What is the best iMovie codec for iDVD quality

Hello all,
I am importing analog video from an Alchemy pci card in MPEG4.
I've played around a bit but would like to know what you think is the best codec for my iMovie import that will then yield the best quality video end product from iDVD.
I am currrently using the dv codec.

yepp, that is the right choice, iM uses internal the dv-codec, same is with iDVD
any other codec has a much higher compression =>lower quality
does your pci card offer the export in dv too? would be much better in terms of pic quality, any mpeg flavor is meant as transport or playback format, not for editing/converting....

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