Enhanced CD features/Macromedia Director Problems...

Ok, so I know this isn't an iDVD question, but it seems that the program is 'sort of' similar (you know, creative, arty, techy, etc). So don't mad because it's a little off topic
My band is completing post-production on our EP and we'd like it to be enhanced (some quicktime videos, pictures, etc--the standard enhancements). My drummer is a multimedia director by trade, so he has created a windows version (.exe) and it's incredible. Our problem lies in creating a version that works on a mac (he's not very mac-smart). He's currently using Macromedia Director to create a projector file, but when it's exported, it doesn't run (in fact, all the coding appears in an excel file).
My question boils down to this: are we using the proper program to achieve the desired result? Do you have any suggestions, warnings, etc that would help us? Any guidance you could offer would be much appreciated.
Thanks!
~Kevin

Try posting here also:
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/index.cfm?forumid=11
http://www.tek-tips.com/threadminder.cfm?pid=247
http://www.postforum.com/forums/list.php?f=46
Might get a faster reply. Good luck.
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Process:         LaunchCFMApp [201]
Path:            /Volumes/Backup/Applications/Macromedia Director MX/Director MX
Identifier:      com.macromedia.DirectorMX
Version:         9.0 (9.0r383, Copyright ©1985-2002 Macromedia, Inc.)
Code Type:       PPC (Translated)
Parent Process: launchd [126]
Date/Time:       2014-03-08 09:27:20.654 -0500
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549)
Report Version: 6
Interval Since Last Report:          3930 sec
Crashes Since Last Report:           18
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report:   9
Anonymous UUID:                      F81B7310-52EF-49D4-97A3-F6FBD6812145
Exception Type: EXC_CRASH (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000
Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
Thread 0 Crashed: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x80239236 __pthread_kill + 10
1   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x80238ad7 pthread_kill + 95
2   LaunchCFMApp                            0xb80bfb30 0xb8000000 + 785200
3   LaunchCFMApp                            0xb80c0037 0xb8000000 + 786487
4   LaunchCFMApp                            0xb80dd8e8 0xb8000000 + 907496
5   LaunchCFMApp                            0xb8145397 spin_lock_wrapper + 1791
6   LaunchCFMApp                            0xb801ceb7 0xb8000000 + 118455
Thread 1:
0   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x80142afa mach_msg_trap + 10
1   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x80143267 mach_msg + 68
2   LaunchCFMApp                            0xb819440f CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 206231
3   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x80170259 _pthread_start + 345
4   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x801700de thread_start + 34
Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):
eax: 0x00000000 ebx: 0x802fc540 ecx: 0xb7fff9ac edx: 0x80239236
edi: 0xb8211640 esi: 0x00000005 ebp: 0xb7fff9d8 esp: 0xb7fff9ac
   ss: 0x0000001f efl: 0x00000286 eip: 0x80239236   cs: 0x00000007
   ds: 0x0000001f   es: 0x0000001f   fs: 0x00000000   gs: 0x00000037
cr2: 0x8023922c
Binary Images:
0x80000000 - 0x8005dff7 com.apple.framework.IOKit 2.0 (???) <3DABAB9C-4949-F441-B077-0498F8E47A35> /System/Library/Frameworks/IOKit.framework/Versions/A/IOKit
0x8007d000 - 0x800e7fe7 libstdc++.6.dylib 7.9.0 (compatibility 7.0.0) <411D87F4-B7E1-44EB-F201-F8B4F9227213> /usr/lib/libstdc++.6.dylib
0x80142000 - 0x802e9ff7 libSystem.B.dylib 125.2.11 (compatibility 1.0.0) <2DCD13E3-1BD1-6F25-119A-3863A3848B90> /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib
0x8036b000 - 0x804e6fe7 com.apple.CoreFoundation 6.6.6 (550.44) <F88C95CD-1264-782D-A1F5-204739847E93> /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreFoundation.framework/Versions/A/CoreFoundation
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0x80838000 - 0x808e5fe7 libobjc.A.dylib 227.0.0 (compatibility 1.0.0) <9F8413A6-736D-37D9-8EB3-7986D4699957> /usr/lib/libobjc.A.dylib
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>
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Hi there,
These are user-to-user discussion forums that are meant to be of help to those with technical problems having to do with software or hardware. When you have a problem, this is a great place to post to see if others who are more experienced in the field can help. Apple does not read most of these threads, as they are mainly here for other users (such as yourself) to comment on.
If you want to provide feedback to Apple on one of its products you might find this link useful:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/
If you are wanting Apple to consider creating a similar product to the one you suggested, click here:
http://developer.apple.com/contact/
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