General error message

I have recently finished and edited a wedding DVD for a client.However they want now all uncut footage onto a DVD but every time i export it (sequence is only 1 hr 30 mins) it comes up with a general error message just before completing.I have also rendered all in the sequence and i have 35 gb available on the drive and there are no transitions between clips except for a dissolve on the intro and a fade out at the end.
Any advice is welcome and many thanks in advance.
Ali
G5 Imac   Mac OS X (10.3.9)  

Thanks for an interesting idea but allas it didn't work !!
It wouldn't export the first raw footage sequence I exported without any transittions . So I then exported it a second time but with a cross disolve at the front and a fade out at the end and all was then fine. But with the raw footage 2 sequence I'm doing now I'm still getting the " general error" message even after this little trick.... and after your trick too........
Oh well thanks for the tip.
Ali
Doe FCE work ok with OSX Tiger 10.4 ?

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