Can't drag .mov file to aut play box.

When I import a quick time file movie I can't drag into the auto start box so that the DVD can just play when inserted. I get no error because the video won't even drag into the auto start box. What is causing this? I'm on a deadline and need to burn a DVD to hand out tomorrow. Thanks.

Sometimes permissions and preferences can get corrupted. Whenever iDVD starts acting funny, a common maintenance procedure is to do the following: Delete preferences by closing iDVD and trashing the file com.apple.iDVD.plist found in User (the House icon)/Library/Preferences. Then do a permissions repair using the Utilities/Disk Utility App on your Mac. Open the Disk Utilities window and select the Mac hard drive icon at the top of the side pane at the left. Then click on the Repair Permissions button. When you have repaired permissions and deleted preferences, restart your computer and launch iDVD. iDVD will replace the .plist file that you deleted. Be sure also that you have sufficient free disk space on your hard drive for iDVD to function correctly. 25GB often is recommended by users of this forum. After doing all of the above, relaunch iDVD and see whether you still have the problem.
If you still have the problem, then perhaps your Quicktime.MOV movie is in a format that is not compatible with iMovie. The .mov designation can contain any number of different codecs. See if you can import the movie by dragging it into the edge of your iDVD menu window (not into a drop zone). If it won't import, try opening a new iDVD project and try to import it it there. If still unsuccessful, try copying your movie and converting it to DV stream by using the free download, Streamclip. Drag it into the Streamclip window and then File > Export to DV.
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