Idvd won't read my quicktime video

I exported from FCP into Mpeg4 and now idvd won't read the video image on the file (even though it displays the image). the files are not copyrighted. i just need to burn onto a disk so that it can be uploaded later onto the internet. any way to fix my problem or to get around idvd?

iDVD does not work with mpeg4.
If the file is less than 4gb simply create a data DVD not a video DVD.
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