IDVD won't make disc image

Dear all, many thanks for all the advice on installing iDVD. The software is back on my computer but the origginal problem stays:
Whenever I attempt to "save as disk image" or click on "burn" the application "unexpctedly quits". Everything else goes well, the projects work - I watched all the movies and slideshows in iDVD Preview - but no DVD-burning is possible.
So far I have
- downloaded Mac OS X and iDVD upgrades from apple.com
- trashed idvd.plist files
- repaired permissions
- uninstalled, reinstalled iDVD and repaired permissions.
IDVD worked perfectly before I installed the Mac OS X upgrade from the disk that came with my computer.
I don't know what happened but it is very disturbing. All the other iLife applications also work perfectly. I did not change anything with my external Lacie Lightscribe.
I have 15 GB free space.
I have an iMAC G5 Combo, 512 MB RAM, 80 GB HD.

Thank you, I will try the new user tip.
Free space was not a problem before, I created disk images with even less free space but I will clean up a bit.
lacmac

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