Automatic Sleep not working - prevented by itunes

If I have itunes open but not playing a song then my imac will not sleep automatically. As soon as I quit itunes, my imac will close as per the energy saver settings. Anybody know what itunes is doing to stop my system sleeping?

iDVD,
Try an SMU reset as it has been known to address sleep related issues.
You can find the complete article on this as well as how to perform the simple reset here:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301733

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