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Burning iMovie edited movies to DVD is an anxiety for many Mac users:
What should be the best export format?
How to burn a DVD of my movie without taking a theme from iDVD?
If I export to iDVD then it wants to theme it all over again. Just want to make a DVD from iMovie project?

Export iMovie project to video (iMovie 09 and iMovie 11 included) To be able to burn iMovie to DVD, you need to first export iMovie project to videos. So when an iMovie project is finished, choose it and click on 'Share' towards the top of the window in the Menu bar. If it didn't break everything, iMovie will recalculate the render clips. Maybe the disc burning process is failing to process and burn one of those clips. 1 - Quit iMovie since my workaround is done in the Finder. 2 - Very important: duplicate your project file (right-click in the Finder) so you'll have a backup copy if something ever goes wrong.

Or you will have the headache as following:
'Please help, I've been trying to burn a 45-min HD video from my Sony FX1 to DVD. I imported the HD video to my iMovie and the edit looks great. I exported so many times using all different formats QuickTime, Mpeg4 etc and share to iDVD, I can't seem to get the DVD to work without skipping on my DVD player. It's driving me nutz, then I purchased Toast Platinum Pro but the burned DVD still skips. What settings do I need to use to export and burn successfully on Toast? The file I want to use is only 3.3GB on DVD to play on standard DVD player. PS I'm new to this HD video thing and iMovie. Please any help would be greatly appreciated.'
From discussions.apple.com

If you can't find a good solution for above questions after a tough Google search, if you are disappointed with the low quality made by iDVD, if the DVD didn't play well on your TV or DVD player, never mind, this guide will make things easier and directly, so that you can easily burn iMovie movies to DVD disc directly for smoothly playback on normal DVD player and on TV in 4:3/16:9 ratio. Let's simply export and burn iMovie project to DVD disc using a professional DVD Maker for Mac.

Firstly, export movie from iMovie:

1 Choose File > Share > Export using QuickTime formats.

2. Choose 'Movie to QuickTime Movie' from the Export drop down menu, if necessary. Choose an appropriate format from the Formats menu. The chart below may help you make decides among the various formats. Choosing Full Quality HD DV is recommended to make sure the exporting video quality.

3 Type a name for your movie file and select a destination to save files.

4 Click 'Save' to export iMovie project to video file. Freeware 4 android.

Secondly, burn a DVD from iMovie in a few clicks:

After exporting iMovie project to movie format file, then the left is directly import the iMovie exported movie to DVD Maker Mac for burning to DVD disc, and this is much easier than the above part. Just follow these 3 steps to create DVD from iMovie:

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Step 1: Import your iMovie exported movies to this Mac DVD burning program by clicking 'Add File'.

Tips: If you didn't need much editing on iMovie, you can just directly import the original video file without editing in iMovie, because this DVD Burner also offers editing functions: trim videos by clicking trim icon. So you can keep the high quality in 720p or 1080p which iMovie can never arrive.

Step 2: Choose DVD-5 (4.7G) or DVD-9 (8.5G) as the output according to your DVD disc specs.

Tips:
If you want to burn a perfect-looking DVD disc, you can customize DVD menu template as you like:
1. Choose a stylish pre-set DVD template from the right list: Cartoon Series, Life Series and Nature Series.
2. You can also customize your own DVD menu with the 'Advanced' editing interface. Here you are allowed to edit the DVD menu background picture/music, title, button style and frame. For more detailed editing functions, you can go to here.

Step 3: Begin to burn iMovie porject to DVD.
Press the 'BURN' button to set DVD burning settings and burn iMovie to DVD or ISO files.
If you choose DVD, please insert a bland new DVD disc to Mac, and click 'Apply' button to start creating your DVD. Now, you can just wait until the burning program finishes, and then enjoy your DVD on the go.
If you select ISO option, the imported video files will be burn to ISO file and save in your Hard Drive on Mac.
DVD Aspect Ratio: Select an aspect ratio for the output DVD movie: 16:9 for widescreen DVD player, and 4:3 for the standard TV.

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iMovie is more and more popular among Mac users, as everyone can create and edit a wonderful video by using iMovie with a few easy steps. After you finish making videos, where would you like to save them, Mac, iPhone, iPad or other devices? Have you ever thought about saving your videos on a DVD so that you can share with your families and friends on a big screen? If you want to do that, you need to burn iMovie to DVD at first. In this essay, you will find how to burn iMovie to DVD by using the best two methods, VideoSolo DVD Creator, and iDVD.

