IDVD won't see movie folder

Working on imovie project. Went to create idvd for the project. Wanted to rename the project and did so in finder. Now idvd won't see movies in the movie folder. Have tried resaving the project out of imovie as a different name, created a new folder for movies etc... any thoughts.

Hi LBuchman !
I am suprised you haven't had a good answer by now.
I am new to iDVD 06 and have not used iMovie much.
I have been working on an iDVD project,
and had a similar problem, as I had moved my Movie files
out of Movies folder to make room.
I believe your problem may have occurred
when you changed your title in FINDER.
I would try going back to your last working iDVD project file
BEFORE you changed it's title in FINDER;
and in iDVD > File > Save As
change your title AGAIN there.
I believe it was the changing the title OUTSIDE of iDVD,
the iDVD lost track of IT"S PARTS.
As far as your Movies folder--
iDVD looks for your movies
in WHATEVER FOLDER you specify in
iDVD PREFERENCES > Movies Pane.
I hope you have already worked yourself an answer,
or I hope this helps.
Best Regards, Ken

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