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Burn CD/DVD to play in DVD player...

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So I have iMovie '08 and I've been told there is no way to burn your files to a CD or DVD to play in a DVD player... I used to do this with the old version =/ darn.

Anyway, I need to burn a "movie" to a CD (preferably) or a DVD to play in a DVD player... with freeware. I've been searching and come up pretty dry for results. Any help would be much appreciated! I feel like such a dunce!
 
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I don't use imovie 08, but is there no Share>>iDVD option?

Can you export the movie to .mp4 or .mpg, or .dv? if So, use Burn for OS X (freeware). It should be able to convert, then burn it for you.

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Nope, can't share to iDVD =/

I tried Burn, but when it turns it .mp4 into an .mpg it separates the audio and video... then when it burns they don't line up!

Any other suggestions or am I going to have to splurge on some software? In that case... what should I get?
 

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iDVD should be able to read an iMovie project file. You can either import the movie project or the exported movie.
 
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When you convert an avi file to mpeg, it turns out much larger. What was 230mb turns into between 700mb and over a gig in mpeg format. This makes burning all my home movies onto one 4.7gb dvd difficult as they don't fit. Is there a way round this? Is mpeg the only file format that will play on dvd players? Sorry, this must have been asked before, I did have a look around first though..

Many thanks - alfie
 
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What really confuses me is how two avi files the same size end up as 1.15gb and 842mb .. why is this??!
 

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