I can't burn a project from iMovie to a dvd why?

my mac didn't have idvd untill i instaled it but when i try to burn a project from imovie, the dvd doesn't work on any other computer what can i do?

What are you using to burn the movie to DVD? If you are using Finder, it will not work on other DVD players (not sure about other computers). In order to work anywhere, you need a dedicated video burn/authoring application such as iDVD, Roxio Toast, Burn, or many others you find by googling.
Oops - I missed the fact that you said you installed iDVD? So did you use that or Finder?

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i just finished editing my video project via imovie. i tried to burn it to a dvd as i would in a pc but i failed terribly, does anyone here know how to go about doing. i just want to burn the movie that i have made to a dvd so i can send it to the rightful ownner. please help.

i just bought the new imac 2012 late release model
If you are still within your 15 day return period. Call Apple they will sent out iDVD at no charge. (There are no realistic substitutes.)
Nicely explain that you may return the computer without iDVD. That usually does the trick. You MUST speak to a senior advisor to get a free copy. The first tier people cannot do it.
408-996-1010
800-692-7753
If that doesn't work you can 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
Yes, there are programs that will put a movie on a DVD. I have tried most of the other substitutes including Toast, Burn, DVD Creator, Wondershare, and others. None of them come anywhere near the ease-of-use and power of iDVD. IDVD is specifically designed to work with iMovie.
I use iMovie 06 and iDVD 11 on a Mac Pro with 2 DVD drives.

I can't burn my project from iMovie.

Hello.
After make my movie with IMovie, I press Share with DVD, and my computer make the proyect but when It finish, It don't open the next window for I born my DVD, and don't apear the window of DVD:
What can I do? How I can born my project.
Thank youuu

Or am I missing something?
To add to what AppleMan has already said, you need to "author" the DVD. That is, you need to encode your iMovie project output to MPEG-2 video content and multiplex it with either PCM audio (in the case of iDVD or DVD Studio Pro) or AC3 audio (in the case of Toast or DVD Studio Pro), add certain additional files which tells the DVD player which files to play and in what order, etc. Strictly speaking, the "templates" and menus are not required. You can, for instance, can create "insert and play" DVDs with Toast or DVD Studio Pro (or even turn an iDVD image files into such using an external utility) but this is not the normal way iDVD authors its DVDs.

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step two:
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or
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You can buy here.
http://www.amazon.com/Apple-MB966Z-A-iLife-VERSION/dp/B0014X5XEK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=U TF8&qid=1427733700&sr=8-1&keywords=ilife+09

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