IDVD quits when previewing Project

iDVD quits when trying to preview the Project when using uncompressed movie which was exported with uncompressed Quicktime 4:2:2 8 bit from Final Cut Express 4.
When I use quicktime to play the exported movie it works fine. I soon as I put this exported movie into the iDVD project and select play to test the Project, iDVD just quits. If I go back to Final Cut Express and export the project again this time just using default Quicktime move export and update the iDVD project to this movie it works when testing DVD in iDVD. iDVD does not appear to like the uncompressed movie.
Any suggestions on what needs to be done in order to use uncompressed movie with iDVD? The project I have is only 44 minutes long. The reason I wanted to use uncompressed was that I have graphic elements (ie fancy title etc from LiveType) that I want to preserve the quality.

how much available Hard Drive space is currently on the boot volume (your main HD)?
If it's over 25 GB's, did you export your QT movie like this (w/chapter markers only)?

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