My First BURN!

Okay... I'm a complete newbie and this is my first project with FCP. First time to ever use DVD Studio, as well. Heck... until this, I've never used ANY video editor!
The footage I have is DVC PRO HD 720 24pn.
Want to burn to a DVD, after making a menu in DVD Studio.
My question is, do I need to compress for DVD burn... or just export... not sure what the best step is. Of course, I don't expect the HD to hold up when converting to DVD... won't be played on HD player.
So, how should I proceed?

Export self contained, and drop the footage into Compressor.
Elect the preset for 16:9 consistent with the length of the video.
Also export to Dolby 2 audio.
DVCProHD footage looks fabulous compressed to SD DVDs.

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