Burn iMovie '8 project to dvd or other medium to give as gift

I created a video project in iMovie '8 that is 15 minutes long. I have video/photos/music in the project. As I made it as a gift I'm trying to figure out how to either burn to a dvd or other medium so that I can give a copy to my parents. I downloaded iDvd but got the message stating that my computer does not have a supported Super Drive. Is there any way I can burn this to a cd or something else so my folks can watch it on their tv? I've been trying to figure this out for a week and am a bit lost. I tried to upload it to Youtube but as the video is over 10 minutes it won't upload. I have it exported to iTunes but it won't burn even if I create a playlist with the movie on it. If anyone has advice as to what to do I would really appreciate the help. Thanks.

Thank you for your help! I found that Toast costs around $99 and I don't have a DVD drive. I guess buying the drive is the best alternative. It's weird that this computer comes with the program to make the dvd and I can download idvd for free but can't burn it!

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quote: "Is there an easy way to burn a completed project to DVD, but keep only the (lo res, lo size) previews on my hard drive?"
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