DVD SP 4.0 on new iMac?

Hi all,
I waited and waited for FCPx and was sorley dissapointed that DVD Sp is no longer an option
So... I managed to secure a retail boxed version of DVD SP 4.0 from ebay - old stock I guess but still original software. However it would not install on Snow Loepard, and not a hope in **** on Lion of course.
So my question is - would I be able to install a copy of Leopard (OSX 10.5) on an external HHD, boot from that and install DVD SP 4.0 on it? I note there is a warning from Apple not to install earlier versions of the OS than cmae with the unit, but makes no reference to installing it on an external drive.
Would OSX 10.5 run on the latest iMacs (I have the current verson - 16gb ram)?
I would really appreciate any help as I have a few projects I want to put to DVD but at present I cant produce a decent disc
Thanks in advance.
Andy.

DVD Studio Pro 4.0 shipped stand alone and as part of FCS 1. It was a Power PC application, so it won't install on Mac OS 10.6 unless you have Rosetta on that computer. It won't install on 10.7 under any circumstances.
DVD Studio Pro 4.1 shipped with FCS 1.5, the first Universal version for both Power PC and Intel CPUs.
It will only run correctly up to Mac OS X 10.4.6, unless you update to version 4.1.3. Then it will run on Mac OS X 10.5 too. It might run on 10.6 but you would ideally use DVD SP 4.2.0 -part of FCS 2.
The original FCS 2009 (sometimes incorrectly called FCS 3) came with DVD SP 4.2.1. It can be updated to version 4.2.2 and runs in Mac OS X 10.7.
You will not be able to boot your new Mac from a Mac OS X 10.5 installation DVD or external drive where it is already installed.

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