IMovie crashes when click on create iDVD project

Question

IMac Power PCG5 1.8 GHz, 768 MB DDR SDRAM, running Tiger (can't find the version, but must be the latest)
iMovie 4.0.1
iDVD 4.0.1
I worked on my iMovie project for months, I cliked iDVD on the right, added chapters. When I click on "Create iDVD project" I get a message which says that "Your movie contains still, and/or slow motions, reverse clips which need to be rendered for export to iDVD or DV tape".
I click on "Render and Proceed" and the program crashes.
Previously, the program also warned me that 39 stray clips had to be put in the clips panel, and I did it.
The first time I clicked on the rendering it did start rendering, but it stopped after a few minutes (right when a CD I was importing into iTunes at the same time finished importing...could it matter?). Since then, it does noit even start rendering.
In the past, I have succesfully made two movies with iMovie and iDVD, burned them on DVDs etc, but I was using earlier versions of the sofware and OSX. So I feel I am not a total incompetent.
Thanks for any tips or suggestions to anybody who has them!
sandra

Answer 1

Hi Sandra
Try this instead:
When You have added the Chapters.
a) Close iMovie
b) find the project icon/folder
c) Ctrl-click on it and Show package.
d) in this there are a folder -> Shared Movies -> iDVD
e) in this there is a QT movie nnnnnnn.mov
- You can test this with QT-player to see that it is OK -
f) drop this into an open theme in iDVD (just inside the edge of the
    window) and save it as a desktop image
(if iDVD prior HD/5 You have to add a hack to make this possibly
named HPfurz and install it)
Test this with Apple DVD-player - OK then burn it with iDVD
or Toast if You have and don’t want to re-code the movie.
Yours Bengt W