About in tears, how to export project to a DVD that will play?

I have tried everything (except the right thing, I'm sure). I have an 8 minute project that I NEED on DVD for a standard DVD player in four days, and I can not figure it out. Do I need Encore for this? Can I do it without it? Any clues for me? I have tried saving it as a windows file, real player, Adobe Flash etc. I have tried exporting->movie and then burning that. I have tried converting the .avi format to .ifo in some software I found online. Why isn't there just a "burn" button like in my other cheasy movie editting software?
Please, please help,
Sarah

"That is unless you are using a trial version. None of the trials support anything to do with MPEG-2 video, which includes DVD export."
Wow, that never even crossed my mind. The only thing that was holding me back from purchasing the software was the one thing not offered by the trial software. I just purchased the full version and had it over-nighted. I can't thank you enough for your responses!
Sarah

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