try creating a DVD image file (iso) and then use your DVD burning program to
burn the DVD.

"pats" wrote:

> i have successfully compiled my movie in the movie tasks pane and tried to
> burn it to dvd.After about an hour of this a message appears saying that an
> unknown error has occurred.This has happened three times.I have followed all
> the instructions carefully in windows movie maker,i have installed a new
> blank dvd each time.I press the prompy to begin copying the movie to dvd and
> it all looks as though it is being copied right up until the last few seconds
> of copying then the error message pops up.What can be wrong?
> --
> pats