Burning DVD-Rs using disk utility

I posted here about a year ago asking why I couldn't burn my 4.28-gig video files onto a 4.7-gig DVD-R. I got some explanations that DVD-Rs technically hold a bit less that 4.7 gigs and that sort of thing. But someone mentioned that I should use Disk Utility instead of dragging the files onto the DVD-R, and that worked.
Now I'm trying to copy a 4.47-gig file using Disk Utility. I think with various upgrades, the Disk Utility interface may have changed?? Whatever I did last year that worked so well and easily, it wasn't readily apparent this year. I made a disk image of the files per certain instructions I found, but it still said it wouldn't fit.
Any suggestions?
Thanks very much --
Christine

<< Remember 1Gb is simply 1024Mb. >>
Oh no, not math!
I tried making a CD/DVD master from the DVD; using that option, I couldn't get to the size choices on my system. I still forged ahead, hoping for the best, but at the end of my efforts got an "invalid argument" message. (The disk isn't copy-protected or anything, incidentally.)
I have all the files copied to my desktop as well, and the initial thing I tried was making a disk image out of those. I did select the 4.7 gig DVD option at that point. On my desktop, the folder is 4.36 gigs, but the disk image wound up being 4.47 gigs.
Should I have selected "Read Only" instead of "DVD/CD Master," and should "Encryption" be "None" (default) or "AES-128" (recommended)?
Thanks so much for all your help!
--Christine

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