DVD menus and authoring/burning

I'm fairly new to the adobe suite, and I can't seem to find an app to create dvd menus and author/burn to dvd. I know it's probably something simple that I've missed along the way but can someone help me out.
Thanks

Encore CS6 (now discontinued by Adobe but still available to Cloud members as part of Premiere Pro CS6).
If you're a Cloud member, see http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1379993

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Hello all,
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Hi
This is a question very familiar in iDVD forum. I use to answer like this.
• Brand of DVD used matters - I only use Verbatim (more organic dye in these) - but there are other GOOD Brands
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• BURN SPEED - is a major contributor to this problem - I never go faster than x4 - I use as standard x2
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[Edit] Sorry that some of the formatting for the Outline did not translate well. Gotta' explore the Outline formatting in the editing screen more, 'cause it would probably have fixed things. Sorry about that.

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burning it to a couple of DVDs
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