This "black snow" is driving me NUTS!

SUMMARY:
I'm getting "black snow": little black rectangles that pop up for a millisecond in random locations of the DVD MENU. Only the menu is affected, nothing else. I am using iDVD 5. I've tried trashing, reinstalling, and updating iDVD 5 -- no effect. I've tried starting new iDVD projects, using different templates, and using different encoding settings all to no avail.
You can play this file with VLC to SEE the problem:
http://stocksfam.com/BADVIDEOTS.VOB
HELP: How do I FIX THE STINKING PROBLEM?
DETAILS:
I have an external LaCie dual-layer burner. I set it up a long time ago so my iDVD 5 could produce the DL images. It seems like that was a "hack" at the time (maybe that's the Patchburn you're talking about?), but it's been so long that I can't remember exactly what I did to get it to work. I always create images, and then burn the DVD image with Toast whenever I need a copy. I work exclusively with old home videos, so when there's a holiday or a birthday I'll usually go back and burn a few as presents for those who haven't received them yet. I've been doing this for about a year and a half without ever encountering this type of problem until this last week. I haven't done hardly anything with the home videos for about six months - although I've run OS updates whenever they come out.
I create a new iDVD 5 project, select the "Reveal" theme from the 4.0 themes (I've used this theme several times before without problems).
Then I import the video that I've exported from Final Cut Express. It brings in all the chapter titles correctly that I set (yay!). I place a bunch of tiff images in the drop zones, I move the menu text around a little. I save my project.
I preview my project, everything looks great. So then I go into Project -> Project Info and choose Dual Layer, and then start creating images [this was when I had the dual-layer thing installed -- I've reinstalled iDVD 5 since then and the option went away, but the problem is still there]:
DL - Best Performance: 5.58 GB image file
DL - Best Quality: 4.7 GB image file
Single - Best Performance: 3.71 GB image file
Single - Best Quality: (aborts - says file would be too big)
So I end up with three image files, so I open them up one at a time and fire up DVD player, and every single one of the images has these black rectangles that show up on the DVD menus all over the place like "snow" would on an old TV set that had a bad antenna.
Here's a link to a copy of the actual VOB file that is on the "Single - Best Performance" image:
http://stocksfam.com/BADVIDEOTS.VOB
(I'm only going to leave that file there for a few days - it's 32MB)
If you open that up with VLC.app, you can see the black snow that I'm talking about.
MAKE IT STOP!

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