IDVD movie stops short

My idvd movie dvd's run around 25-28 minutes out of 38 and locks up for about a  minute, then goes back to the start menu.  This was a Final Cut Express video exported  out with quicktime movie to the desktop.  It plays through all the way through with no problem.  Next, I opened the idvd project on the desktop and played it all the way through.  No problem.  I've started over and re-done everything four times and get the same problem.  Restarted the computer too.  I've made and burned maybe a hundred videos and never had a problem like this.  Any ideas?

Could be a problem with your blank DVDs or burner.
Have you changed the batch of blanks recently?
Burning at high sped can also lead to unreliable DVDs  .  .  .  set iDVD to burn at the slowest speed or at least no faster than 4x
Note that some third party DVD players can have problems with computer burned discs.

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