Moving imovie project to a windows pc to burn to dvd

Hi iv been looking all over the place my question is how do i move an imovie project to a windows pc so i can use nero or something on the pc to burn the project to a dvd that can be watched with a dvd player the reason is i have no super drive
please help!!!!!!!!
iBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.8)
iBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

...because in imovie format you cant select it..
my guess was, because your harddrive is "crowded" usually, any project saved into the movies-folder on your internal drive, should be available via iDVD... (??)
.. Plan B): create a new iDVDproject, and drag'n drop your iMproject (icon has a black star on it) into the iDVD window...
then, choose in iDVD "create image"; that creates a "digital, virtual" copy of your final disk => "mydvd.img",... following the advices I posted above, you can use any window app to burn from that a videoDVD, compatible with all standalone DVDplayers/PC/Mac dvd-player-apps PLUS all shinin' blinkblink of an iDVD-production.

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