Audio disappears mid-project

I've created a project using Final Cut Express. I use FCE to create a QuickTime movie of the project. I import the QuickTime movie into iDVD, and use iDVD's "Picture in Picture" theme to create the DVD. I've been creating disc images of the project for several months during the development process, and everything has been working okay until last week. Now, the audio disappears about 50 minutes into the disc image. The audio is there in FCE, it's there in Quicktime, and it's there in iDVD using its dvd player/simulator. I have about 30G of free disk space when I start to create the QuickTime movie, and have about 14G free after the QuickTime movie is created. The disc image is 4G, and I end up with about 14 G of free space after the image is created. The audio disappears mid scene ... not at an audio edit point.
I rebuilt the iDVD project from scratch yesterday (at least I think I did), and the result is the same.
Any suggestions on what to check / do?

I too am having this same problem. Created a 45 minute video from FCE, exported it as a Quicktime movie, created the DVD project and have had no luck creating a workable DVD using iDVD. When I burn a disc, the audio cuts out for the rest of the disc at a random location. Never in the same place twice. I was able to play the FCE project with no problems, the quicktime movie and from the DVD previewer. I was able to create a disc image using iDVD with no problems. After researching and talking to MAC experts, they recommended that I first get some high quality discs. I was using Memorex before and was told that that had the most problems. I am now using Sony DVD+R discs and still having the same problems.

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