Having difficulty with multiple audio tracks when exporting

Hi,
I am trying to export a couple of sequences to send off to a friend. I've tried sending it to iDVD as well as sending to print to video. When I play it on the computer as a quicktime movie every track is there for the audio ( 6)
When I print to video to a dvc tape. All 6 tracks are there. When I then tried to record to a dvd on a dvd deck I only have 2 tracks of audio. Same with iDVD. Is there a button I didn't push. Did I push a button I shouldn't have? These are the questions I need answered. What have I done wrong. ANY help or SUGGESTIONS would be greatly APPRECIATED.

Bonjour Michael,
Thanks for the suggestion but when I did that I then had no sound. What did I do wrong. Is there another step?
thanks,
jenn

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