Can't view imovie after exporting to idvd

After I exported/shared my iMovie with iDVD, I am unable to view the movie. I can hear the audio and see the first still picture of the movie, but all the video clips are black. What should I do?

I can't run iMovie '08, fortunately, so I'm not of much help to you...
Have you updated your computer recently?

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Message was edited by: Giovanni Benintende

Your link is no longer working
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