Mpeg 4 to mpeg 2 in toast 11

Hi
I have a video in iVideo and when I share it is down loaded in mpeg 4 but Toast 11 will not open it is asking for mpeg 2. Any idears?
Ta.

Toast is a DVD authoring app that converts supported video formats to MPEG-2 format for use on the DVD.
iMovie can't create a MPEG-2 file.
If the video is MPEG-4 high definition format then Toast more than likely can't use it. DVD's are 720X480 in dimension.

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