Burning a FCP movie file

Hi, this is probably a basic question but i am very new to fcp as usually use imovie&dvd!
I have a very short sequence which i exported to QT and is now a fcp movie file not avi which seemed like an inferior quality file.
Am having huge difficulty burning this to dvd - have tried twice in toast basic and although the movie plays and sounds perfect in the preview, when the disc mounts and plays the image is perfect but the audio is only a piercing squeal.
Tried to burn through the finder but the disc wouldn't verify and it gave me an error code.
To avoid too many coasters i was wondering if anyone has any idea what I'm doing wrong to get this distorted audio once burned?
big thanks in advance

Without a doubt, DVDSP will give you a much better product.
But, if you simply need a quick burn to DVD, you can also use iDVD.
Render your movie and do an audio mixdown in FCP, then... Export Quicktime Movie / current settings / self-contained (or not, if you'll be burning from the same system) / don't recompress all frames.
Once the file is exported, just open iDVD and drag the exported movie file into the interface. There's a setting to make it 'first play', but I don't remember where.
Burn away.
You can also utilize the other features of iDVD...slideshows, themes, etc.
K

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