Imovie to idvd with no sound

I have roxio dvd creator for my vhs home videos. i am using imovie 09 and idvd 09. After many failed attempts with toast 9 basic. I have successfully put the completed video into imovie. The problem happens when sharing it to idvd, there is no sound even though it plays fine in imovie. I'm using a g5 mac with 10.5. I have gone through many dvds both rw and single use - still no sound. Help

Hi
Can not pin point the real problem - But can give suggestions.
• in iMovie'09 - I do not use "Share to iDVD" - but do a bit different. I "Share to Media Browser" and as Large (NOT HD or other res.)
• in iDVD I import movie from Media Browser here.
I tried as HD - and got as You a Silent Movie.
Yours Bengt W

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