IMovie / iDvd BIG Headache - Help please

iMovie v4
iDvd v5
2.5Gb Ram
Hi all,
I have just spent nearly two days creating a film in imovie only to find that it wont burn in idvd.
It contains a large amount of audio clips and suffers from the stuttering problems mentioned in other threads which seems to be a serious bug in the software.
I passed the project to idvd from imovie and built the menus etc, it previews fine in idvd. When burning, it all goes well until it gets to ''encoding audio asset'' when it just hangs permanently.
Has anyone got any ideas? i've had just about enough of video editing (serious video camera import problems as well) and have now run out of patience.
Thanks in advance,
Dave

Dave,
Happy New Year to you and Sue!
See how easy answers to problems can be obtained when detailed info is provided.
I briefly looked at the suggestions/advice by Sue & Karl posted and I agree with them.
I convert mpeg2 files with MpegStremclip and have on occasion burned my audio to CD and reimported to my audio track.
OK, so far so good. Now let's look forward to your next project (or maybe this one if you still have problems).
I make it a practice to edit in small chunks (by scene/segement/clip, or whatever, but always ensuring the video on the timeline never exceeds 9:28 mins which equals about 2gbs.
After I've added all my transitions, effects, titles, etc. I export the finished scene/segement/clip and start a new project with the next scene/segement/clip, or whatever.
After I've completed and exported the last scene, I start a new project and bring them all together (joining them with transitions if neccesary), save & close iMovie. Open iDVD, import the .Mov project file into iDVD and Voila!
Editing in small chucks (by predetermined scenes) is less complicated and lessens the possibilty of, out of sync audio, stuttering, etc. It also lessens the many transitions, visual/audio effects and titles that iDVD would ordinarily have to deal with during the encoding process, making it easier for iDVD to do it's thing.
The suggestions above are just the way I do it others may have different ways of editing that produce the same results, but I stick with what I've found works best for me. I haven't had any problems (that couldn't be corrected/resolved)since iMovie 3.xx
NOTE.
The easiest way to import all the previously exported scenes/segments/clips in the new iMovie project is to:
Locate the new project's media folder & drag all the scenes into it. The next time you open iMovie the option to place the clips in the clips pane will appear, select yes, and drag the clips to the timeline. Conduct any last minute editing if needed, save and close. you're ready for iDVD.
Just for your info, clips bigger than 2gbs can only be brought into iMovie by the above procedure (being placed in the media folder), however, no further editing can be performed on these clips.
Clips smaller than 2gbs can be brought into iMovie several different ways and are still editable.

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