How do I burn an IMovie to a DVD?

Hello all. Happy holidays. I have a bit of a problem that has been nagging me for a few days now. I just completed a twenty five minute I-Movie for my wife, and would like to surprise her with a DVD for Christmas. However, I cannot for the life of me figure out how to burn the movie onto a DVD. I have a one month old MacBook computer (10.5.1), with a new Leopard program. I can see that you can burn a DVD when making a video on IDVD, but what about IMovie? A few online sites mentioned the preferences and/or sharing section. But there is nothing about burning to a DVD here. Is there anyone with an idea on how to do it? Thanks a bunch- hope I can get it done before next Tuesday.
Thanks all,
John :o)

Happy New Year!
I've had the most happiness and joy in my life using Roxio's Toast Titanium 8. You can go to their website and buy it via download, or pick it up at CompUSA or some such place that sells Mac software. Should sell for about $80. It's simple: you open Toast, select "DVD" on the left so you're telling it what kind of disc you'll be burning. Then open the folder on your Mac that contains the iMovie file you've made, and drag the file into the big window (it's REALLY clearly labeled!). Put a disc in, click record, and voila! - you're done as fast as your machine can burn. Hasn't failed me yet, and if you happen to have two burners (I added an external one) you can make copies of that first one so fast it'll make your head spin. Have fun, and Happy New Year!

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Hi
If there is no iDVD on Your Mac (and it's not on newer Macs as Apple discarded it) then You need a program that can do this.
Your Mac can burn CDs and DVDs - BUT DVD as Data-DVDs not as Video-DVDs - they need a program to be encoded and STRUCTURED as such.
• iDVD is part of the boxed version of iLife'11 and can only be bought outside Apple as on Amazon and e-bay
• DVD Studio pro - Part of FinalCut Studio Pro bundle - this to has expired and can only be bought second handed. (High price and tough learning Curve - but best ever done.)
• Roxio Toast™ - Not as elegant as iDVD - but has many other positive additions (I like it as 10-Pro incl BD-component) (now version 11)
• Burn - only free alternative I know of on internet. Very simple - Just for doing a plain Video-DVD
Burn http://www.digital-digest.com/software/Burn.html
only You can buy from Apple is
• FinalCut Pro-X which also can burn to DVD but without any nice themes.
AppleMan1958
You can also buy Compressor from Apple for $50 US. It will also create DVD and BluRay but without the nice themes.
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If you don't mind a third-party software, you can try the DVD Creator to burn any kind of videos to DVD with the ability to play on DVD player~~The process is really easy and you can DIY the DVD menu if you like. (offer the guide to you!)
wish to help, good luck, friend~
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There has to be a way to do this i need some help!!!! I made a movie in imove and exsported it to my desktop and its in a flie .m4v but now i need to burn it onto a DVD, i am so lost nothing is working PLEASE HELP ME. lol

trying to burn a iMovie project to DVD
Purchase iLife 11 (includes iDVD) on disk.
IDVD is a wonderful piece of software and well worth the low cost of $40.
http://www.amazon.com/Apple-MC623Z-A-iLife-VERSION/dp/B003XKRZES/ref=sr_1_1?ie=U
http://dealmac.com/lw/artclick.html?1,527850,1872219
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With iDVD you can easily and quickly create DVDs with menus and graphics almost on the level of what Hollywood can do.

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Hi All,
Please help, im very new to the MAC world but as all my collegues use them and worship the ground they walk on i jumped ship. During this process i offered to produce my friends wedding DVD, i had three cameras and have chopped it all together and found Imovie really easy to work with. My problem now is after reading the forum IDVD no longer exists (although confusingly the export to IDVD is still on the software.
I am left with a wonderful wedding DVD that i cant get onto a DVD. please help my friends have watched their video on computer but it would be nice to get it onto some proper DVD with a title menu ETC and a case.
as mentioned above im very new to MAC so be nice lol.
Thanks in advance
Nick

