IMovie to iDVD? No Video!

I have successfully made two movies in iMovie. They play fine in iMovie, I shared them to media browser. I was able to access both in iDVD, but they have no video, only sound. Unsure what I need to do to fix this, help would be much appreciated!
Laura

My source for the movie was .mov files. This was edited in iMovie, and exported as .mov. Am trying to convert to another codec that is apparently supported by iMovie (h.264, DV, etc). I knew that animation didn't work, so didn't use it.

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