You can burn your projects directly to DVD from the Timeline window in Adobe Premiere Pro if you have a compatible DVD burner on your computer. Use your DVD-R or DVD+R drive to create high-quality movies that you can play on most any commercial DVD player. If you have Adobe Encore DVD, you can import DVD-ready projects from Adobe Premiere Pro to add extra features, such as interactive menus.

1. Open a project.
In Adobe Premiere Pro, open an existing project. Make sure all clips in the project have the same frame rate: 29.97 fps for NTSC, or 25 fps for PAL. Projects that use DV presets and clips are best suited for DVD because they all use either 4:3 or 16:9 aspect ratios. However, if your project uses different settings, the DVD exporter resizes clips automatically.

For best results, use audio clips with sample rates of 16 or 24 bits, and 48 kHz or 96 kHz.

2. Set sequence markers to create chapters.
To navigate to various points in your movie, place sequence markers at strategic points in the Timeline window, such as the beginning of each new scene. To add numbered or unnumbered markers, choose Marker > Set Sequence marker. Set markers no closer than 15 frames apart. Each marker serves as a chapter that you can navigate to by pressing the Chapter buttons on your DVD remote control.

3. Add chapter information to markers.
If you want to add titles, buttons, and other graphic elements to your DVD, you can import your sequence in Adobe Encore DVD or another DVD authoring application. Adobe Premiere Pro allows you to create DVD-ready files in either Video For Windows format (.AVI) by exporting sequences as movies or in MPEG-2 format (.M2V) by exporting your sequences to the Adobe Media Encoder.

4. Define the length of the DVD movie.
Adobe Premiere Pro exports the entire timeline to DVD by default. To prevent the project from exceeding the DVD's capacity, define the area of the timeline you want to export by dragging the work area bar.

5. Select your DVD burner.
When your project is ready for export, place an unused DVD disc in the DVD drive and choose File > Export > Export To DVD. In the Export to DVD dialog box, name your DVD disk and select the Chapter Markers At Timeline Markers option. Next, select DVD Burner on the left, and choose your DVD Burner from the list. Make sure that the burner status indicates that the DVD burner is on the system, and then choose a recording option.

6. Select your encoding settings.
Select Encoding from the list to view the DVD encoding presets from the pop-up menu. Choose a setting based on the length of your sequence. If your sequence is feature length (90-130 minutes), choose a setting with "4Mb" in it. If your sequence is under 90 minutes, choose a setting with "7Mb" in it. To let Adobe Premiere Pro determine the best compression for your content, choose a variable bit rate (VBR) setting over a constant bit rate (CBR) setting.

7. Burn the DVD.
Once you've selected all your settings, click the Record button to start burning the DVD. If you receive a message indicating that the required disc space is higher than the DVD disc's capacity, choose a lower-quality encoding preset or shorten the export range of your timeline and then try burning the DVD.

8. Play your movie.
When your DVD burner is done recording, play it on the DVD player in your computer or on a standard DVD player to check the quality.

For a wider range of options, you can export your projects to Adobe Encore DVD, where you can add titles, buttons, and multiple audio tracks to your DVDs.