Idvd menu playback

Hi I have two questions/issues with iDVD. I'm a bit of a beginner when it comes to iDVD but I have checked all over the internet for the answers.
First I am using the soft frame theme and I am using all three drop zones with video filling them. When I play back the dvd in the dvd preview the video plays very choppy. It is almost frame by frame. The effects of the menu are also slow (in fact the whole preview of the dvd seems to be slow).
My second problem is that when adding background music the dvd takes the whole length of the song to loop, and in the short time is takes someone to choose a button the first drop zone is still looping.

Q: First I am using the soft frame theme and I am using all three drop zones with video filling them. When I play back the dvd in the dvd preview the video plays very choppy. It is almost frame by frame.
A: Don't rely so much on iDvd's preview function as much as apple's dvd player app. The latter is what you should use to test actual Dvd playback. What I do is make a disc image from the file menu in iDvd. Then I open the media from apple's dvd player. Assuming it plays as expected, I then burn to Verbatim Dvd-R at 4x.
As for the requested audio adjustments you are trying to make. You have at least 2 choices. You can adjust the loop duration and volume as shown below within iDvd itself. Or you can edit the audio outside of iDvd in iMovie, QT Pro, GB, etc. And customize the track /length prior to adding it to audio well in iDvd.
Click Here
Here's what iDvd's Help Menu recommends.
By sdmacuser at 2009-11-02
Hope this helps but if not just come on back. And good luck.

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