Can iMovies play on DVD players?

Is there ANY way to record an iMovie to a DVD so that it can be played on a DVD player?
I know how to burn projects to disks, that's not a problem. I've also figured out how to save it as a Quicktime file and burn it and play it on other computers like that, but I can't figure out how to make it DVD player compatible.
Is there even a way to do that?
MacBook1,1 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Welcome to the forum, Nuldanar.
Yes, iMovie lets us burn a DVD that plays in a DVD player/TV. We can share (export) the iMovie project to the application iDVD, which encodes the video & audio and burns the DVD.
Choose the Share > iDVD command from the iMovie menubar. iDVD will create a new project containing your iMovie movie. Configure the DVD as you want it, then tell iDVD to burn the DVD.
Don't miss that iMovie Help — in the iMovie menubar — helps answer question like yours. Searching iMovie Help for "DVD" shows you a list of topics.
You might also find Apple's iMovie Tutorial useful:
http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/imovie/
Good luck with your project.
Karl

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