IMovie to iDVD: Error: Need to change to Best quality

I think this must be a bug in iLife 06, create a project in iMovie 6, it will be less then 2 hours long but longer then one hour. Share out to iDVD and you get an error that the files are too large and you should change to Best Quality. Change is made to Best quality but the error still returns, there is no way to get rid of this error with the current iDVD project. Solution: Export the iMovie project (I always use Full Quality) and then drag into the iDVD theme of your choice and it will burn. This happens on my Macs at home and all of the Macs I manage at the university with iLife 06. Has anyone else seen this problem?

But you didn't say you made the change in both places. This needed to be done by someone a couple of days ago.
You can also try this, but you'll have to reset Prefs:
This frequently helps solve some problems. Quit iDVD. Search for the file named com.apple.iDVD.plist and trash it. (A new one will be created next launch of iDVD.) Or look in: User/Library/Preferences. This may solve project loading errors too. Restart and use Disk Utility to Repair Permissions.

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My project runs about 1.5 hours so when I try to burn a disc image I get the error message telling me it's too big for one DVD so change the preference setting to Best Quality. The problem is, the preference setting is ALREADY set at Best Quality.
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I just installed iLife09 and have put together a movie of our vacation using many photo's an some video. Al went well and I was amazed as to how easy it was to put it all together, with music, sound effect and titles.
However I wanted to make copies and share it with my family but that is where the trouble started. My first thought was to put it together and burn a DVD but I found out that it had to be transferred to iDVD first. So I went to share and selected iDVD and it started some type of download and it took 8 hours, once it finished I got a message that the file was too big (on the iMovie it was 2 hrs 17 min. So I cut the iMovie down to where it was at 1 hr 20 min and started another transfer which took 4 hours this time, but I still got the error message that the file was to big. I also tried media browser which took another 8 hours but now I can not find that file.
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2. Successfully "shared" once, with the first clip upside down.
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Multiplexing error is a very complex problem due to many things (long long list following) - one common but not obvious reason is that material on the iDVD menu goes outside the TV-Safe area (or just touching it).
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LONG LONG LONG LIST
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PART One.
Use of strange video/audio material e.g. .avi, .wmv, .mp3 etc.
I only use.
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Audio - .aiff (as on audio-CDs) (else converted to this .aiff 48KHz)
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• Can’t be at start or end of movie (Skip first/start one - iDVD sets this by it self. At the End - no need)
• Not in a transition (or within 2-3 seconds from it)
Important when from iMovie HD6 or previous - Now also observed when using FCE 4
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from Robert Modero.
"Multiplexing Error. Problem during initialization of tracks"
Simply remember to add subtitles to your Quicktime files and menu buttons.
Once I did that, I was back in business.
from Boise Jim
Do a safe reboot (by holding down the shift key until you see the spinning gear on gray background, then release, then restart when your start-up screen appears).
I always makes a DiskImage first and test this so that it runs OK
I use only - Verbatim DVDs
I use only - DVD-R
I burn at an as slow speed possibly e.g. x1
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FROM Bev.
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First, I do not think that mixing wide-screen and standard makes a difference in iDVD.
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by dheb0422
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One user more writes
To add my experience with Multiplex Errors using iDVD (7.0.4), I recently created two iDVD projects
Video from both passed from FCE 4.01 with chapters
One project worked fine in creating disk image file
The other gave Multiplex Errors
I tried suggestions to remove special characters and no chapter marks at beginning, but nothing worked
Note that I've used iDVD for dozens of projects and this is first time I've run into Multiplex Errors
Anyway, for problem project, I tried an experiment where I removed all chapters in FCE and passed to new iDVD project
This time multiplex errors gone
So had something to do with chapters
So now I tried numerous experiments to remove individual chapters and try again creating disk image with new iDVD project
After numerous tries, I was able to narrow problem down to 1 "Bad" chapter mark
That is, when I left the "bad" chapter in my FCE project and passed to iDVD, iDVD gave multiplex error
When I removed "bad" chapter mark (and others in), no multiplex error
As a final experiment, I moved "bad" chapter mark about 5-10 sec's beyond original point and passed to iDVD, the multiplex errors now magically went away and I was able to finally create my disk image.
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Russ One - suggest this
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• No Chapter mark at very beginning of movie
• No Chapter mark in or within 2 seconds from any transition in movie
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3. Safe re-boot
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