No progress bar during audio encoding

Question

Since the lack of a progress bar causes many users to think that iDVD has frozen (and forces us to resort to look into the package contents to see if this is the case,) I think that anyone who has had this problem should post a feedback enhancement request to Apple so they realize how important a feature this is.

Answer 1

I filed a report and I'll bet a lot of other Apple users have filed a report. In Dec. 2005, Apple released a bulletin on this encoding problem - their solution was to just wait it out.
A recent post in this forum indicated that the person called Apple Care and received the standard answer - wait it out.
In case you haven't read the other posts, you can do one of the following:
1. From iMovie - export as a Quicktime movie, then reload into a new iMovie project OR.
2. Export iMovie to a video camera and then reload back into a new iMovie project.
These work arounds combine the added audio to the existing video clips so when you reinsert the movie into iMovie, audio and video are combined. Then insert chapter markings, export to iDVD and you'll have your burned DVD in an hour or less - depending on your Mac's horsepower.