Problems making a dvd of my movie stored on I movie

We have moved home movies to I movie and are trying to make a DVD and have encountered problems

Hi
Please Please Please - Don't ask for mind reading.
Very sorry that something is wrong - but by supplying near to Zero info this is a non human task to take on.
• What did You do in iMovie
• What version of iMovie do You use
• What kind of video codec and photo and audio file format did You use
• Did it play OK in iMovie
• How did You go on from here
• Did it play in iDVD
• Did You - Save as a DiskImage
• Is there enough free space on Your hard disk to do it at all - my minimum is 25Gb free space
As You see - there are so much needed to be asked if You don't tell. Please a step by step description and where it goes hay-wild.
Yours whihing to be of Help - Bengt W

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• photos - I use .jpg - no .bmp etc
Trash iDVD pref file and run Repair Permissions - and have a re-try.
from post ??
May not be relevant, but I had the same problem with iDVD, where burned DVDs showed a green screen. It was cured by quitting Quicksilver and Quickeys as well as disabling sleep and screensaving
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