Fastest/simple way to burn DVD- no menu?

To burn DVD's at work - I normally use an external DVD recorder at work- Play down clip, hit record, done.
At home I only have the Quad and FCP studio.
I have a simple 3 minute clip in FCP.
I exported a QT to the desktop.
I want to burn a DVD. No menus. Nothing.
I have never used idvd or dvd studio.
Is there a way to perform a simple drag/drop and burn?
Thanks

Open DVD SP - drag the QT onto the Menu which is 'First Play'
Hit the yellow and black icon at the top to burn.
Andy
G5 Quad 8GB. 250+500 GB HDs. G-Raid 1TB. FCP 5.1.1. Shake 4.1. Sony HVR Z1E   Mac OS X (10.4.7)  
"I've taught you all I know, and still you know nothing".

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