Soundtrack into idvd project

need to export a mix from soundtrack to be 'dragged n dropped' into idvd project. during my 'one on one' tutorial at local apple store, was shown how to export a 'mpeg' file using soundtrack pro, which was easily and quickly 'dropped' into idvd ... believed could do the same in soundtrack, but appears can only export an 'aiff' file - which is having trouble loading into idvd project (colored pinwheel spinning for 15 plus minutes, until i 'force quit') ... any advice completing exporting from soundtrack and importing into idvd would be greatly appreciated! using soundtrack 1.5

Try page 168 of the Soundtrack manual - To keep a reference movie as a reference movie when exporting. Rather than encoding to a self-contained audio file.
What happens when you try a different audio file?
Have you tried trashing your iDVD preferences.
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