Exporting Photos / Audio from Imovie to DVD

Hi,
I've created a slide show with a "mixed audio track" in IMovie. Its a slide show for my wedding and I want to be able to pop in the CD into a player and sit back and watch it.
Using the IMovie directions...every time I try to export this it either asks for my video connection....or won't allow me to do it. I've created all the fades / music to work together all ready...but I just want to be able to burn this to a disk. Can anyone offer suggestion on how to do this easily. I'm not to Mac and learning..but am running out of time with my wedding approaching. Thanks in advance. I do have the basic programs and have Final Cut Express HD too.

Hi Bill
-- I want to be able to pop in the CD into a player --
Why not to a DVD ?
If You can stand the idea of a DVD then instead of Export/Share to iDVD do:
Close iMovie
Locate Your project icon/folder
icon when using iMovie 5/HD
Ctrl-click on this and select - show package
in this locate a folder - share movie
in this locate a folder - iDVD
in this there is a QT movie file (just a ref - not the whole thing)
take this "project name".mov file and drop it into an open theme window
in iDVD (just inside the edge of it so that it not ends up as a hot button)
adjust Your DVD theme to Your liking and then go to FILE menu
and select make a disk image.
When - several hours later - it is ready. Try it with Apple DVD-player.
If OK then burn it either with iDVD (and some more hours of coding or
with Apple Disk utility tool (be sure to select make a movie DVD - so it
doesn't end up with a Data-DVD) (last suggestion is really out of my knowledge.
Haven't tried it ! (but everybody else writes about it so it must work)
or
To get Your movie back to the Camera. I don't use Share function in iMovie.
I just cheque in iMovies. pref. Play-back via camera.
Then put in a fresh tape.
Set the camera in VTR mode (not filming but playing)
press record on the Camera and play in iMovie.
Wait
OK!
Yours Bengt W

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