I can't open my iMovie in iDVD...

I just compiled some clips in iMovie and saved the project and events to an external drive.  I then tried to edit them for DVD burning in iDVD through a project also saved on my external hard drive.  It wouldn't allow me to do this. When tried to share to Media Browser it says four hours.  When tried to share to iDVD it crashed.  What is the best way to do this without it being a 12 hour process for one 1 hour video?

Mine sometimes is unresponsive for a period of time. I guess it's 'thinking'.
I would do a restart of the iphone. (To restart, hold down the sleep and home buttons until the apple appears)
Then, launch imovie and let it run for a little while without pushing any buttons or trying anything. If it's a large project, it may need time to process before it becomes responsive.

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