Backing up iphoto and other files via DVD

I have about 2000 photos and 1500 songs on my mac, and (silly me) have not fully backed them up. I have a superdrive (can burn DVDs or CDs) as well as an iomega zip for backup. I tried 3 ways, to no avail:
1) The zip drive is not large enough to hold even a portion of the iphoto library.
2) I can move portions of the iphoto library and burn CDs, but it takes 4 CDs to do so. There has to be an easier way.
3) I was trying to backup using DVD-ROM process (within iDVD), but idvd kept crashing prior to burning the DVD. (per the apple help directions, I select "Customize button" on iDVD menu, then Status, then change "encoder status" to DVD-ROM contents, then drag over iphoto library. It makes it over, but then crashes prior to my being able to burn DVD-ROM.
Any suggestions? I guess I could buy an external hard drive or .imac, but hoping to do this on the cheap.
Thanks.

I might be missing something. Why not just back all your data up to a DVD?
Pop in a blank DVD, double-click to open it. Drag all the stuff you want into the DVD window. Then choose File < Disk Burn.

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