IDVD won't properly encode a ripped .dv file;  Toast will

I've been on this board before with this problem, but after a lot of effort trying to get this to work, here I am again. Having used Toast to extract a .dv file from a DVD I've worked on, I can't get iDVD to encode it properly; it jitters. I have tried EVERYTHING, different discs, different burners, "highest quality", "highest performance", etc. Looks great on my mac playing the .dv file directly, the DVD plays fine in my mac, but for some reason WON'T play right in DVD players (I went to Best Buy and tried it out in several, didn't play right in any of them). I'm STUMPED. Anyone have any ideas? If I burn the DVD in Toast, it works perfectly, but that front menu is quite ugly and amateurish and I'm using these DVDs as representations of my work...

Having used Toast to extract a .dv file from a DVD I've worked on,
How about some details about that process? Especially "from a DVD I've worked on,"
I doubt all your RAM is from Apple. That could be a problem-causer, but I think it's more about that DVD and Toast...

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