Burning multiply copies of dvd?

I just finished burning my movie in idvd and I was wondering is it possible to make multiply copies of the dvd in idvd? or do I have to make copies from the file in idvd? Thanks!

Yes, you can make multiple DVD's without having to go through the lengthy encoding process for each one.
Save your iDVD project as a Disk Image (an option from the File menu). This will take awhile because all the encoding is done just as if you were burning a DVD. Once it done, and you have a Disk Image, you can burn as many DVD's off of that as you want without having to do the encoding again.
The way you do that is by opening the Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility window on your Mac. Drag your disk image icon into the pane on the left side of the window, if its not already there. Select the disk image icon in the pane, and then hit the Burn button in the upper left. Your Mac will prompt you to insert a DVD-R disk. Insert it and hit Close. After a few seconds, the burn button in the little drop down box will illuminate to blue. Click on it and wait while your DVD is being burned. It should take about 1/10 the time as burning the original disk image, because all of the encoding already has been done. You can burn a few disks this way and then shut down if you want and come back the next day. Open Disk Utility and start burning more disks without having to encode.
There are some nice things about disk images. First, they are stand alone and can be saved or stored independently of any of the other assets or media in your project. Secondly, they take up much less disk space than than the iMovie project itself or an archive of the iDVD project. Thirdly, you can burn at 4x or lower speed, whereas burning directly for iDVD will not let you adjust your burn speed. Fourthly, you can play back your Disk Image using the DVD player on your Mac. (Double click on your Disk Image icon, then click on DVD Player in your Applications folder.) The play back will look exactly like the play back you get from the DVD you burn.

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Add On..Have you updated 12 to the 12.1 Update yet? If not, please do so using the opened project's Help Menu/Update.
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