iDVD unexpectedly quits. . .trying to make me upgrade??

[houmac]

I loved iDVD2 and was excited to start using iDVD3 (I was less excited when I saw iDVD4 came out two months later, but that's another topic. . .)

Every time I start the burn, iDVD "unexpectedly quits" about 15 minutes through the menu rendering process. I'm using Apple DVD-R's, so I don't think the media is the problem, and I've tried several different disks. I have an 73 minute movie and a slideshow, so I'm under the 90 min. limit. I've re-installed the software -- all to no avail. It's happened at least 8 times.

It's very frustrating, and I've got various friends and relatives breathing down my neck for a copy of the 2003 year-in-review movie!

Of course, I'm kidding about the "trying to make me upgrade" part, but I'm getting so frustrated, I'm running out of other options.

I would be extremely appreciative of any advice you can offer!

 

[7on]

Repair Permissions
Can you burn DVDs through Finder or Toast
Try deleting the com.apple.iDVD.plist

 

[Horrortaxi]

What kind of Mac do you have?
Do you have an Apple Superdrive?
Have you successfully burned DVDs on this computer using iDVD before?

 

[houmac]

I have an iMac G4 with the apple superdrive. I burned lots of DVDs with iDVD2, but this is the first time I've tried to use iDVD3.

I appreciate the replies.