IDVD error - total menu duration exceeds 15 min.  How do I correct this?

Sometimes this error pops up, and asks me if I want to fix it, and it fixes automatically. But most of the time it doesn't give me the option. How do I fix this myself? thanks.

If iDVD won't give you the fix option, then maybe your iDVD preferences have become corrupted. Try closing down iDVD and then trashing the file com.apple.iDVD.plist found in User/Library/Preferences. iDVD will create a new .plist file on relaunch. Then do a permissions repair using the Utilities/Disk Utility app on your Mac.
If that doesn't solve it, then you will need to eliminate or to manually shorten some of the clips that you put into your motion menus. To shorten the clips, before putting the clip into iDVD shorten it in iMovie and export the shortened clip to your desktop as a Full Quality Quicktime movie. Then drag the shortened quicktime movie into your iDVD motion menu.

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