IMovie DVD audio no syncronized with video

Just prior to the holidays, I spent many hours creating my first iMovie project; a video of my nieces and nephews with old video dating from the period 1987-1999. I imported old VHS and Hi8 footage to my Sony DCR TRV30 digital camcorder, then edited the footage using iMovie 4.0.1. I added music, transitions, titles etc. and ended up with about a 40 minute video which contained 2.7 GB worth of data. I burned the movie to a DVD-R using iDVD. However, when I played the disc on my DVD player, the audio was about a second behind the video. I assume the problem occurred during the burn process, because when I reviewed the project in iMovie, the audio and video were "synced." Any suggestions or thoughts as to wha might have happened? Thanks in advance...
iMac G4 Mac OS X (10.2.x) 800 MHz

The problem:
http://www.dvformat.com/htm/features/2000/800/dv_formatfaq.htm
(Scroll down about two thirds to "What's the difference between locked and unlocked audio?" )
The solution:
Always use 16-bit/48kHz audio.
iMovie: Audio and Video Lose Synchronization
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61636
A few possible solutions here:
http://www.danslagle.com/mac/iMovie/audio/1001.shtml
iMovie: Improving audio and video synchronization
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=42974

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