Auto encoding and storage space using iDVD to burn a movie?

Today I wanted to burn some old TV shows I had downloaded (legally) onto a blank DVD, that could be viewed on a regular DVD player/TV. I used iDVD to do so, dragging and dropping .avi files onto iDVD's start up window. Everything worked fine, iDVD automatically processed/encoded the 350 MB files, and the resulting DVDs played the shows fine on my consumer DVD. Two questions:
1. Even though the files were only 350 MB, iDVD would not let me burn more than one file at a time onto a blank 4.7 Gb disc. Even after expanding the file during processing, the resulting new burn project was only 1.86 Gb. With 4.7 on a blank disc, why would iDVD not let me drop at least one more file for inclusion?
2. iDVD did everything automatically; there were no pop ups asking me about how I wanted it encoded on the disc, as an avi file or consumer-readable DVD, and no indicator of how big it would expand after processing or how much space it would take up. Is that normal, or shouldn't I be given choices, including write-speed/quality/compression/file size choices that might have affected how many 1-hour episodes could fit on a blank DVD?
Thanks for any clarity on this.

Hi R
Not familiar with .avi files I can share some thoughts about iDVD.
iDVD doesn't care about Mega or Giga bytes ONLY minutes of movie.
iDVD 5 can handle two qualities.
- less than 60 min movie and (Best performance)
- less than 120 min (Best quality)
The iDVD menue is included in this = less time for movie.
That's why one can not with iDVD put 2 x 60 movie on a DVD.
You have to select Quality from start then drop Your movies into the
theme window (at least that's what I do with .mov files)
With other DVD creating programs like DVD Studio pro or as I use
Devideon which came with my external DVD burner I can choose all
kinds of settings and even squese in 4 hours on a DVD (with less than
VHS quality)
Yours Bengt W

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