Lose iMovie audio adjustments when burning to iDVD

Using iMovie 3.1 and trying to make an off camera voice audible by raising the volume control, but when I listen to the finished DVD in player, the off camera voice is so low it's inaudible. It seems that I'm getting a result opposite from the one i want. The off camera voice is recorded on one track only, while the on camera subject's voice is on both tracks.
Again, the adjustments sound fine in iMovie - it's only when I burn it to DVD that the off camera voice virtually disappears.

Hi k
There are several things that can lead to this.
I don't use the share/export to iDVD from within iMovie but
- close iMovie
- locate the project folder and in this the QT.mov file (with Your project "name".mov)
- this I drop into a new iDVD theme window (just inside the edge of it)
- if You by any change drop Your QT.mov file on the desktop and rename
it => result - silent movie.
You may cahnge the name "my phantastic movie" when it is a title in the
iDVD theme window without any problems.
Yours Bengt W

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