How to create a standard DVD from HD video footage

Hi everyone, apologies in advance if my question has no doubt been asked before. This is my first post and I am desperate for some guidance. I’ve scanned previous questions on similar topics and haven’t quite found the same query (or had the confidence to spot if it was the same problem!). Here goes.
My son recently videoed a family wedding using a:
1. SONY FX7 Camcorder.
2. In HD108i
3. Using mini DV tapes
4. The video included video footage, it incorporated single pictures from another camera and has a musical score in the background.
5. My son used Final Cut Pro to edit the film
6. The finished film is stored on the main memory of his MAC Book Pro and also on a separate external hard drive. At preent it can only be viewed using his MAC linked to the TV directly.
7. The memory used is…wait for it….20GB!
While the quality is first class we are clearly struggling to copy it on to a standard DVD that our relative can pop into their ordinary DVD player. I appreciate that the quality may well suffer if we can do this, but I cannot see any other way of getting copies of the video to those who attended in a friendly format. We will keep the master copy in its original format though.
Assuming that it can be done, would someone please advise me on the procedure? I would be most grateful. I’ve tried Apple technical support, but I might as well be asking for the whereabouts of the lost ark!
Many thanks in anticipation
Huppy

Simple answer: Open iDVD and import the finished movie into it. Let iDVD take care of the DVD encoding for you, choose one of the wedding templates for your menu and burn it.
More complicated answer: Open the manuals for Compressor and DVD Studio Pro and learn how to use those tools to author DVDs.
The 20GB of disk space is completely normal for HDV.
It tells me that your movie is about 100 minutes long. Video takes a lot of space. Hard drives are cheaper than they have ever been.
Good luck with your project.

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