Help! I can't burn my movie onto a dvd.

Everything works fine, until it gets to the part where it says encoding audio, and then it just stops working, and it says iDVD is not responding. Does anyone know how to fix this, or why this is happening?

Rich is correct.
This question is frequently asked!
iDVD is probably not 'hanging'. Disregard any messages that iDVD is not responding. It is. Do not force quit.
Encoding audio is the slowest part of rendering, and can take many hours. Great patience, even an intermittent alternative hobby, is called for.
Make sure no other application is running, make sure you have not set the hard disk to go to sleep and that the screen saver will not come on. Leave it overnight, or have a 36 hole game of golf.
Sooner or later iDVD will finish!

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