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Converting IMovie to DVD

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I began to make a music video (slightly over 4 minutes long) using Dragon Stop Motion program on my IMac (OS 10.6.8, Intel processor). I transferred the files from Dragon Stop Motion and the IMac to my PowerBook, because I was more familiar with the older version of IMovie (my PowerBook is running OSX 10.4.11). The movie is finished (and wonderful!), but as I would like to enter it into a film festival, I need to burn it to a DVD or otherwise convert it for appropriate usage. I tried everything on my PowerBook, but was unable to burn, copy, or convert. I ended up copying it on a CD (not DVD) and transferred it to the IMac, where it now resides as a QuickTime (.mov) file (not sure why it didn't come over as MPEG). So, here I sit--I've tried to look at every conversion program I could find, but finally decided that it would be best to check with some Mac heads. Any suggestions? (Note: I'm very new at this--I've heard a lot about "Toast" but have no idea what that is).
 
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PPC Mini, 10.4.11. Intel Mini, 10.6.8. MacBook Pro, 10.14.6. M1 MBA 11.6.3 iPhone 5 iOS 12.5,
Have you tried iDVD on your iMac? Just start an iDVD Project and drag and drop the video file into the Project window. It should work.
 
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Yes just drag and drop into the Project window.
 

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