Why can't I burn iMovie to DVD???

i used iMovie 3 to export to Quicktime. when i try to burn the Quicktime movie to a DVD using Toast, i get an error message saying "CD-ROM XA or Audio tracks cannot be written to a DVD".
then i tried to use iDVD but my iMovie 3 says i need iDVD 3, which i can't find anywhere. Apple will sell me iLife but i don't need all of the other programs.
how do i burn an iMovie to a DVD?

Quick search turned up the folling at the Roxio web site...
When burning a DVD, I receive the error message "CD-ROM XA or audio tracks cannot be written to DVD"
Resolution
You cannot burn a VCD/SVCD to a DVD (this is a limitation of the VCD/SVCD standard). You can burn a DVD using the DVD option that is located under the VCD/SVCD option in the drawer.
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Another easy way to fix this.
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This feature creates a duplicate of your project onto
a CD or DVD ROM. It does not create a video DVD for
playing in a DVD player. Do you want to continue?
This is the message that I received in iMovie when I
went to burn to disc File>Burn to disc
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1. A DVD containing iMovie project files as Mac files. This kind of DVD functions a lot like a hard disk. The File > Burn to disk command burns the iMovie project onto the DVD. This project movie cannot be played on a TV.
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2. A DVD containing files encoded (converted) in the MPEG-2 format, which DVD players know how to play. This type of DVD can be played on a TV. When converting your iMovie project to the MPEG-2 format, iDVD compresses the video and audio so (about) two hours of video can fit on a single-sided DVD.
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You might also want to post this in the iMovie forum https://discussions.apple.com/community/ilife/imovie

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