Can't burn a project to blu-ray using FCPX

I just completed an extensive project on FCPX and can't seem to burn it to an external blu-ray drive (sony VBD-MA1). The project was recorded in AVCHD from my sony camera. The iMac recognizes the blu-ray and it gets about half way through the processing before it gets stuck on 48% completed. Am I missing a step? Do I need additional software to be able to burn the project? The guy at the apple store said I could burn a project straight to a blu-ray without addtional software. Any advice would be appreciated.

Sorry I was mistaken and thinking of my last project that was edited on FCP6 but burned with iDVD. 
In DVD Studio Pro you would have to Burn then .img the disc.
In iDVD you can Save As Disc Image. It sounds like this function is in FCPX from Ryan Scott's post and just confirmed in the Online manual:
http://help.apple.com/finalcutpro/mac/10.0/#ver1ff8b381
Depending on the length of your project, disc being used and what size (1/2 layer) could also cause a problem. Only general sticking points I can come across would be corrupt data (clip/song/font) that is hit at a certain point of the project.

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