What's the simplest way to edit the audio on a DVD using a Mac?

I appreciate you taking the time to read/respond to this post.
Here's the deal:
My church records its service on DVDs to pass out to members. This past weekend an annoying, high-pitch hum found it's way on to our DVD. We also record audio versions of our service to pass out on CDs, and (scratching my head) this week's CD turned out just fine, no hum.
Is there an easy way to detach the "bad" audio from the DVD and replace it with the good "audio" from the CD? I know I could do what I want using iMovie, but every time I do something like this using that program, the picture quality on my new DVD looks worst than the original, plus it takes a ton of time converting and reauthoring.
Your help and suggestions are most appreciated.

I've never really used IMovie cause I have Final Cut, but I'm surprised its degrading your video , This makes me wonder what format your movies are in , are they .dv ( digital video ) ?
You may even take a look at your burn settings in IDVD , I cant think of anything else outside of video editing software that will do what you are trying to do, in short its your only real option..

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