Help with Party Invitation made in IMovie

Hi I have created an awesome invitation on imovie for a party. I tried sending it out as an email but was compressed and no one could read it. So I thought I burn it on lightscribe DVD's. Never done this before. Since this was made on a MAC when I burn these DVD's will my friends who don't own a MAC be able to view the DVD on a windows format computer?
Thanks for any help

Since this was made on a MAC when I burn these DVD's will my friends who don't own a MAC be able to view the DVD on a windows format computer?
Are you burning them for playback on a commercial DVD player or as data files for playback on a computer? If for computer playback, from the disc or from the computer hard drive? What compression format? Do the recipients have the same version of the QT Player installed or a version compatible with the compression format you plan to use?

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