DVD-RW's i burned three months ago on my MacBook Pro can't be read anymore on the same MacBook Pro.
The drive is just spinning around for about 20 seconds and then spits them out.
I don't have a problem with DVD-R, CD-Audio and Video-DVD's.
What happend?
Kind regards,
Herry

Hi Neuroanatomist,
hmmm, AFAIK, nothing disappeared or was changed in my System Profile....
System Profiler still shows all DVD Media as read-/writeable.
Or should the line "DVD lesen" (= read DVD) look different?
---- snipp
MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-85J:
Firmware-Version: FAV1
Verbindungstyp: ATAPI
Brennen möglich: Ja (Laufwerk von Apple geliefert)
Cache: 2048 KB
DVD lesen: Ja
Beschreibbare CD: -R, -RW
Beschreibbare DVD: -R, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW
Schreibstrategien: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, DVD-DAO
Medien: Legen Sie das Medium ein und aktualisieren Sie, um die verfügbaren Brenngeschwindigkeiten anzuzeigen.
---- snapp
Thanx for your help!
Kind regards,
Heribert

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