Acceptible output format for intermediate Video clip?

I have a 24minute project that I created in CS5. It's 1280x720 and 30936 frames. The intent is to use it as source video in Premerie Pro where I'll be adding music and some minor titles. The piece will need to be burned to DVD (sadly) and projected in a auditorium. So with all that, I'm wondering what the most efficient means for rendering the comp would be? I like to create in HD when possible as you never know how something might be used down the road.
I started exporting the comp as an .avi. I was 1% into the render and already the file was a massive 7GB. So I stopped as there's no way I can manage files that large.
Currently, I'm rendering out in H.264 and at 50% in size (720). But at the 6% mark, the m4v file is only 5MB, and the aac file is1MB.
Since either method is telling me that the render is going to take 16hrs, I can't afford to have to do it again - just spot fixes as needed. Will the H.264 method get me what I need? Is there a more preferred way to make a source comp for PremierePro?
My machine is running Windows7 64-bit and has a 6-core 1090T chip and 8GB of ram. I'm using NucleoPro3 for the render. Still though, 16 hours?
Thanks.

So let me ask: with 15hrs remaining, would I be better off ending it now and do as you suggest with the smaller comp and full field render?
I'd say definitely.
I'm working with a comp from RevoStock that's pretty intensive.
What version of AE are you using? 8 GB of RAM probably isn't enough to use multiple cores efficiently. You may want to skip Nucleo here.
I'm using a frame rate of 24 for the project.
Make sure that you conform to whichever standard you'll end up with. PAL is 25 fps, and NTSC is 29.97. DVD players can handle 23.98 (I'm pretty sure) and instigate pulldown, but make sure you author it accordingly.
Also, since you'll be projecting, you could render progressive (not interlaced) and save some time.
Also, you mention the word "export" instead of "render". You are using the render queue, right?

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