Unable to successfully burn a DVD from iDVD

I have created a slideshow in iMovies 9 with music etc and I am trying to burn it to DVD to show on my TV.
Using the BURN button it runs through the menu rendering etc and gets to the burn stage, runs for some time saying MULTIPLEXING AND BURNING then ejects the DVD, and says DONE though it still says: TIME REMAINING: ABOUT 1 MIN and the burn symbol continues to spin.
I am using a DVD-R disk.
If I try the DVD in my player it doesn't recognise it, nor in my Mac, and looking at the disk it doesn't appear to have been burned.
Any ideas what could be happening please?
Message was edited by: Andalucia Dreaming

Hi
And if You change view - in main "window/view field" so that You see the box-plot structure.
No exclamation marks there either ?
and non at the front page ?
iDVD do not copy Your material - only points to where it is stored. So if on any external hard disks, USB-memories, CDs or DVDs are missing - assetts are broken.
Or if You changed location of any material or directed iPhoto or iTunes or GarageBand to a new Library - Then iMovie/iDVD also get's lost.
Yours Bengt W

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