DVD starts to burn, then gives up!

I’ve been trying to burn a DVD-R in iDVD, but each time I try, it just stops during stage3 of the burning process, showing different lengths of time remaining (anything from 3 hours to 10 minutes left to go!), at first I thought it was just taking its time burning, but after a half hour, or an hour, etc, it is still showing the same time! The burn symbol is still spinning, so I’m pretty sure the screen/mac hasn’t just frozen, and there is no message or anything to indicate that it has failed, apart from the time remaining being the same for a very long time.
I’ve tried it with 90 and 60 minute movies (edited in iMovie). With the same thing happening! (I even tried burning through Final Cut Express, and that stopped after 10 minutes (with 4 hours remaining))
This is the first time I’ve tried to burn a DVD with my mac G5 (or any mac) and I’ve followed all the instructions, so I don’t know what I am doing wrong! I’ve been attempting to burn this one homemovie for a fortnight now, and I’m really really ticked off with it by now!
I’d prefer to work through iDVD than another programme!
+Can someone please help a damsel in distress???+

definitely not a laptop, looks like the mac pro (see how much I know about the technical side of my mac!). I was thinking about the battery because I've recently had to reset date and time every time I switch on, and troubleshooting solution suggested battery had died... (but I can't find a battery to replace it on mac site, only laptop ones!, unless I'm looking wrong places!)
had brief moment of hope about 2hours ago when I noticed iDVD was set to NTSC, and I edited in PAL in iMovie, and I thought that something as simple as that JUST MIGHT be the problem... but alas no on the plus side, the Render Failed message came up sooner!
I'm giving it one more try tonight, then I think I'm gonna have a nervous breakdown!
so infuriating, never had a problem I couldn't eventually work out & solve. grrr

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