Move iMovie event to DVD before editing for storage

Hello,
I need to move a few iMovie events to DVD before editing to free up some space on my MBP. I'm making room for a live AV recording and have no idea how much space I will need. Will moving the event cause any problems? How is an event burned to DVD? I saw no options to do this (or move it to another HD) in any way.
ThankU,
DarrellSY

I am very sorry. I misread your original post.
You could maybe save it as a Data DVD, if your event is smaller than 4GB (or 8GB if you do a double layer DVD).
In Toast, create a Data DVD and drag these files in.
In iDVD, you can look up the instructions for creating a DVD ROM. Normally, you would burn your movie so you could view it on a regular DVD, then add the files you used to make it to the DVD ROM part.
Finally, you can create a burn folder on your Desktop, and burn to a DVD from there. That is probably the simplest way. it has been a while since I have done it, so maybe someone else can give you the step by step.

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