DVD "Flashback" Bug

I’m having a major problem with a DVD I just created from iMovie (with imported QuickTime clips), iTunes and iDVD.
The issue is the transition at the beginning of most of the DVD chapters has a momentary “flashback” to the ending of the chapter from two chapters earlier in the DVD. The “flashback” occurs just as the new chapter starts.
Please find outlined the details. Hopefully, these details will be helpful in realizing a solution to the iDVD “flashback” bug.
The “fashback” bug is not in the iMovie version of the video. The bug occurs only in the iDVD version. It can be seen both in the iDVD preview and the burned DVD.
The iMovie video uses the Sports Theme. The video is composed of a series of QuickTime clips with added iMovie transitions between the clips. The QuicTime clips form the chapters within the video. The QuickTime clips have no sound. iTunes sourced music is added in iMovie to provide a soundtrack.
Text is entered into the Sports Theme transition to indentify the chapter. Crossfade transitions are also used (in the Beginning and the End plus once in the middle for the transition to a short QuickTime clip). iMovie Chapter Markers are entered at the beginning of each chapter right after the transitions. These are used to generate the iDVD chapters when the movie is shared with (exported to) iDVD. The “flashback” bug occurs with both types of iMovie transitions and whether or not there is a Chapter Marker.
To better align the music to the length of the QuickTime chapter clips, the clip Speed was adjusted in iMovie. This was done with almost half of the clips. The adjustments range from 95.1% to 102.3%. These are not major Speed adjustments. Chapters 3, 4, 8, 9 and 10 have Speed adjustments from iMovie. I’m suspicious that the iDVD “flashback” bug has something to do with the iMovie clip Speed adjustment.
Of the eleven chapters in the video, four chapters do not have the “flashback” bug. The Introduction (there is no transition at the beginning of this chapter); the transition from the Introduction (i.e., Chapter 1) to Chapter 2; the transition from Chapter 5 to Chapter 6; and the transition from Chapter 10 to Chapter 11. The “flashback” may or may not be from a QuickTime clip with an iMovie Speed adjustment.
The “flashback” though momentary, just looks sloppy and unprofessional. The “flashback” image is also somewhat distorted – it’s horizontally stretched (making the team members look unflatteringly fat).
I’ve been creating these DVDs regularly for each of my son’s and daughter’s sports awards events for years. I haven’t had this issue previously. The last sports DVD was made in March with the same software. I haven’t had this issue previously. However, this is the first time I’ve adjusted clip Speeds in iMovie. This was done to better align the clip with the music.
I tried to correct the bug by moving the iDVD and then iMovie Plists to the desktop. But these two actions performed separately did not eliminate the iDVD “flashback” bug.
I’m running the current version of OSX Lion, iMovie ’11 and the version of iDVD that came with the boxed copy of iLife ’11.
These DVDs are absolutely necessary to show the movie at the sports awards events (these venues do not have Internet connectivity or computer video ports - just DVD or Blu-ray players) and to share copies of the video with the members of the sports teams.
Please let me know how I can eliminate this “flashback” bug from the final DVD. By the way, it would be incredibly time consuming to go back and remake and retime the QuickTime clips.
Though I’ve just shown the video at the sports ward event (and it was a big hit!), I haven’t distributed the DVDs to the team yet. I want to fix the “flashback” bug first. But I need to get these DVD copies out to the team before the school year ends. Consequently, I’m looking forward to your advice.
My thanks in advance.

iMovie Chapter Markers are entered at the beginning of each chapter right after the transitions.
The following are marker rules posted by Len Goff:
The chapter markers "rules" are:
Make sure no chapter markers are within two seconds of the start or end of the timeline.
Make sure no chapter markers are within a transition.
Make sure no chapter markers are within two seconds of the end of a transition.
Could any of these be part of the problem?
OT

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Track 1 Start=0, Size 1.16 GB
UDF Feb 22 2011
UDF revision 2.01
Session 2 (open), Start= 645216, Size = open
Track 2 Start = 645216, Size = 3.15 GB
UDF Feb 22 2011
UDF revision 2.01
So as you can see it's a multisession DVD, which you cannot create under Lion but you should be able to read it. It's also UDF format, etc. Does anything else look fishy?
Anyway, I brought the MBP to the genius bar today and showed him my findings. I tried the disc in his MBP and it also appeared to be a blank writable DVD. He believes it is a Lion bug and had nothing more to say. Any thoughts from the techies out there? Anyone have a similar experience? I would love to have my results duplicated so that I can make apple aware of this bug. Thanks all!
My specs:
MBP 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7
8 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
OS 10.7.2

Cattus Thraex,
I know that you enjoy posting on the forums, but please only post relevant information. If you've read everyones post in this thread you'll notice that the discs in question have all been tested on other operating systems & other hardware, therefore it's not necessary to write "then you may have a hardware problem" or "May also indicate a system corruption". That's incorrect information and it shows that you have not actually read the other posts before replying.
FYI, I've never actually "called anyone out" in a forum. I generally think it's a waste of time and it usually solves nothing. That being said, I started this thread so that we could get a solution from Apple and I'd like for it not to be diluted by misinformation. Please help us Apple!
Your last post is really what made me write this reply. Your basically saying that our concerns are useless because this technology is antiquated. That we should not be asking a question like this at all...
Let me break this down for you so you understand where we're coming from...
You wrote "Open Session Disks have always been problematic in Mac OS, and not recommented. Open sessions made sense 10-12 years ago, when rw-CDs did not exist, and a blank CD cost a lot "
Thanks for the info, but all of us in this thread have been given a disc by a friend of or a colleague that we cannot open on Lion, but it opens everywhere else. We did not choose this format, but apparently someone else did and we must deal with it. We all know that the technology is old...this is not helpful info.
you also wrote "Now, open sessions are entirely senseless, and I do not wonder if Apple completely drops support for this outdated method."
O.K., that again for the non-advice. Again we didn't choose the format, someone else did. So basically you're saying that we are silly for asking this question. Are you still able to open a microsoft word file from 1993? The answer is yes...
Anyway, from the information I've gathered from your posts above, you will not thoroughly read this post either. I fully expect an angry response that has not been well though out, due to the lack of comprehension of what I'm saying here. That being said, please suprise me by posting nothing at all...that would be spectacular!

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