IMovie 5.0.1 extending my timeline past 5:0:7:03 minutes

Is there anyone who can suggest something I am not doing correctly??? Also I hope after you read this, you won't be scratching your head thinking "where did this one come from?"
I am in the process of creating an iMovie, which I would like to import to iDVD to burn for viewing on the T.V. later. My project includes still photos and video clips from my digital camera, all which are imported from iPhoto.
While I have been successful in doing this project so far, I get to the end of the timeline viewer and everything comes to a stop. I can't add any other still photos or video clips. The time on the timeline is only 5 minutes 7 seconds, and I know that a dvd can hold a lot longer portion of time than that. I have read that others have projects that are up to an hour. So where am I going wrong?
Can anyone suggest what I am doing wrong??? and provide some direction?
I await with great anticipation.

Hi catspaw,
Thanks for the suggestions. I was working on my project yesterday and noticed that when I deleted a clip from the end and then added some extra time to view the still photos I was able to add to them without any problems. I have created other projects using the still photos and the video clips and the audio is okay. It becomes difficult when there is background noise or the person in the video clip is speaking softly. However I can increase the video volume and it comes across pretty good. It is not what a professional would like, but I am happy with it.
I use my Fuji Digital camera FinePix E510. After the still photos and video clips have been downloaded into iPhoto the info on them is DSCF(then the number of the clip)AVI. I am not sure if that is what you were looking for. If not send a reply and I can see what else I can tell you.
Thanks for the info on extending my time by the way, I will look at those links you provided and check out the info.

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