Exporting to dvd

[pennysgeek]

I am new to Adobe Premier and am having trouble recording a file to dvd. I am using a Lite-On dvd burner with a dvd+r dl disc (verbatim brand) as the media. My computer specs are:

Intel 2Ghz cpu
1ghz ddr ram
500 GB Maxtor drive for storage
XP Professional

I have no problem capturing the video from my Canon GL2 digital camcorder. AP captures the file as a .avi. I am supposed to render the video to the correct format and then record to dvd right? Which setting is the correct one? I am simply trying to make a dvd with a gallery of stills as bonus material. I have been trying to set it for NTSC, high quality, 4mg vbr2. I then tried Low quality but the Record button remains greyed out.

I tried rendering as MPEG-2 and it said it would take over 2hrs and then crashed.

My wife and I own a small company and I have hopes of producing dvd's for promotions/advertising.
Thanks in advance for your comments and suggestions.
Pennysgeek

 

[Yayitoperez]

My problem is that when I try to export to dvd the process starts and takes a long time (for a 43min video). It starts to write to the dvd and then it aborts at the very end (at 95-98% of completion).