"Ticking" sound in DVD playback of Final Cut Express 2.0.3 movie. HELP pls

thanks in advance for responses and/or direction to previous posts that I may have missed in trying to locate previous discussion:
45 minute film, rich in sound (both music, raw footage source material) and produced (whew). In viewing on TV via DVD player (two different TVs tested now) there is a "ticking" sound that accompanies soundtrack, amplified in parts that seemed busier in the layers of elements used (i.e. parts of film with simultaneous narration, music and sound efx).
this sound was present on iMac and I attributed it to inferior processor speed needed to work with film. Short of purchasing tower and upgrading which cannot be done now, any advice please welcome and thank you on how to minimize this ticking sound? Any settings in FCE 2.0.3 that could be adjusted to minimize if it is indeed a processor issue? Or is this something I should take up with iDVD board? (project burned via iDVD 5)..
FYI: project converted via "Quicktime Movie" option, imported into iDVD.
thank you
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I think iDVD 5 is the first version of iDVD to support anamophic. Sounds like you did the right stuff in FCE. You had the Easy Setup on anamorphic when you captured and when you created the anamorphic sequence.
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