IMovie export

Hello,
I would like to export a movie that is going to be played on a DVD player. I tried several settings but eventually nothing really went very well, meaning that the quality is not very good.
I want to fit it in a DVD 4.7 Gb which is going to be played for European countries,ie PAL 25. I tried DVPAL 25,interlaced and the result was too bad,full of fuzzy video. What settings should I use? Can I try to export it using the iDVD ?
thank you!
Mac Book   Mac OS X (10.4.9)  

Hello liakos,
.... if I want to burn it using Windows while I don't have a DVD recorder, what should I do ?
Just to be clear: you would like to burn the DVD on a Windows machine, because your MacBook doesn't have a DVD burner (Superdrive)? If so, there are options to that, but the problem is getting the files onto the PC.
In order to burn a DVD created with iDVD on a PC, follow the steps described in my earlier post and create a disk image. Next follow the instructions described here:
How to create Windows-compatible disc images
http://homepage.mac.com/geerlingguy/macsupport/mac_help/pages/0023-convert_dmg_imgiso.html
The problem you are facing now, is to get the disk image to the PC. This could be accomplished with an external hard disk formatted as FAT 32, which can be read by both, Mac and PC (if I remember well there's a 2 GB file size limit with FAT 32). Another option (if you only have a drive formatted as HFS+) is to employ software like MacDrive (http://www.mediafour.com/).
If all this is not feasible for you, I'd suggest exporting your iMovie project back to MiniDV tape. Then you can capture this footage on a PC and author/burn the DVD - if you have the appropriate software, that is.
hope this helps
mish

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