Error Message on iDVD burn

I'm using iDVD 4 & have OSX. I've made the movie in iMovie & added the theme, etc. in iDVD. When I go to burn, I get the message - "Problems were found validating your project. A DVD must have at least one video track or slide show." At times in the status bar, I can see that there is background encoding, but as I add titles to the theme, it sometimes disappears, along with the DVD capacity.

Hello James - It sounds like somehow your movie is being deleted from iDVD. Be sure to drop the movie in the menu button area (if you're dragging and dropping) and not in one of the "drop zones" since those are for background items. Wait for the Status bar to indicate Done before you start to burn (and you might want to keep iDVD focused and just leave the computer alone while the status bar indicates that iDVD is encoding).
John

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Been to S.N.O.B.? I love that restaurant!!!
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