OSX Lion: iDVD won't burn completely.

I use iDVD on Lion, and it's my first time using this software.  I love it so far, except it won't burn.  I've tried twice now to burn a DVD and it gets stuck on the same part each time.  It is after hitting burn, it processes the content for an hour or so and the progress bar is completely full and it ejects the disk.  It doesn't complete the burn though, it gets stuck on "Multiplexing and Burning...", the progress bar remains full, and the time remaining says "about one minute".  It doesn't go anywhere from here, even if I push the disc back in.
What should I do?

I can't answer specifially to what your problem is, but I had the same problem. I tried many different kinds of DVD Rs from Radio Shack and nothing worked. Then I bought Apple's DVD -Rs and I it finally worked. I think it has something to do with the DVD R needing to work at various burn speeds. 1x 4x 8x etc. This should not be the case, Apple should explain why the burning is so finicky, but it di finally work for me.

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