Why won't my QT movie drop into iDVD?

I'm getting under a serious time gun here.
I've compiled many family photos with music and minimal titles in iMovie 3.03. It plays well there.
I've exported it to Quicktime full quality DV to my desktop where it's a 540 KB QT movie. It plays beautifully within QT as well.
When I open iDVD 2.1 and try to import or drag and drop this movie, nothing happens.
Any ideas why my movie won't appear?

540 KB usually implies a "reference" movie. 540MB would be a "self-contained" file.
I suggest exporting to DV Stream (from your original iMovie Project) and make sure you check the box (part of the Save dialog) that says "Self-Contained".

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