Best way to output a movie to dvd

Hello,
I have created a full 1-hour lasting movie past months. Now I want to export this movie to a final .avi and also to a dvd. I have worked with DVD menu's before (using TMPGEnc) but I'm not sure how to maintain the best quality in Premiere while the final size is less then 4,7 GB. Just exporting the movie results in a .avi file of 15 GB, which is far too big. Using the Adobe Media Encoder is a possibility, but I'm not sure which settings to chose.
It's a quite technical question I guess, I just need some help with the export settings and which other decoding programs to use.
Greets,
Jim

Jim,
Much will depend on which version of PrPro you have.
The fail-safe method, regardless of version, is to Export your Sequence(s) as elemental streams, i.e. one video-only and one audio-only file. Choose DV-AVI Type II for the video-only and 48KHz 16-bit PCM/WAV for the audio-only files. Import the video-only file into Encore as a Timeline, then Import the audio-only file as an Asset. From En's Project Panel, drag the Audio Asset to the appropriate Timeline, where it will snap into place.
There are other methods, and Harm mentioned one of them, provided that you have CS3, or CS4. Still, the "fail-safe" method will work too.
Good luck,
Hunt

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