DVD Burner not Recording

Anyone have issues with their iDVD or Studio Pro 3 software not burning? My iDVD burn icon won't work at all and in Pro 3 the icon/burn reads when you click it, but says "Formatting Successful" and doesn;t burn the disk...can't even get past that message...anyone got some advice? I Just bought a new Sony DVD burner (that I don't think I needed) so I can rule out the DVD burner. Seems like a software/settings issue now.........

DVD Burner shows up in Roxio. Now my iMovie won't export the MPEG2's. Says it can't be export due to unknown error. Pro says Formatting Successful as soon as I clivk the Burn icon.
All this happened after I was working on a wedding video. She gave me hispanic cd's that had video clips on them. After that, It hasn't burned a DVD since. I've verified permissions, corrected permissions, erased my hard disk and re-loaded, but nothing is working. I still get the same software errors in Imovie, iDVD, and Pro. Now, this chick is ready to sue me and need HELLLLPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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