Menu background movie doesn't show

Hello to all.
I've been working on a DVD from an iMovie file, and want to have a one-minute movie loop to play as a background for the main menu. I've tried all the methods mentioned in the iDVD Help topic, but all I get from it is the sound portion. When I open the "Menu" panel, I see the icon for my movie in the background image well, and also in the audio well. Everything looks like it should, according to the help file, but when I preview it there is no video at all. I've switched to various themes (6.0, 5.0, and 4.0), all without any improvement.
The movie clip was edited in iMovie, with an audio track added to it. I've tried to insert it as a DV file, an iMovie file, and a Quicktime file. All of these produce the same results.
I'm still using OS 10.3.9, but I have the belief that iDVD 6.0 works with my OS, as long as I stay away from HD themes.
Any suggestions?
G5 1.8GHz Dual   Mac OS X (10.3.9)  

Thanks so much for the reply.
What I meant by saying that both of the wells had the icon for my movie clip was that by putting the clip in the video well, it appeared in the audio well by itself - I didn't have to put it there.
I followed your suggestion about putting the two tracks in separately, but got odd results. First of all, I used iMovie to extract the audio, and then used it to delete the audio from the movie file, so that I had an .aiff file for audio, and a movie file for the video. Had no problem putting the audio file in its well, but the new video-only movie file refused to go into the video well. Could it be that something about how I'm saving the iMovie clip is preventing the video from being recognized?
I should add that when I put that original file in the spot where it will automatically play when the disc is inserted, the clip plays just like it should. But if I put that same clip in the menu panel, it doesn't.
I've also got an odd thing about that first panel "Drag content here to automatically play when the disc is inserted". There's a red-X, which says that the "Total menu duration exceeds 15 minutes". However, that panel is blank, and I can't find any reference to what content is referred to.
Pete
G5 1.8GHz Dual   Mac OS X (10.3.9)  

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