IDVD6 - To burn to a DVD directly from a DVD

I'M NEW TO IMAC AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW TO BURN A DVD MOVIE TO A BLANK DVD. I'M A WINDOWS USER AND IT WAS VERY EASY WITH WINDOWS, SO FAR I FIND IT VERY DIFFICULT WITH MY MAC COMPUTER. PLEASE HELP. THANK YOU.

anaisa,
Are you starting from a Movie file already on your computer, or from a DVD that was burned with video from another application?
If the movie is already in iDVD, and not on a DVD, the previous answer should help.
If you just want to duplicate a previously burned video DVD, this article may help:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=42724
Hope that helps,
Nathan C.

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