Optical drive becomes unresponsive when burning media to a disc

When I try to burn an iTunes playlist to a blank disc, the optical drive becomes unresponsive and heats up. Instead of burning media to the disc, the progress bar in the iTunes window becomes stuck on "Burning disc.....Initializing". The optical drive only settles down when the disc is "force ejected". Anyone else having similar trouble? Any help and tips are greatly appreciated.

Your best option is an appointment at an Apple store genius bar.  Demonstrate the problem to the technician and they should be able to determine if there is a serious problem or not.
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