DVD burner won't burn iMovie project

Hi, I've been trying to get an iMovie project onto a DVD for hours by
1. using the "share" in iMovie to iDVD. No luck. It says "There was an error in burning" No error number.
2. I tried it on my eMAc as well and it says the same thing.
3. I also ran it back onto my camera and tried OneStepDVD and it still didn't work.Same answer.
4. I've sent it by email to the client, but of course the compression made it fuzzy and I still need to hand him something more professional by Monday.
Any idea why this is happening? Also, is it possible to put the iMovie file onto a stick and if so, how would I do it?
I have never had this problem before and I've been producing video projects on a Mac of some kind
for over 10 years.
Thank you for any input at all. Frustrated, Kate

Hi Kate
1. First - Secure that there are enough space on Your Main (Start-Up) Hard Disk to do this !
• I never go less than 25GB free space - see bottom of the window frame when You open Your Hard Disk (double click it's icon - top to the right - most often named Macintosh HD)
2. In iMovie (I guess that You use iMovie'08 or 09 or 11)
- Select the movie Project - (Not Events - won't work)
- Share to Media Browser (NOT iDVD - as if working - result will be poor) and as MEDIUM or LARGE (Not HD or other resolution as this too degrade the finalDVD)
3. Close iMovie
4. Open iDVD
5. Start a NEW iDVD Project (top choice)
6. Select a nice theme - I use old one - "Brushed Metal" - No extra audio or animation (but that's me)
7. Import movie from - MEDIA Button (down to the right) / Movies
8. Save as a DiskImage - File menu and far down
9. Test this image file by playing it with DVD-tool
If OK
then burn this .img file by using Apple Disk Util-tool - or if You don't mind iDVD to recalculate - use iDVD - Click on the Burn button.
Good Luck
Yours Bengt W

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