IDVD not responding

I made a movie in Imovie 9 and sent it iDVD. Nothing happens after the file conversion is done. iDVD won't open the project as it is dimmed and eventually it just fails asking for a report sent to Apple.
I have followed the advice here about permissions and deleting preferences, but nothing seems to work.

I'm NOT talking talking about the 'Menu Bar" at the top of your screen.
Open iDVD, choose the theme you want and iDVD will show that theme's opening menu in its window. Drag-and-drop the movie from your desktop on to the iDVD menu page that is shown for the theme you have chosen. This will put your movie on that menu.

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