Idvd won't recognize my imovie from the project library, I've mislabeled it

I created a video in the project library of imovie. Tried to create a dvd, but it didn't show up in the Movie Browser (the way it is supposed to acc'd to page 258 in Jim's '09 book.) I tired exporting it (p248), and somehow did something that ended up with the project labeled as a document!!! Then I tried exporting it as a quick time movie, and was able to create a dvd from that. But when I played it on the TV, the sound track was misaligned with the video and some of the video was unstable. I am totally confused as to what to try next.
The movie as it plays in the project library is great. I'd be happy to have it on a dvd that I could show on TV without chapters or anything fancy. I don't know how to make that happen.
Thanks for any help you could give.

in the iMovie menu bar, -> Share; -> iDVD
to add thumbnail images, you may also have to -> Share; -> Media Browser.
Hope it helps.

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