CONTENTS

Burn Imovie Project To Dvd

How To Burn Dvds Free

  • 1. Using iDVD to Burn iMovie to DVD
  • 2. Using VideoSolo DVD Creator to Burn iMovie to DVD
  • 3. Comparison Between iDVD and VideoSolo DVD Creator

Using iDVD to Burn iMovie to DVD

If you still use an old version of Mac OS, you may find iDVD in your Mac as it is part of Apple's iLife software suite. Then just follow a few steps below to burn iMovie to DVD.


Step 1. Transfer iMovie to iDVD

After you finish editing iMovie videos, find and click 'Share' icon on the menu. Then select the 'iDVD' option, the iMovie videos will be transferred to iDVD automatically.

Step 2. Start Burning iMovie to DVD

Insert a blank DVD disc into DVD-ROM before burning. When iDVD finish loading your video from iMovie, you can change settings such as selecting themes, adding text and so on. After all settled, click the 'Play' or 'Burn' icon to start burning.

Using VideoSolo DVD Creator to Burn iMovie to DVD

Though you can burn iMovie to DVD by using iDVD with easy steps, iDVD is disconnected from Mac OS X10.7 and other later versions. Then without iDVD, how to burn iMovie video to DVD? VideoSolo DVD Creator can help you.


As one of the best ways to burn iMovie to DVD, VideoSolo DVD Creator has some key features as below:

a. Burn various formats of videos to DVD without losing quality;

b. Edit videos by rotating, cropping, trimming, adjusting the brightness and more;

c. Customize DVD menu and add background music;

d. Preview DVD project before burning;

e. Download online videos.

As VideoSolo DVD Creator has so many features, don't hesitate to click the download button below to download and install VideoSolo DVD Creator.

How to burn iMovie video to DVD by VideoSolo DVD Creator:

Step 1. Transfer iMovie Videos

Before burning iMovie videos to DVD, you need to transfer iMovie videos to Mac first. Open your iMovie project file, click 'Share' icon and then you can find and select 'Export Movie' option from 'File' menu.


Step 2. Download VideoSolo DVD Creator

Download, install and open the VideoSolo DVD Creator. With a free trial version, you can only use it for 3 times in 30 days and are not allowed to download online menu templates and get free technical support. So in order to have a better experience for burning iMovie videos to DVD, I strongly recommend you to purchase and register VideoSolo DVD Creator before using it.


Step 3. Add and Edit iMovie Videos

Click one of the 'Add Media Files' icon at the middle interface upper-left corner to transfer iMovie videos to the program.

If you would like to add some special effects to videos, find 'Magic Stick' icon at the right side of each video, then click it to edit the video including rotating, cropping, trimming, adjusting the brightness, adding filter and watermark.

In addition, you are free to change basic parameters of DVD disc including Disc type, aspect ratio, and video quality by selecting the parameters in the bottom of the main interface and click 'subtitles' option next to 'Magic Stick' to enter the subtitle.

Step 4. Customize DVD Menu for iMovie Videos

Press 'Next' icon at the bottom right corner to edit your DVD menu. At the left side, you will find many menu templates in various styles such as holiday, wedding, family, travel and so on, just select one as your menu and change the title subject as you like. Besides, you can add background music & opening film to your videos and change background at the bottom. Image editing in paint.

Step 5. Start Burning iMovie to DVD

Insert a blank DVD disc into DVD-ROM before start burning, then click on 'Next' icon at the bottom right corner. You can save output folder in DVD or DVD ISO file and set TV standard as you like. When all settled, just click 'Start' in the lower right corner to burn iMovie to DVD.

Comparison Between iDVD and VideoSolo DVD Creator

As iDVD and VideoSolo DVD Creator are the best two ways to burn iMovie to DVD, you may be confused about which one you should choose, so I hereby make a comparison between iDVD and VideoSolo DVD Creator for your reference.

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Features

iDVD

VideoSolo DVD Creator

Support file formats

Support few video formats

Support 300+ formats

Edit video

No

Basic editing functions

Add background music

No

Yes

Convert video

No

Yes

Preview DVD before burning

No

Yes

Download online video

No

Yes


As you can see the table above, I highly advise you burn iMovie to DVD by using VideoSolo DVD Creator because VideoSolo DVD Creator has more functions and features than iDVD.





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