2 hours movie in iDVD

Hello All,
I have a video where there is very little movement and so even if I put 2 hours video in one DVD, it should be of pretty decent quality. I was wondering if iDVD will accept 2 hours video for one DVD.
Thanks

Hi mindstyle:
This is from
iDVD Questions and Answers:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60788
Question 9: How much material can a single DVD disc hold?
Answer: A DVD-R disc can hold about 4.7 GB. This allows up to 120 minutes of high-quality video to fit on a DVD.
Sue

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