Burning a video to an external DVD writer

I have just bought a new G4 laptop and (stupidly, as it turns out) did not opt for the Superdrive, so I am trying to burn a short video to an external Freecom burner. All seemed to be going well. My plan was to save as a disc image and then use the Utilities to burn on to a DVD. However, when I tried to save as a disc image, I got the message 'there are no video tracks defined in the current project'. Does anyone know what that means and how to get round it?
Any help greatly appreciated.
Mark

Hi Hui,
I meant that the title of my movie appears in the 'status' page, not the media page (my mistake). So here's what I find I have to do:
1. Import the file (so as to get it's name in a list box under 'status'. If I don't do this, I receive a message 'There are no video tracks defined in the current project')
2. Open up the finder and drag the movie over somewhere other than the drop zone in the 'Travel Cards' theme
3. Before dropping, I hold down the 'command' button so that none of the suggested theme is ever seen in the finished movie
4. I drop
5. Then I have to get rid of the words 'Travel Card', which persists over the top of the first scene in the movie and also the title of my movie (thoughfully supplied by iDVD, but which I don't want , since I already have it in the movie)
6. When I press 'preview', it plays fine, but it loops.
I suspect I'm making a mountain out of a molehill, but I can't seem to see an easier way!
Many thanks for any advice you can give
Mark

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