Burning 83 min. QT movie in iDVD 4.0.1

My deadline is approaching fast and I don't have time to experiment. I have successfully burned 30 min. movies with iDVD. Does anyone foresee any problems with burning an 83 min. self-contained QT movie or can offer any foolproofing.
Hurry! Thanks a bunch.

After close to 4 hours my computer spits out the DVD with this message: "Errors were found during the burning process. The recording device reported the media error: Power calibration area error OX73, 0X03." This is greek to me (no offense to Greece) I just need to burn this (along with 12 copies) before tomorrow.
Desperate housewife.
PS I get better responses in FCP forum than in iDVD. Plus, I used FCP to produce the original QT movie. We're family.

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