IDVD burning - but playback shutters

Recently I made a quick 8:31 slideshow using iDVD.
I added a 3:36 mp3 file for background sound (which will loop). I select the Road Trip template in 4:3 and then completed the slideshow. Burned it and then played it in a DVD player.
The sound and slideshow hesitates at around 6 min and then continues to play after a few seconds. I have burned 4 DVDs in a verity of different ways.
I burned direct and burned off of a image. Either way the DVD hesitates and then plays at around 6 min.
Weird. Any ideas?
iMac Mac OS X (10.4.6) I do it all...

Paul,
The problem is that iDVD treats slides in a slideshow as chapters (thus the old 99 slide per slideshow limit because there is a limit of 99 chapters in a Track).
Some set top DVD players don't handle the audio well at chapter breaks. The only way to insure continuous audio is to create a slideshow movie in iPhoto of iMovie.
It certainly seems to be a bug and I have reported it. Also willing to send the DVD project to Apple for review. This is a problem that deserves attention.
It's not reall a bug in iDVD - it's a bug in the way some manufacturers DVD players treat the multiplexed video/audio stream. Things have worked this way since the first version of iDVD.
Also, during playback while in iDVD the problem does not manifest.
The Preview playback function in iDVD is ONLY for checking that the menu structure works the way you expect it to. It tells you absolutely NOTHING about the finished disc quality because it simply plays back the original content.

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Hi
Where did Your audio originate ? (file type)
• Audio-CD (normal one)
• From iTunes (Copy out as an Audio-CD (.aiff)
• .mp3, .avi, .wmv etc ?
I only use .aiff audio in my projects except audio from miniDV tape Camera.
I would
• trash iDVD pref file
• secure a minimum of 25Gb free space on internal boot hard disk IMPORTANT
• first replace all strange audio with .aiff audio
• skip the iDVD project and make a fresh new one
• make a DiskImage and test this with Apple DVD-player
• still OK Burn either via iDVD or rather from the DiskImage with
Apple Disk Util tool (or easier Roxio Toast™)
on as alreaddy stated
• Verbatim DVD
• DVD-R (no +R or+/-RW)
• at an as slow burn-speed possibly (eg x1)
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How can I burn a copy of my project to a DVD . I do not have IDVD because I have the Lion os. I did purchase Wondershare for burning but it will not load the iMovie events or projects

How can I burn a copy of my project to a DVD . I do not have IDVD because I have the Lion OS. I did purchase Wondershare for burning but it will not load the iMovie events or projects

There is no proper substitute for iDVD.
Why is there no iDVD on my new Mac?
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3673
UPDATE & ADDENDUM:
But even though you can still buy iLife 11 that includes iDVD 7 from Amazon, Apple now make it difficult to install:
Poster jhb21939 posted this in another thread:
“when I attempted to load iDVD into a new iMac. A notice came up on the screen stating that the 'Authorisation Licence' had expired on 25 March this year (2012).
I contacted the Apple support team and eventually, I was told that the Licence had been withdrawn and could no longer be used.”
In other words Apple are now so adamant that we don’t use iDVD that they have tried to make it impossible to install.
In response, Old Toad posted this solution:
“You can still use it one all of your Macs. If you get an invalid certificate message just set your Mac's clock to sometime before early 2011 and run the installer. After you're done reset the time back to the correct time.” He added this comment:
“It began after iDVD and iWeb were discontued and they were dropped from the Apple Store. All I can think of is the certificate was set to expire after a certain time period after the intitial iLife disc was released.
I've been able to use the installer even without setting back the date. I just clicked on the Continue button and it would work as expected. For some it would not continue unless the date was set back.”
The latest anorexic iMacs just announced do not even include a CD drive! Proof positive that Apple virtually prohibit the use of DVDs - although the newly announced Mac Minis do include a Superdrive.
Yet, they still include iMovie! Heaven alone knows or understands what you are supposed to do with your newly edited masterpiece - except make a low quality version for YouTube?

When I try to burn my slideshow.mov to a dvd disc, it will burn but when i put it in the dvd player it says 'disc error'. I have burned it thru iDVD before but forgot how to do it and it won't do it now. The slide show is on my desktop

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Rather than burn directly to disk follow this workflow to help assure the best quality video DVD:
Once you have the project as you want it save it as a disk image via the File ➙ Save as Disk Image menu option. This will separate the encoding process from the burn process.
To check the encoding mount the disk image, launch DVD Player and play it. If it plays OK with DVD Player the encoding is good.
Then burn to disk with Disk Utility or Toast at the slowest speed available (2x-4x) to assure the best burn quality. Always use top quality media: Verbatim, Maxell or Taiyo Yuden DVD-R are the most recommended in these forums.

