.mov to DVD to play on other computers

I have a .mov file on my desktop that plays just fine with QT.
If I burn the file using the Finder's Burn Folder or make a data disc using Toast, the resulting .mov file on the burned DVD will not play on my computer.
What am I doing wrong?
I simply want to put the .mov file on a DVD so that it will play on other computers, not so it will play on a DVD player.

Toast no longer supports crossover copying of Mac and PC DVD's. The older versions (Toast 10.2) did because they embedded "autorun" data so the DVD would be read by Windows. According to the techs at Toast, the only way to get a Mac made .mov (etc) file to play on a PC or Mac/PC is to include some type of PC autorun software with the transfer. This is done by options-more-add autorun. Of course, the catch 22 is that there is no easy way to do this. I'm done with Toast.
M.

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