Odd Behaviour with DVDs on IMac G5 20inch 1.8 GHz

Suddenly the Superdrive DVD/CD (MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-825, Firmware DBN7) shows odd behaviour.
It still reads CDs. But when a DVD is introduced, it will start "DVD Player" automatically, but then there is no hint of the disk. Neither does it show on the desktop, nore would it play. DVD Player would not eject it, but the eject button on the keyboard would.
The DVD is ok, as it would play on my Powerbook G4 without problems.
Any idea what might be causing this? - I had just performed the "Pro update"! Thanks for your help!
iMac G5 20inch 1.8 GHz   Mac OS X (10.4.9)  

Hve you checked to see whether a different DVD will play, Bernd?
You might want to try deleting com.apple.DVDPlayer.plist from your Home/Library/Preferences folder, restarting and then seeing if it works.
Cheers
Rod

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