Transition Sounds like Airplane Motor!!!

I am using the dissolve transition in iMovie and allowed iMovie to set the transition times automatically. It works fine in iMovie and when I import the movie into iDVD. However, when I watch the burned DVD on my DVD player, all the transitions sound like a motor or like someone is tapping on a microphone. The clips sound just fine. Has anyone run into this problem???
ps Is there a huge difference between Best Quality and Best Performance?

Hi
Best Quality is to use if Your movie/movies + menus add together to more
than 60 min but less than 120 min.
Best Performances is if Your total is less than 60 min.
Gbs not of any interest at all for iDVD.
When I make a movie in iMovie and want a transition betweren two clips:
- Switch in TimeLine so that it shows 1 videotrack (audio) + 2 extra audio tracks.
- Then select the clips (prior and after where You want the transition)
- goto Advance menu and down to Extract sound
- now apply the transition
Result: I get sound and transition right (at least)
There is a book I learned a lot from: David Pogue: The Missing Manual of iMovie HD (6) & iDVD HD
May be a Christmas wish ?
Yours Bengt W

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