IDVD will burn but will eject before burn ends

I used to use iDVD a lot few years ago to make home videos DVDs. That time, iDVD burned almost all DVDs, when it didn't burn my DVD I could put a new DVD on the driver and start all over again and would burn. That time I used those normal 4.7 GB DVDs. Now I went to buy those dual layer DVDs because I have a big project to record (3 dual layer DVDs). I put the DVD on the driver, put it to record on iDVD, wait about one hour and then it randomly eject the DVD and on the screen the DVD was still burning. I thought it was like those times take I would put a new DVD to the driver and start all over again and it would burn, but I tried three times now and lost three DVDs now and nothing seems to work. But I'm concerned about one thing. In May the computer broke, they had to replace all the keyboard and trackpad part and also said to me that the internal HD had a physical problem and if I didn't change that HD the computer would stop sometime. As i had spent much money on the keyboard/trackpad change I said that I didn't wanted to do that now. Until today it have been very nice with that supposed "broke" HD. It imported and exported about 14 videos big videos (20 minutes to 50 minutes), have done the time machine when I want, etc. I'm very desperate and have to record those DVDs until next week. Sorry for the long text.

OK
So You made an .img file
Double click on it and You find a new Hard Disk alike icon containing two folders - VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS
Then in Your Program/Application folder You'll find DVD-player tool.
Run this and test the Virtual DVD (Hard Disk look alike icon)
Then if all is OK
Start - Disk Util tool
Then select the .img file (on left hand side)
Click on the BURN sign (Yellow/Black Circle)
When asked - Insert new DVD disk
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OK
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Can you save your iDVD project as a disk image file?
From within your iDVD project, go to File->Save as Disk Image
This process looks like the burning and will take just as long for the encoding, but the end result is a disk image file, not a burned DVD disk. There are several advantages to saving your iDVD projects as disk image files.
It is more efficient and less stress on iDVD to burn your DVD disks from a disk image file.
You can save a disk image file and safely delete your iDVD project and all the media used in it since it is all encoded into the disk image file. This can save you drive space because usually a disk image file takes up less space than the project.
A disk image file can be transferred to an external drive or another computer.
It is a great backup for your project.
Many people have saved only the iDVD project and deleted the iMovie used in it and have been bitterly disappointed to discover that the iDVD project is useless without its media files available. An iDVD project should be thought of as a container with references to its media that iDVD pulls into the project just for the burn, but does not keep them there. The movies, photos and audio files remain where they are. If you move, change, rename or delete these, iDVD will not be able to locate them.
To create a disk image file:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iDVD/7.0/en/6733.html
If the file is successfully created, you can test that it is ok by clicking on the file to mount it (you don't have to do anything with the files you see) then opening DVD Player (in Applications). The project should begin playing. If the project plays correctly, then you can burn your DVD disks from it using Disk Utility (Applications/Utilities) following this:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2087?viewlocale=en_US
If you are not able to create a disk image file that works, but you do already have a burned DVD-R disk that works, you can use it to create a disk image file and then use that file to burn more DVDs. See this for help with doing that:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2059?viewlocale=en_US
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Be sure you have enough free space for the burn. At least 20GB is recommended, but more is better
Use a recommended brand of DVD disk. Verbatim, Maxell and Taiyo Yuden are the most recommended here. I use Verbatim DVD-R and have never had a burn issue with them. I have occasionally use Sonys and they seem ok, too.
Burn the DVD disks at a slow speed to get a more consistent burn...usually 4x or less.
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i bough a new imac, this haven't dvd burner, i bought a external dvd burner but the imac havent a idvd and i need this program, no other one, how to download this and install?

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how to download this and install?
There are no free DownLoads !
There are no legal DownLoads at all !
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Burn http://www.digital-digest.com/software/Burn.html
only You can buy from Apple is
• FinalCut Pro-X which also can burn to DVD but without any nice themes.
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IDVD goes through the whole burn process ,no problem.Kicks out the DVD and it is blank.I am using DVD+R's could that be the problem.

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My Guess
• Use of strange video or audio material eg .mpg4, .mp3, .avi, .wmv etc.
I close iMovie and import the movie project into iDVD (The icon with a Star on it)
• Use of Cheap or strange media
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*Not knowing the origin to Your problem - General approach when in trouble is as follows.*
• Delete iDVD pref file - *or rather start a new user/account* - log into this and re-try
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• Program miss-match. iDVD 6.0.4, Mac OS X.4.11 AND QuickTime 7.5.5 - is OK (might work under Leopard)
• Program miss-match. iDVD’08 v. 7.0.1, Mac OS X.4.11 AND QuickTime 7.5.5 - is OK (might work under Leopard)
• iDVD (08) v7 Locate theme folder. Move out iDVD1, iDVD 2 and eventually iDVD4 folders to desktop - re-try
• Try a Cleaning CD/DVD that cleans the laser lens on the DVD burner/player
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I deleted every iDVD application and folder from my boot drive,
emptied the trash and then installed iDVD 08 using the customize option
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iDVD updated ?
Apple Codec updated ?
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