Sound problem during render from iMovie to iDVD

I created an iMovie project that plays beautifully on my iMac G5 with OS X v 10.4.5.
When it comes time to create a DVD project, iMovie tells me that because of two slow motion scenes, that "rendering" has to be performed.
Within iDVD, the video plays fine. But the sound is warbled and slow (though in the correct key) throughout.
I closed iDVD, iMovie, rebooted, and tried to create another iDVD, but the same thing occurred.
Is there a way I can salvage this project?

Hi, Paul,
iMovie 'renders' slo-mo in a way that you don't really want--as you discovered. So, get your movie into iDVD without letting iMovie render it. Try doing it this way:
Instead of sending your iMovie to iDVD from within iMovie, close iMovie.
Open iDVD, and create a new project. Click on the 'custom' button, and navigate to the 'Media' tab. Select 'Movies' and find your iMovie in the little window. Drag it onto the iDVD screen. Be sure not to put it into a drop zone. Then, make the titles and buttons the way you wish.
Save the DVD as disk image. You can play that after it is finished to see if the sound is what you want. If so, go ahead and burn your DVD.
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