IMovie 5.0.2 - iDVD 4.0.1: Audio problems

After finishing a project in iMovie 5.0.2 I sent it to iDVD 4.0.1. In preview pane video comes out as expected, but audio is completely deformed. Could this be a compatibility problem between different versions of these two programs?

Hi Mario
Don't think so.
How does Your movie play in iMovie ?
If You locate the movie project icon. Ctrl-click on it and select
"Show package" and in this there is a folder "Share movie" and
in this a folder "iDVD" and here there are a QT movie "project name".mov
Play this by double click on it. Is it OK ?
if it is OK then drop this movie into an open iDVD theme window (just inside
the edge of the window frame). Now play Your movie here.
Still OK
Then make a disk image (if You have installed the easter egg HPfurz) or
burn a DVD disk and see if it is OK.
(Why not install iDVD 5 ??)
Yours Bengt W

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