Best quality to export to iDVD

I have a two part question.
I know someone has definitely answered this question but I just can't find the right answer. My doco is 2h 13mins. I have broken it up into two parts to get the best quality. I have put chapters in and I know that I must use Quicktime Movie instead of Conversion to register the chapters. So how do I get the best quality to do this. Do I go into preferences in FCE or iDVD or Quicktime? I have never been good at this end of it all.
The second question is: I have broken the film into to parts the first is 67 mins long, the second is 66 mins long. If I want to scrap the chapters and use the Quicktime Conversion instead, what is the best quality setting I can use for each part. I plan on playing this in our local cinema which we can rent out so I want it to be the best I can get it.
If there is more info you need to help with the decision let me know.
Cheers.

Hi
It said the duration was too long, which it isn't.
Duration is not just movie - it is Movie + MENU and they can be hugh if to elaborated
eg if You use a QT.mov clip on about 60 minutes in background or as button etc.
then set it to show 10 sec. - THE full QT.move will count when adding together DURATION.
Audio also counts when in Menu.
iDVD 08, 09 & 11 has three levels of qualities. (vers 7.0.1, 7,0.4 & 7.1.1)
iDVD 6 has the two last ones
• Professional Quality *(movies + menus up to 120 min.)* - BEST
• Best Performances *(movies + menus less than 60 min.)* - High quality on final DVD
• High Quality (in iDVD08 or 09) / Best Quality (in iDVD6) *(movies + menus up to 120 min.)* - slightly lower quality than above
About double on DL DVDs.
Yours Bengt W

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