I can't believe it takes this long to create a DVD...

Ok, I just bought a new Intel iMac 20" Dual Core 2.66 ghz with 2 gig of RAM and iDVD has been sitting on the Burn step with a message of "Writing..." for about 6 hours now.
I've burned data DVD's before and it took about 45 minutes on my old PB G4 867 mhz.
Is this thing hung, did I do something wrong, or does it take these insane amounts of time to burn a true DVD?
Here are some stats on what I put on the DVD:
215 photos as a slideshow with Dissolve transition
1 MP3 files for background music
5 small video clips I took with my digitial camera
Used one of the standard themes

You're not giving us enough information. Tell us more about the
5 small video clips you took with your digital camera. What format were the movies originally taken in? How did you get these movies into iMovie?
Was the original audio shot in 12 bit or 16 bit?
and why are you using mp3 as opposed to aiff for audio? iDVD works best with aiff (mp3's are also possible but often more problamatic in iDVD).
Essentially you have many potential variables as stated above that can cause iDVD to literally spin its wheels for hours on end before you ever get to a final product in terms of a completed iDVD.
The iDVD Help Menu is your friend. Direct quotes follow:
Preparing QuickTime movies to work with iDVD
If your video-editing application can export to QuickTime, you can create movies that you can add to your iDVD project. iDVD supports most video or image files supported by QuickTime.
QuickTime movies smaller than the standard DVD size of 720 x 480 (NTSC) or 720 x 576 (PAL) are scaled to fit the DVD window, which may decrease the image quality.
For best results, in the QuickTime export settings of your video-editing application, choose NTSC-DV with a frame rate of 29.97 or PAL-DV with a frame rate of 25. Choose No Compression for audio and set the sample rate to 48 kHz.
Not all QuickTime formats can be added to your iDVD project. For example, MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 files, QuickTime VR movies, and movies with sprite or Flash tracks cannot be added.
The following video and image formats are not supported in iDVD:
Copyrighted or protected videos.
Movies saved in thousands of colors using the "none" compression setting in iMovie.
48-bit color images (16 bits per color). To use source files in one of these formats in iDVD, save them in a supported format.
Aurora uncompressed files. For best results, export Aurora clips as DV-format video before importing them into iDVD.
QuickTime VR, MPEG-1 or MPEG-2, Flash, streaming or encrypted movies, or QuickTime spanned movies. You can't add MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 files to an iDVD project because they don't contain standard video tracks.
Adding sound to a slideshow
Adding a soundtrack to a slideshow can enhance the mood or tone of the slideshow, provide information, or tell a story. You can use a recorded voiceover, a song or entire playlist from your iTunes library, or music you composed in GarageBand. You can also use any audio files that QuickTime supports (including AIFF/AIFC, Audio CD, AAC, MP3, WAV, and MPEG-4).
SDMacuser

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