Studio Pro 1.5 and Tiger

I'm trying to burn a DVD using an old version of DVD Studio Pro (v. 1.5), but it keeps crashing whenever I try to "Build and Format Disc."
The "Build Disc" function works. I have the "VIDEO_TS" and "AUDIO_TS" folders and they play just fine on the Apple DVD Player. But I want to burn it on a disc but whenever I try it the application quits immediately.
I know I'm using an out of date version - but it's what I have...
I just recently updated to Tiger, and this is the first time I've tried creating a DVD since then. Are there compatibility problems with older versions of Studio Pro and Tiger?
I'm using an older machine as well. PowerPC G4 450mhz. I know that iDVD won't run on my machine, so I'm a little concerned about upgrading to a newer version of Studio Pro, even if I could afford it.
I have an older version of Toast (Titanium 5.2), but I've never tried burning DVD's with it. Studio Pro has always worked for me.
If I drop the VIDEO and AUDIO folders into a separate folder can I burn that directly using Apples built in CD burning tool? And will that create a DVD that will work on regular players?
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
450mhz PowerPC G4 Mac OS X (10.4.3)

I wouldn't be at all surprised if there were some compatibility issues with v1.5 and Tiger... they are several years apart and Tiger uses very different underlying architecture than earlier versions from Jaguar's era.
If you can build a disc image from v1.5 then you could burn that using Toast, but as long as Toast is recent enough to list DVD in it's output options you should be OK.
If you can only build, and have the two folders sitting there, you can still use Toast. As I recall, you need to look in the 'Other' dropdown menu in that version of Toast, and select DVD from there. You need to ensure that this is a UDF disc (I can't now remember if that was in the advanced settings for Toast or listed in that drop down), and once set you drage the Audio_TS and Video_TS folder into the Toast window. As long as the disc you create is UDF, and that those two folders are at the root of the disc, then you should be OK to create a DVD that will play in a set top player.

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