Why doesn't Disk Utility allow me to select an image or movie to burn?

Why doesn't Disk Utility allow me to select an image or movie to burn?  Everything is greyed out, even files.

You cannot burn a movie with Disk utility - you need a burn application which will encode, author, and render the files so you will be able to watch the movie in any DVD player. There is iDVD (still available within the retail iLife 09 or 11 disks available at online resellers or ebay, amazon, etc), or Roxio Toast or Burn (free, but very basic), or google for others.

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