HD Footage when burned onto iDVD is jumpy?

I'm trying to create a demo movie with HD and SD combined. When i try to burn it on to iDVD the SD stuff is fine but the HD stuff comes out jumpy. Kind of like the burn wasn't fast enough. I've burned one thing purely from HD footage and it came out fine, now everything from HD footage is coming out jumpy. Anything i can do for this???

i've been reading a lot of the interlacing details and posts that people have been writing about. Possibly this is the problem i'm running into?? I just tried to play it on my computer and it worked fine. But on the TV it was jumpy. Now some stuff i've burned with HD has been fine. Others haven't. The ones that have been giving me troubles are the ones that are interspersed within SD clips. The ones that came out ok have been all HD clips. I've been trying different item properties with no success. Hopefully someone can help me with this issue

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Just some general comments about exporting from iMovie '09. From posts on the forum, and from my own experience, it's best not to use Apple's preset export option "Share to iDVD". You may not have used this, but it produces an AIC (Apple Intermediate Codec) movie that doesn't look good when burned through iDVD, for some reason. Odd, considering that iMovie edits in this format. _The option "Share to Media Browser" gives much better results._
You don't mention what format your source footage is (to the best of my recollection). This may have a bearing on the final result (burned DVD). Is it DV or AVCHD or some other format? iMovie '09 has a reputation for producing less than stellar results with DV footage, due to the way it handles interlaced material. AVCHD footage turns out quite well on DVD after editing in iMovie.
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