DVD Studio Pro 1.5 Previewing Not Working

Hello! I don't know if anyone can help me with such an old application, but I got it for free so I'm trying to make it work.
Anyway, I used to use DVD Studio Pro 1.5 on my Titanium PowerBook, and it worked fine then, but I think that ever since I put it on my MacBook Pro (Santa Rosa, non-unibody) with OS 10.6, it seems to have some issues. I am able to build a DVD menu, but for some reason, I can't use the Preview button. Here's a link to a screenshot with the problem:
https://files.me.com/jgilbertproductions/nymyz3
Hopefully someone can help with this. It's really bothering me that I can't use DVD Studio Pro. I love it, and I wish it would work. I think it's just probably too old for my MacBook Pro and Snow Leopard, but it's worth asking around. Thanks so much for looking!
—Tommy

Absolutely what StudioX said - this is because you are now using Intel processors, and the code for DVDSP1.5 runs on Power PC chips.
You either need to keep that titanium running, or upgrade to a later version of DVDSP.
FWIW I have a copy of 1.5 running on an old G4 Quicksilver desktop. I have no reason to use it at all... it was (is) buggy in places and uses obscure methods, but I love it, so I keep it

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