Export Project to Auto-Play DVD in CS4?

I'm trying to burn a DVD of my project. I don't want to author any menus and I just want a simple auto-play DVD of my finished timeline.
I don't see any "Export to Encore" option like in CS3. I have tried Export>Media and choosing MPEG2-DVD. However, this only loads the Media Encoder Queue and gives me no burning options.
Any thoughts?
Thanks!

I've used the version of Premiere your talking about (pre-Encore) and your right, very limited.
However, I'm refering to the fact that CS3 (utilizing the File>ExportToEncore command) would automaticaly launch the program and burn the disc for you.
Yes, I used the 2.0 feature quite a bit. For my in depth authoring, I used DVDit Pro (um, yeh, that's right, I didn't do any in depth authoring back then). Forget that it was limited (it did not even open Encore), it was very automatic. And I hear you; when I moved to CS3, I really missed having that feature for testing DVD output, and for some finals (but not many). I did not think the CS3 setting was automatic enough, but I was hooked on having even a simple menu, so I rarely used the quick CS3 option - hey, I had Encore.
But as a practical matter, what are you really losing? And don't forget the parts of CS3 that were not automatic that are now. For the kind of quick option you are doing, you must be okay with Encore's automatic transcode setting, right?
CS3 required you to set the transcode settings, name the file that would be exported, and remember to put a disk in the drive!
CS4 requires you to dynamic link to Encore, name the Encore project, (it creates the timeline and sets it as first play), and click the build tab and burn (yeh, after remembering to put a disk in the drive).
Anyway, if you're the only one that submits a feature request, Adobe is not going to think that adding this feature back is going to be worth it. If there are a bunch who do, they take more notice and look at what their "cost" is to do so.

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