Export/Burn iMovie '09/'11 Project to DVD on Mountain Lion

Posted by ersxaer on September 7th, 2012

If you are Mac users, you will be quite familiar with Apple's editing program - iMovie. And you may spend lots of time or money to make movies and edit videos in iMovie, but find it no way to burn iMovie project to DVD:

Question 1: Now I have an iMovie project I want to burn to DVD. Is there any other way to do it without iDVD, or do I need to now purchase that program?
Question 2: I just discovered that iDVD does not come with iLife '11 as part of the 10.7 OS. The option to "share" as a DVD is still part of iMovie 9.0.4, but the process never completes because iDVD is not there. Is there a work around? Apple suggested using third-party software, but I don't know which software would work with iMovie.
Question 3: I did buy a burner program that cost me 44.00, but it wont reconize imovie file. Any one help me with a good program that will work and burn dvd from iMovie?

How do i burn an imovie file to dvd that will play on a regular dvd player? If you have iDVD on your Mac, you could refer to this "burning iMovie movie in iDVD" guide (support.apple.com/kb/HT1095). If iDVD is not working or not available on your Mac, this Doremisoft iMovie to DVD burner would be of great help. Here are the simple steps to export iMovie project to videos and then burn iMovie to DVD using this professional Lion DVD Burner:

Part 1: Export iMovie project to video in iMovie 09 and iMovie 11

To burning iMovie to DVD, you need first export iMovie project to videos. So when an iMovie project is completed, select it and click "Share" at the top of the window in the Menu bar. And on the following list, choose "Export Movie...".

A small window will show up and let you choose where to store the videos, and what format to save iMovie project to. Here you are suggested to choose Large or HD 720p to save iMovie project to high quality video for burning to DVD. The default output folder is Movies. Then, follow the guide below to burn the exported iMovie movie files to DVD.

Part 2: Burn Exported iMovie Files to DVD without iDVD on Lion

Step 1: Download, install and run Doremisoft DVD Maker for Mac
Once the iMovie project has exported out, download and install Doremisoft DVD Creator for Mac, which allows you to burn iMovie to DVD with good video quality and fast burning speed.

Step 2: Load iMovie project and select DVD menu
click 'Add File' button on top to add iMovie videos. Next, choose and customize a DVD menu. It is worth mentioning that, lots of free and fabulous DVD menu templates are provided for professional DVD authoring.

Step 3: Start to burn iMovie video to DVD
Hit the “Burn" button to do the final burning settings, choose "DVD" option, name the new DVD, and then click "Apply" to burn iMovie to DVD at fast speed and with high quality. That's all.