Error -261 when burning to dvd

I am using the latest itunes version and I get an error message -261 when trying to to a dvd. Any ideas?

A newer version of iTunes just came out a bit ago. 7.3.2. Try downloading it and giving it a go:
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/

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HD-DVD was a short-lived standard and it was only a few Toshiba DVD-players that could playback.
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(Dropping a PAL movie into a NTSC iDVD project
(US) NTSC DVDs most often are playable in EU
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emptied the trash and then installed iDVD 08 using the customize option
and I am up and running.
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