IDVD no longer burns DVDs

I use iDVD a LOT, and it has always worked fine up until a few months ago. The first problem to occur was that iDVD would create and burn the first DVD, then refuse to burn additional copies. I just worked around this by taking the first copy and making further copies with Toast.
But now iDVD is not even burning the first copy. It does all the rendering and encoding, then just spits out the disc without writing it. On screen iDVD tells me "done", but no option to burn another; there's a "cancel" button, which does nothing because iDVD has frozen at this point anyway.
It's the same problem as posted by another user:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2114895&tstart=0
But the thread doesn't have a solution that works for me.
Oddly, the following problem has also just appeared for me as well:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2031418&tstart=0
Which also has no solution so far.
I'm using Taiyo Yuden discs, which have never had any problems for me before.
I've tried going from iMovie to iDVD. And I've tried closing iMovie, opening iDVD, and pulling in the iMovie project from the menu. Both methods make no difference - the disc still doesn't burn.
I've tried re-installing iDVD from the original Apple discs. Didn't help.
I've deleted iDVD preferences and repaired disc permissions. Didn't help.
I've deleted the iDVD project and recreated from scratch. Didn't help.
MacBook Pro
10.4.11
iDVD 6
I'm the only user on the computer
Plenty of hard drive space - more space, in fact, than I had when iDVD used to work.
I just can't understand why iDVD would work for years, then just stop working. I need to burn these DVDs for my job, and customers are starting to ask where their discs are... please help!

Hi
My trouble shooting list
*Not knowing the origin to Your problem - General approach when in trouble is as follows.*
• Free space on internal (start-up) hard disk if it is less than 10Gb should rather have 25Gb
• Hard disk is untidy. Repair Permissions, Repair Hard disk (Apple Disc Util tool) (To Repair Hard disk You need to start/boot from DVD or external hard disk)
• Delete iDVD pref file - *or rather start a new user/account* - log into this and re-try
iDVD pref file resides. Mac Hard Disk (start-up HD)/Users/"Your account"/Library/Preferences and is named.
com.apple.iDVD.plist
While iDVD is NOT RUNNING - move this file out to desk-top.
Now restart iDVD.
• Program miss-match. iDVD 5.0.2, Mac OS X.4.11 AND QuickTime 7.5.5 - is OK - DON’T work under Leopard
• Program miss-match. iDVD 6.0.4, Mac OS X.4.11 AND QuickTime 7.5.5 - is OK (might work under Leopard)
• Program miss-match. iDVD’08 v. 7.0.1, Mac OS X.4.11 AND QuickTime 7.5.5 - is OK (might work under Leopard)
• iDVD (08) v7 Locate theme folder. Move out iDVD1, iDVD 2 and eventually iDVD4 folders to desktop - re-try
• Try a Cleaning CD/DVD that cleans the laser lens on the DVD burner/player
iDVD 6.0.4 and iDVD 7.0.1 are compatible with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
Last resort. from Craig. Solved the problem!! Finally!!
I deleted every iDVD application and folder from my boot drive,
emptied the trash and then installed iDVD 08 using the customize option
and I am up and running.
If You do a re-install be sure to get rid of all iDVD old parts AND then EMPTY the Trash-basket !
Yours Bengt W

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