Trouble opening old project

I currently run iDVD 7.1.2 from iLife 11.
I am trying to re-burn a project I made back in 2004. It's a friend's wedding DVD and they have worn out the original disc.
First of all I got a warning saying themes were missing, so I downloaded the missing extra content as prompted.
Now when I try to open the project (it resides on an external drive if that makes any difference), I get a warning saying "Changing the TV standard will require iDVD to encode all previously encoded assets again." When I click OK, nothing happens.
Appreciate any guidance.

Install all Windows updates
Install latest version of QuickTime (v7.6.6 at time of writing)
Install most recent graphics and sound drivers from the manufacturers web sites
Run Disk Cleanup
Run Defragmenter
Post back here with the necessary information described here: Got a Problem? How to Get Started
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Neale
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I don't get any error messages. Logic doesn't crash, I can't click 'apple-.' to stop loading/searching. It just doesn't open the file. I had a coffee, a pizza, I let it try for 2 hrs+, but neither did it load a SD preset or an old song file. All I can do is manually quit Logic.
But when I open Logic with the CTRL-button down and click "no" to core audio I can open all songs. Of course I can not hear a tone then, but it's all there. Opening a song takes 3 secs then. I tried to safe a song then with a different name, re-started Logic with core audio but same result. It get's "stuck".
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Ok, either my question was too long or nobody seems to have an answer. Sad, either way
Here's something I found out in the meantime, maybe this is interesting for somebody or maybe - problem's not totally solved - enough info for any of you to give me further advice.
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