Is there an easy way of making DVDs using iMovie without iDVD?

I can't seem to make / share / export a dvd in iTunes that can be read in a dvd player. The new operating system doesn't support iDVD so I can't easily make a dvd. I seem to be able to create a file with an m4v extesion and it looks great on my Macbook... only the Macbook. I tried downloading two different conversion applications that could create an mp4 file but it isn't working and it is messy. Isn't there an easy way?
Thanks, Brigid

If you have an early 2011 MacBook Pro it would have come with Snow Leopard which did include iDVD. If you upgraded to Lion iDVD will still be there. Lion does support iDVD - i.e. it will still run on Lion. It's just that Lion no longer includes iDVD if you get it on a brand new system. So if iDVD is still there in your Applications folder it will still run under Lion.

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