Question about iMovie to iDVD

Hello, looking for some advice....In the past (iMovie 06) once I was finished a iMovie project I would just drag the project icon into iDVD and it would show up (and render in the background) , I set everything up the way I wanted and then burned the dvd.NO probelms and quick and very nice quality. Now in 09, I am not able to drag my project file into iDVD because it says it is not prepared for sharing.??? It seems that there are more steps than before to burn a dvd and it also seems to take longer? There seems to be a couple of options like "share to iDVD and also export to Quick time or movies. I am not sure on what would be the best way for optimal quality...that is what I am looking for, the best quality end product. Can anyone please enlighten me on this??? please.....Thank you so much!!!

Sim333 wrote:
... Now in 09, I am not able to drag my project file into iDVD because it says it is not prepared for sharing.???
this is correct, due to differences, how the the diff. iM versiosn handled projects. in iMHD≤6, inside the project-pkg, you'd find a 'complete' ref.mov of your movie... which iDVD is able to import and process. in iM09, there's no such 'complete' movie BEFORE you 'share'...
my personal tests with HiDef sources didn't noticed any main quality-issues between the diff. options, share to iDVD, share to MediaBrowser (with diff. settings).. share2iDVD is for me unknown reasons fastest..
keep in mind, a DVD has 'only' Standard res, NTSC/PAL ...

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