Final Cut HD produced video stops halfway on dvd player

So, I'm having an issue that I have never experienced. The movies that I have edited on Final Cut HD and burned on IDVD seem to stop half way on my dvd player. I've edited three different movies and they all seem to stop half way on the dvd player or just wont play on any dvd player... i can press foward on the dvd player but the movie has little squares all over. Apple has sent me a new dvd burner and I after burning a new disk last night, I had the same issue. When I open the movie and review on Final Cut, their does not appear to be corrputed video. I have also tried another brand of DVD+R DL disk and nothing. I need your help because my clients are getting anctious. thanks.

If the exported file looks OK in the QT player, you might try asking the question on the iDVD forum and see if anyone there has come across the problem. It sounds like a hardware issue though.
You might try building a disk image in iDVD and see if that place correctly on your computer before you burn it. That will tell you if it's an encoding problem or a burning problem.

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