Startup problem with idvd

after it starts up i cannot open or creat new project. there is no error messages or anything. i can't even quit normally, need to force quit it. what's the problem?

what's the problem?
No idea but start by repairing your HD as well as permissions.
drag and drop the plist for iDVD to the trash. Looks like this:
com.apple.iDVD.plist
Use the finder (happy face on the dock) copy and paste the above plist to it and drag to the trash directly from the finder (empty the trash) Restart.
Post back when you have gotten this far.

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