Audio Cuts out on finished iDVD burn

I'm using the latest version of FCPro to create my video on a G5, OS Tiger. It's about 8 minutes long. I've exported to QT using the Current settings and 4 Chapter Markers.
I've set up my iDVD 6.01 program and burned a DVD, but between 6 or 7 minutes into the video, the entire audio track cuts out. The audio tracks on FCP sequence have no splits, markers or obvious problems that would cause this problem. When the QT file is played on its own, there is audio throughout. I've also burned a successful DVD using DVD Studio pro, so I know the file is ok. I know there are reasons to prefer DVDSPro over iDVD, but my client likes the iDVD template I chose.
There's obviously something iDVD is picking up from the file that is telling it to turn off Audio, but I can't figure it out. I have another mac with iDVD 6.01, so I transfered the files to it and burned a DVD only to find the same problem.
Can anyone help?
Thanks, Jon.
PowerMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.5) iDVD 6.01

What brand and format DVD are you using?
Suggest you create a disc image and then burn the DVD. File/Save As Disc Image...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=164927
This will isolate any encoding/burning issues you may encounter. Once the disc image is created, double-click the .img and burn the virtual disc that should appear on your desktop, using Toast to burn the DVD. Disk Utility to burn the .img file. Usually, you can select a burning speed in Disk Utility.
There are variations to this process based on which OS X you are using...
Open Disk Utility (in Utilities folder in Applications folder), click on the virtual disc (maybe the .img) in the left-hand window. Click the Burn icon. A new window should drop down and your SuperDrive tray will open after clicking the Burn icon. Insert a recordable DVD. (Verbatim DVD-R preferred by me.) Click the Close button. Wait. Select a burn speed. Then click the Burn button.
-->If the virtual disk selection won't allow you to click the Burn icon, use the .img file instead. This may have changed in 10.3.9 and did change in Tiger.
Also, you can use DVD Player to play the virtual disk to check your iDVD project before burning to DVD. Launch DVD Player. File/Open VIDEO_TS (Open DVD Media... in Player 4.6). Find the VIDEO_TS folder and open that. (The audio folder is for DVD-Audio disks.)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93006

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