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Any idea what's going on?

Hi Interlude2:
Until Bengt returns..
If you are concerned about chapter rules-they are:
*Make sure no chapter markers are within two seconds of the start or end of the timeline.
*Make sure no chapter markers are within a transition.
*Make sure no chapter markers are within two seconds of the end of a transition.
Did you happen to Force Quit the application when it didn't burn?
Try deleting the imovie preference file. Locate a file named com.apple.idvd.plist and get rid of it. It is still called iMovie3 even though you have 5. Then empty the trash, run a permissions repair with disk utility and restart. That should do it. The files you need to delete are found in:
/Users/YourName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dvd.plist
(Might even try the same for .imovie3.plist it you started the project in iMovie)
Also, be sure you are using DVD-R and that you are waiting for iDVd to ask you to insert the disk.
Sue

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