Idvd won't open but opened this morning

I used idvd last night and this morning and it worked and burned fine. Now I need to burn a new DVD for a school project due tomorrow and it just won't open. I've restarted the computer several times. I haven't installed anything new since when it last worked. Can someone help me open idvd. Or is there any other software that will burn the video I just edited? Or should I reinstall idvd?
i'm using a macbook pro that's only 2 months old.
Thank you

Do you own roxio toast? That will work also.
Or if you simply wish to make a copy of an exiting iDVD then you can use apple's disc utilities to do this as well. What is it exactly you are trying to accomplish? And how much Hard Drive space is remaining on your main HD. If it's less than 20GB, then start making some more room on the drive.
Also, please search for the file named com.apple.iDVD.plist and trash it. (A new one will be created next launch of iDVD.) Or look in: User/Library/Preferences. This may solve project loading errors too. Restart and use Disk Utility to Repair Permissions.
Hope this is Helpful & Solves the problem but if not just come on back.

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Hello, all.
I need help again,please.
I did something here that somehow screwed up Idvd. I went to Get Info of Quicktime player, Flip4mac and Idvd and changed
Ownership & permissions to "read and write". Why?? 'cause I thought that It would solve a few minor issues I had with Quicktime and I felt too confident; I kept going!.
On iDVD get info I did the following:
Ownership & permissions I clicked "read & write
Under Details: Owner I clicked on muy "home" folder name and I don't remember what was there before to click it back on.I do remember reading System under Owner but cannot remember where in the whole Get Info window.
On the right side of the "owner" dropdown menu there is a locked lock; (unlocked doesn't work,I tried)
Access: Read & write
Under group: Faded "admin"
Access: I clicked "no access" And,
Under Other: Read only.
Now, idvd won't open and the idvd icon turned to "application" icon. The ruler,pencil and brush in the shape of letter A. I shows like that on Finder and in the dock. I installed again my iLife'5 package hoping that it would solve the idvd problem but it didn't. Everything works fine except idvd.
What can I do??? I wish I chopped off mi fingers instead of doing something that I wasn't sure about.
I appreciate any help I can get from you guys.
Thank you.

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Since then however, I have filled up the 40GB drive and so I am wondering if it could be due to a lack of memory that iDVD isn't opening.
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