IDVD burning issues

I am using iDVD '11 to create projects. My current one (as with all of the past projects) is using the Revolution Chapters theme. I am adding audio to the titile screen, as well as 2 videos into the 2 drop boxes. I added 2 HD iMovies. All of my burning up until today has worked perfectly. Today, when burning, I get a green screen for a title screen when placing into 3 different DVD players. I get the audio track, the outline for the chapters, but no visuals on the title screen. I have moved the project to the trash (twice) and started over - same result.
Any ideas? Thanks

Hi
Very hard to say and leaves a lot of missing info.
I am adding audio to the titile screen,
Audio in what format and from where. I only use .aiff from miniDV tape Camera or from Audio-CDs (still .aiff - no .mp3 or from iTunes directly without conversion to .aiff)
as well as 2 videos
in what codec and file format ?
into the 2 drop boxes. I added 2 HD iMovies.
I do not use "Share to iDVD" - but - "Share to Media Browser" and as Large (Not HD or other resolution) as there are no HD-DVD so the extra quality has to be down-scaled resulting in better or worse compromizes (worser to me)
AND - How much free space is there on Your Start-Up (Mac OS) hard disk (only one that counts)
Yours Bengt W

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Karsten,
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