Error burning DVD

hi there. wondering if you have any advice...
i've been trying to burn a DVD from iDVD, there is an iMovie and a slideshow that i'm trying to burn. it keeps giving me the error message:
'The application idvd has unexpectedly quit. The system and other applications have not been affected.'
i'm using a DVD-R disc, 8x
we have a G5, OS X 10.3.9, 1.8GHz, 256 MB, and i'm not sure where it tells me how much free disc space i have, but i'm sure there is plenty.
iDVD is version 4.0.1
when i double click 'burn' it asks for a blank DVD, so i put one in, then it says looking for... ? something... then it starts to burn. it takes about 20 minutes and then gives me the above error message. any ideas before i throw it out the window
thanks.

First off, if you do not know how to check how much hard drive space you have free, how could you possibly know you have plenty?
My standard list of things to do first for these weird sort of problems, but I also tend to run these before I go to burn an iDVD project just to be safe. Keep in mind this list represents the programs I tend to use. I am running Panther (10.3.9) so Tiger users might want to check the below list for compatibility. There are several alternate programs that do the same things with some combining the functions of some of the ones below. So everyone has their favorites, but here are mine...
Run MacJanitor (free download) to do all the Unix Cron Maintenance scripts.
Run Disk Utility (Applications -> Utilities) and repair disk permissions on your start up drive (typically your internal drive). Also verify any other drives mounted on the system, especially any external drives that you use for iMovie and iDVD projects.
Run Preferential Treatment (free download) to check for corrupt/damaged application and system preference files.
Run Cache Out X (free download) to clear all system and application caches.
Reboot your Mac (after running Cache Out X you are given the option to restart the machine).
If you still can not get it to run correctly, next thing to try is to throw out the iMovie preference file (don't forget to change back those preferences you want different from the defaults next time you run it). If it still doesn't work, then I would suggest you reinstall iMovie.
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