What happens when you insert a blank media disk without opening/starting handbrake
http://handbrake.fr/?article=details
- HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder, available for MacOS X, Linux and Windows.
--perhaps then both brasero or k3b (uses wodim library) would recognize the drive; or you could try another library type and use xfburn (uses liburnia)