Imovie to one step idvd transfer

I used the easy imovie option to transfer 60 minutes of minidvd data to an external hard drive..it seems to play well..However when I then transferred the movie to one step idvd, the sound track did not transfer..or rather the track is garbled..Is there a limit to the size of the imovie..or is it the external hd that is the problem.
Thank you

Several ways to try to fix things:
1) Import into iMovie and "extract audio" then try again, or even export after extracting audio to full quality DV - and use that file in iDVD.
2) Import to iMovie. Set your camera back to 16bit in VCR mode, and then export to tape. Then re-import into iMovie.
Or these:
http://danslagle.dvmix.com/mac/iMovie/audio/1001.shtml
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61636
BTW I don't think any version of iDVD liked 12 bit audio......
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