Imovie slideshow project to DVD

Do I need iDVD to convert my iMovie slideshow project to a dvd and play in a dvd player?

Hi
First of all - You need a DVD authoring program as iDVD. (No way around this - but there are free alt. as Burn™)
In iMovie'13 (vers 10.0.x) - Select SideShow (Video) project.
Share to file and as 460p - NOTHING ELSE !
Close iMovie and open iDVD
Import the Shared file
Select Encoding quality
In iDVF pref / Advanced - Burn Speed max 4 rather x2)
Save as a DiskImage
Test this to see all is OK
Burn the DVD
I only use - Verbatim DVD-R as they works greatly to me - NEVER Memorex, NoName or other cheap media = PROBLEMS
Good Luck - Yours Bengt W

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Open your iDVD project, go to the Media Browser/Movies pane and drag the movie into your menu window being careful to avoid any drop zones that may be there.
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I have looked in all my books, but they don't seem to make sense to me. Can someone give me instructions geared toward a 3rd grader??? I think that is my level.
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Then use that DV format movie in this procedure: http://homepage.mac.com/profpixel/AutostartDVD/autostart.htm that I put together a couple of months ago as a result of requests in the iDVD forum.
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I hope this helps.
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