DVD-ROM Contents Not Copied to DVD

I have created an iDVD slideshow of pictures from a trip. To include the pictures, including ones not in the slideshow, I used <Advanced-Edit DVD Contents...>. Using <Project-Project info...> I can see from the size of the project that the files are in fact included.
I then <File-Save As Disk Image...>. However, the final DVD does not have the extra files on it. It only contains the iDVD slide show.
What am I missing?

The disk image you created will have the DVD-ROM content.
How did you burn the disk image to writable media?
I ask because I recently did exactly what you did with a slideshow in iDVD. When I used Roxio's Toast Titanium 8 to burn the disk image to writable media, I failed to notice an 'Option Selection' block of information at the lower left of the Toast interface that had a box that says 'Use Fit-to-DVD Video Compression'. It seems to be selected by default and is very easy to miss. The disk I wrote did not have the DVD ROM content. I then used Apple's Disk Utility and everything was fine. I then when back to Toast and noticed the box I mentioned. When the box was unchecked, Toast also produced a 'good' DVD.
See http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=4291458
F Shippey

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