How To burn No Menus 2 Pass, best Bit-Rate?

I am woefully ignorant of DVD SP. Could someone please help me out?
I have a 4 Min. music Video. It is SD, 16X9 (853X480).
I want No DVD Menus, Buttons, etc. Just play when inserted or they hit the play button on their machine (software).
Please suggest all the preferences and settings for me to get a stellar 2 pass VBR burn?
Thank You in advance, I'm under the gun as far as time goes...

Drop your piece into a 720x480 Uncompressed 16x9 Anamorphic Sequence then export out through Compressor using a CBR bitrate of about 7.0 mb/s. No need for 2 pass since its such a short segment and Compressor's VBR isnt good - especially if it dips down to a lower bitrate Also export AC3 audio for your audio track and bring into DVDSP.
I would go through some online tutorials first though. Not sure how much experience you have with either tool.

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    1. How do I find out what the bit rate is for an .aac file?

    1. Is an .aac bit rate of 128kps the same quality as an mp3 bit rate of 256kps?
    2. Is an .aac bit rate of 192kps the same quality as an mp3 bit rate of 256kps?
    3. Is an .aac bit rate of 256kps the same quality as an mp3 bit rate of 256kps?
    Angel,
    Assuming that all of the files you referred to were all transcoded from the same high-quality source, such as a CD, here are the answers:
    1.  At 128,  AAC has an advantage
    2.  At 192 they are about the same
    3.  At 256 they are equivalent

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