Burning a DVD from iMovie in OSX 10.8.5

Hi I want to make a DVD from a movie I have made in iMovie.
The instructions tell me to send it to iDVD but I believe OSX does not have iDVD. Any suggestions on how I can get this movie copied to a DVD please? (I have an external DVD drive and Macbook Air with OSX v 10.8.5).
I have a granny waiting to view this weding movie that I made so it needs to be burnt to DVD rather than playing on a TV via Apple TV! Thank you

Apple's iDVD app has been discontinued so the only way to burn a DVD is third party software or an older copy of the iLife '09 suite of apps.

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Buy iDVD.
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iMovie 10 Guide:
http://help.apple.com/imovie/mac/10.0/?lang=en
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No audio on DVD disc.
Most common origin.
1. Imported audio from iTunes.
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Minuscular - - 176x144
Mobile - - - - - 480x360
Medium - - - - 640x480
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HD - - - - - - - - 1280x720
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6. Ed Hanna
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7. GarageBand fix.
In this set audio to 44.1 kHz (Klaus1 suggestion)
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• Do a DiskImage (File menu and down)
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Burn at x1 speed.... (or x4)
• In iDVD 08 - or - 09
• Burn from DiskImage with Apple’s Disk Utilities application
• OR burn with Roxio Toast™ if You got it
Yours Bengt W

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