HOW DO I BURN MY VIDEO TO A DVD

Hi I'm a news editor and have used Final Cut Pro in the news room before, but I just got Final Cut Pro 5 for my home comp and I edited a sequence but now I dont know how to burn it onto a DVD. Can someone talk me through it? I also have DVD studio pro 4. I need to figure this out ASAP!

If you're using iDVD, you won't get great quality on any program much over an hour in duration. You'd be better off using Compressor and DVD-SP, both of which will provide for greater control over the encoding and authoring process.
If quality is the main objective, I'd seriously consider using dual layer media (DVD 9) in order to keep the bit rate higher. Also, in Compressor, encode the audio to Dolby Digital (AC3) to allow for more room for the video content.
If you must use iDVD, you may want to create a 2 disc set. That will also allow for greater quality. Keep in mind that iDVD is sort of a one-button approach to accomplish several steps; encoding, authoring and burning; it isn't taking 12 hours to burn, most of that time iDVD is doing the MPEG-2 encoding.
When exporting from FCP for iDVD, you need to fully render your Sequence first, then export a QuickTime Movie (File->Export->QuickTime Movie), NOT "Using QuickTime Conversion. Make sure to include Chapter Markers if you've set them, do NOT "Recompress all Frames" and I do recommend making the movie Self-Contained.
One last thing. As I stated above, it's best not to threadjack. If you have a question to post, post a new topic in the forum. More people will see your question that way and you'll most likely get more possible solutions and advice.
-DH
ps: Welcome to the forum!

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