Making a DVD to play on standard DVD players

Ok, I finished making the movie in Final Cut Pro. But I have NO IDEA how to use DVD Studio Pro. (been playing with it, but still don't know how to use it)
Basically what I want from DVDSP is this:
Pop the disc in any standard DVD player, have it come up with a simple menu that has "play movie", and displays the title of the movie. When "play movie" is selected, it plays the movie.
So, can someone please give me step-by-step instructions on how to do this?

I don't think anyone will or should give you step by step instructions on a discusssions forum. There are some good tutorials in the manual to get you started. You might want to try reading the manual first...everyone else did.
Also here's drew's site to help out:
http://dvdstepbystep.com/fasttrackover.php

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Yes, it seems the original material is widescreen.
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Format: DV, 720 x 480 (853 x 480)
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Current size: 853 x 480 pixels (Actual)
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Message was edited by: jbrianrich

"....and you still haven't converted your audio to Dolby2 as I've suggested since my first post."
YES It was converted in compressor to a Dolby/ac3 file this morning when i mentioned it in my last post .."that I re-compressed it again as a "Best Quality 90...." and said that it fixed about 95% of the jerkiness..."
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