Basic Export Issue - DVD and websize AVI/MPEG

Hello All,
I am having a heck of a time figuring out how to export my sequence to either a DVD, ISO, or AVI.  I am sure it is something I am just overlooking.
I made a sequence with a song a few photos and some movie clips.  When I goto Export.  I go with NTSC DV Widescreen 24 (because that is what it is).  When I export the file it ends up 26GB!  Crazy!  I just want a 4.5Gb ISO or a 25 Mb AVI to export for the web.
Can someone please assist on this quite trivial issue because I have all of this wonderful media and no freakin' clue how to watch it  :-)
Thanks much!
-Kelly

Yes, Kelly, Hunt is always here, hiding in the corner, waiting to help.
But don't hide in the corner; use the search functions and "help"!  Then come here for forum assistance.  Then use help again if the forum answer only gets you part way!
a)  You can google; just a plain old google for most anything.  Often that has worked better, but, as Hunt says, the searches here are improved.
b) Todd says (he's one of the ones, maybe the only one, who beats Hunt around the head) to use the community search within Adobe, which uses the google engine.  This page is the main Premeire forum link, and the second paragraph under "Read this before asking questions on this forum" gives 3 links (really examples) of searching adobe regarding Premiere.
http://forums.adobe.com/community/premiere
Here's one of those links/examples.
http://community.adobe.com/help/search.html?q=sequence&lbl=premierepro_product_adobelr&sit e=premierepro_cs5_all&hl=en_US&lr=en_US&self=1&area=0
See the "Adobe reference only"?  It's filtered for the help documents.  Just hit the "x" and it will give all all Adobe content for Premiere - so you see tu torials, blogs, even the (now old but still useful) Premiere wiki.
There's even a link to add this as a search engine in your browser settings.
Try it; you'll like it!
Okay Hunt, you can come out now.

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    I opened up DVD Studio Pro and put my QT file in it.  Went to DVD Studio Pro preferences in the top left corner and made sure that MPEG-2 SD tab was open
    clicked 4:3 aspect ratio
    Start was 00:00:00  etc.
    and for me drop frame was clicked. (my video was shot drop framed)
    click OK
    Click Graphical view (or in outline view it would be tracks and video name) Click on Green "TV" looking  item (for me I wanted the first play on it)
    Then look in your inspector for the tab called "other"
    Click on "other" tab and then where it says file.... click on choose.  Navigate to where your .scc file is and hit ok
    Burn your DVD and test it in QT and on a DVD player/TV to make sure the CC optioin turns off and on.
    That is how I got it to work, but it was changed to a DV format and has some pixelation. 
    I read where many folks run their exported QT file from FCP in HD and open it in compressor and change it's size there and make a mpeg 2..Some send the video to compressor from the timeline to make a mpeg 2... some add the .scc file in compressor.... some run their SD file through compressor and change to mpeg 2.  Personally I had NO LUCK in doing anything in compressor (after running 2 days of tests) converting to a mpeg 2 in the DVD folder settings,... in using any of the program and elementary streams under the formats folder.  NOTHING worked with any type of mpeg 2  AS well as adding the .scc file to the video in either compressor or in DVD studio Pro.
    WHY?  Why did none of that compressor workflow work?  Why didn't adding the .scc file work in DVD studio pro?
    Anyone have any ideas?

    You have two problems.
    Converting your video to SD
    Getting the .scc file to play nice
    1st problem
    I would export your HD sequence(self contained not QT conversion).
    Many recommend and have had much success using Compressor to do the down convert(frame controls all set to best).
    I prefer using FC to do the down convert. I find it more consistent. This adds a step but still prefer it. I re-import the HD file I just exported into my project and then create an appropriate SD sequuence.  Since your HD sequence displays 16x9 you will want to create a SD anamorphic sequence (I do 720x486 but you can do 480 too). Add the HD file to the new SD seq and then render. Export an SD file and then convert for DVD.
    2nd problem
    I have not had success adding the .scc file in Compressor. It should work but OE and/or other factors have never allowed me to get this to work properly.
    The .scc file is presumably made from your sequence time code or possibly the QT export TC depending on how you sent it out and what you got back. The .scc should be based on the sequence TC. By default tracks in DSP are set to zero based TC which will not reference the TC associated with the original sequence TC which was used to make your .scc file. You can change this by right-clicking(control-click) on the time area in the track and you should see an option for asset-based timecode. Once you have changed this try importing the scc file.

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