DVD hangs before reaching menu

I'm new to iMovie and iDVD; this is day 3.
I succesfully burned DVDs of versions 0.1 and 0.2 of my project, but my third version doesn't yield a usuable disk (or disk image file). It hangs after about 1 or 2 seconds, just before the menu/theme. Furthermore the music for the main asset (created in iMovie) starts playing immediately, instead of the sound associated with the title or menu.
I've destroyed and rebuilt the iDVD project a few times with the same results. I've repaired the permissions. The OS and all the apps are the latest versions.
Any ideas what to try next?
G4 Mini Mac OS X (10.4.3)

eliminating the piece of the iDVD theme that ran
automatically
Could you clear that up...? What did you do?
The map of the Marquee theme shows two clips: a flashy intro and a marquee. The flashy intro starts automatically then segues into the marquee menu. My problem DVD was hanging at the transition, never showing the marquee.
In the version that worked, I selected the intro clip (in Map view) and hit the delete key. Then the clip showed "Drag content here to automatically play when the disk is inserted." I left that clip empty. When I made a disk image it worked fine with the marquee showing at the very outset.
Thanks again for your attention to my problem. It helps just to know someone is out there listening.
1.6GHz G5, 1.4GHz Mini, 1.2GHz eMac, 400MHz TiBook Mac OS X (10.4.3)

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