WHEN I TRY TO PLAY A DVD IT SAYS A Vaild DVD Drive could not be found error code [-70012]. What do i do?

I put in a dvd and tried to play it. it gave me an error code -70012. it will not show any disk and i have tried everything to eject it. what can i do?
error code -70012: A Valid DVD Drive could not be found

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and here:
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An article on troubleshooting Permissions can be found here:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1448?viewlocale=en_US
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More useful reading here:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1417?viewlocale=en_US
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