Copy movie to a DVD

How do I copy a movie I to a DVD on my MacBook

What model Mac are you running and what system is installed? Your profile can't be correct as Mt. Lion won't install on a G4 Powerbook. Do you have iDVD installed on your Mac? The following is predicated on you having an optical drive and iDVD:
Method 1:
1 - create the slideshow in iPhoto and export via the Export button at the bottom of the window:
2 - select Medium or Large size and save in your Movies folder:
Note: best results are obtained if the photos in the slideshow are cropped to 4:3 size ratio as needed.
3 - launch iDVD and drag the Quicktime movie file of the slideshow into the iDVD window being careful to avoid any drop zones.
4 - follow this workflow to help ensure the best quality video DVD:
Once you have the project as you want it save it as a disk image via the File ➙ Save as Disk Image menu option. This will separate the encoding process from the burn process.
To check the encoding mount the disk image and launch DVD Player and play it. If it plays OK with DVD Player the encoding was good.
Then burn to disk with Disk Utility or Toast at the slowest speed available (2x-4x) to assure the best burn quality. Always use top quality media: Verbatim, Maxell or Taiyo Yuden DVD-R are the most recommended in these forums.
Method 2:
1 - create an album of the photos for the slideshow.
2 - launch iDVD, select your theme and add a slideshow with the "+" button at the bottom.
3 - open the slideshow in iDVD, go to the Media/Photos pane and drag the iPhoto album into the window at left.
4 - add any audio desired for the slidewhow via the Media/Audio pane.
5 - follow Step 4 from Method 1 above.
Either method will produce a video DVD that can be played on a computer or on a TV set with a DVD player. It will need to be mailed to the receipient. I use the small jewel boxes and use padded envelopes.

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