Q: To burn a DVD

If you want to burn the slideshow to a DVD, create it in Photos for Mac, then use the Export command to save it as a video file.

If you want to play the DVD in a DVD player you need authoring software, iDVD, Burn, or similar to burn the video to a DVD. Otherwise you can only burn a data DVD.

To burn the video DVD see the links below:

How to create a video-DVD? (Macs without iDVD)

Why is there no iDVD on my new Mac?

If you're still using iPhoto the try the following:

Export the slideshow out of iPhoto as a QT movie file via the Export button in the lower toolbar.  For iPhoto 9.4.3 and earlier select Size = Medium or Large. For iPhoto 9.5 and later selct 480p.

Open iDVD, select a theme and drag the exported QT movie file into the open iDVD window being careful to avoid any drop zones.

Follow this workflow to help assure the best quality video DVD:

Once you have the project as you want it save it as a disk image via the File ➙ Save as Disk Image  menu option. This will separate the encoding process from the burn process.

 

To check the encoding mount the disk image, launch DVD Player and play it.  If it plays OK with DVD Player the encoding is good.

 

Then burn to disk with Disk Utility or Toast at the slowest speed available (2x-4x) to assure the best burn quality.  Always use top quality media:  Verbatim, Maxell or Taiyo Yuden DVD-R are the most recommended in these forums.