Can't burn movie

Hello all:
I've assembled a 1:46 minute movie, the file size of which is just under 25 GB. The partition on which the movie resides has over 40 GB free space. When I attempt to burn the movie using iDVD, I get the following message: "Multiplexer preparation error: Not enough free disk space for encoding the remaining assets." I've redone this film twice, thinking the first time I might have inadvertently screwed something up. I was extremely careful in doing the second assembly, but I still get the same message. Do I actually need more free space for this operation? I've stripped nearly everything off the partition I can, so I really hope more space is not what's needed. I assume/hope I just messed something up. What can anyone tell me?
Thanks in advance . . .
Larry
G5 dual 1.8 Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Hi Larry:
Have you read this?
iDVD 4: "Multiplexer Preparation Error"
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93553
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