Burn an iMovie on DVD-R: frustrating for me.  Guidance please.

I cannot seem to get a DVD-R burned for Christmas presents. Taking iMovieHD 6 to iDVD6 and the burn for a DVD player is not happening. What to do.

we need more info.
How much available HD space for example, the media you are using, how you imported into iMovie > iDvd, more about your computer, etc.

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