There is free open source software called Burn that will burn DVDs. Here is a link.
And here is a post from Creative Techs describing how to use Burn.
If you wish to pay for software, there are many options, including TOAST TITANIUM from Roxio. Apple's retail copy of iLife 11, and Apple's Compressor.
Of these, I would say that iDVD is known for being able to create very professional looking DVDs with intros, menus, lots of interesting templates. It is no longer sold by Apple, but you can find it on sites like Amazon and eBay as part of the iLife 11 retail package. The iDVD application has not been updated since 2006, so past versions back to iLife 06 should work.
Toast is much simpler and the menus and templates are more plain. But it does a good job, and can provide other functions as well, such as burning a BluRay disk.
Compressor is a professional tool that does a lot more than make DVDs. Don't expect much in the way of menus or templates, but it is useful for creating a DVD of a single movie. It can also create a BluRay playable disk.
Burn can make a simple DVD, but does not have the menu flexibility or the templates of iDVD. If you only need to make a one-off DVD, Burn is sufficient and free. If you make a lot of DVDs, get one of the paid packages.
Each software package is a little different, but in general, in iMovie, you can use the SHARE menu to SHARE/MOVIE in Large size. Save the movie to your desktop or someplace you can easily find it. Then drag it into the tool of your choice. You can also use SHARE/MEDIA BROWSER/LARGE if you have iDVD or Toast.
I very rarely make DVDs anymore, because I make my videos in high definition. With any DVD software, your movie will be reduced to standard definition and will look pretty bad on most large screen TVs. I have to remind myself that many people still have small TVs.

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http://www.creativetechs.com/iq/easily_burn_movies_to_a_dvd_without_apples_idvd. html
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I don't know how to save it in a format my dvd player will recognize.
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With iDVD you can easily and quickly create DVDs with menus and graphics almost on the level of what Hollywood can do.
IDVD is easy to get. It is available on disk ONLY as part of iLife 11.
IDVD is a wonderful piece of software and well worth the low cost of $40.
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http://dealmac.com/lw/artclick.html?1,527850,1872219

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I just finished a project on iMovie. I need to burn a copy on a DVD.
IDVD does work for my needs. The old versions of iMovie had an option to burn DVDs.
So... how can one burn an DVD copy without using iDVD?
Also best program to convert file format from iMovie ... i.e. Windows computer?
eulogio

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I'm so frustrated that this new iMAC doesn't have a program to do this.
Tell Apple: http://www.apple.com/feedback/
IDVD is included with iLife 11 ON DISK.
For making movies there is no alternative or substitute for iDVD. (Buy it while you still can.)
I've tried Burn and Toast and many others, iDVD is by far the best.
http://www.amazon.com/Apple-MC623Z-A-iLife-VERSION/dp/B003XKRZES/ref=sr_1_1?ie=U TF8&qid=1331262475&sr=8-1
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http://burn-osx.sourceforge.net/Pages/English/home.html

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None of my iMovies which I have burned to DVD play on my TV. Please help.
I have iDVD on my Mac, which has the latest Mavericks OS.
My iMovie is iMovie11
Thank you
Rosalind

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Re: How do I burn an iMovie to play on my TV. I have iDVD on my MAC
Re: How do I burn an iMovie to play on my TV. I have iDVD on my MACin response to Bengt Wärleby
Hi Bengt,
Many thanks for your help. I've managed to share the file at 480p. After that i'm lost!!
Where in iDVD must I drop the file. I'm given 4 options: Create new project, Open existing project, Magic iDVD or OneStep DVD? In iDVD
I don't know how to save as Disk Image I have never used Disk Utility. How do I burn from this?
I look forward to hearing from you
Rosalind
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How do I burn a video onto a dvd out of imovie 11?
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1. Create a project in iMovie 10.0.1
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3. Choose a location on the hard drive to save the file to.
4. Wait for the blue circle activity indicator to finish.
5. In Finder, verify that iMovie created an MP4 file in the location specified in step 3.
6. Open iDVD and click "Create New Project."
7. Give the project a name and save it to your hard drive.
8. Drag the file you created earlier from the Finder into your iDVD project window.
(or go to File>Import>Video... and choose your video there)
9. Make any adjustments to drop zones, etc.
10. Click the burn button.
11. Insert a DVD and let it do its thing.
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OS X 10.9 Mavericks
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