Quicktime export still uses reference movie!

I am trying to export a file to deliver to a client. It plays in QT player 7 fine--so I go to Export... and choose my settings, then click OK. Then I burn the resulting file to a DVD.
When I try to play this file on another computer, I get an error saying an audio.aif cannot be found, and without it the movie cannot play properly. This is the same kind of warning you get when you save a reference movie and delete the original file. But I didn't do that...I exported and waited as it recopied every frame!
What's going on?

Same problems here and have spent days on every variable option. Thank you though for the tip of Snapz Pro. I'm downloading a trial now to see if that works but I'm concerned about the quality of the final file. I'm actually thinking of finding a way to export the Keynote into a video editing program and bring the AAC or .Mov files in separately and re-size them on top of the Keynote Quicktime to re-edit the timings. Anyone tried that yet?

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