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Need Help with burning homemade movie to DVD :)

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Hello!
I am new to the imac and imovie. I made a movie about a half hour long. It has video clips, various music clips that go with the video and some photos at the end with music. It is for a Christmas gift and I need to get it onto a DVD. I thought it would be simple but not so much. I do not have idvd which I just found out. I do have adobe premiere that I could install if there is a way to get it transferred over. When trying to export to quicktime (an option I read on google) it keeps failing and saying iMovie quit unexpectedly. PLEASE HELP!! This movie took a long time and I would just love to be able to have it on a DVD. Thanks!!! Do I need to "finalize" the movie to get it to work? Do I need to buy a program? Why does it keep quitting?
 

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Welcome to the Mac Forums.

I edited your title for clarity. A title with only "help" doesn't tell us a thing about your problem and as you can well imagine, lots of folks need help when posting in our forums.

OK, now let's see if we can help you. :) Download and install the free program called "Burn" from here: LINK With this program, you should be able to burn your movie to DVD. Be sure to read the help file instructions.
 

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