Burning in iDVD vs Toast 8 - capacity question

I've been downloading Heroes and burning them to video DVD in Toast 8. I was experimenting in iDVD 6 as I like the DVD menu options better than in Toast. In Toast I can fit 4 episodes per disc. In iDVD I can only fit 2 episodes per disc. Why is this and is there a way to fit more episodes per disc in iDVD?
The video files are Xvid .avi files approximately 350 MB each. In Toast the encoding settings are: Average Bit Rate - 3.0Mbps, Maximum BR - 3.0 Mbps, Motion Estimation - Best, Half-Pel checked, Reencoding auto, field dominance auto, aspect ratio 16:9, audio format Dolby Digital, audio Data Rate auto, Dynamic Range Compression unchecked. In iDVD the encoding is set to Best Quality.
iMac G4 800   Mac OS X (10.4.9)  

I've been downloading Heroes and burning them to
video DVD in Toast 8. I was experimenting in iDVD 6
as I like the DVD menu options better than in Toast.
In Toast I can fit 4 episodes per disc. In iDVD I can
only fit 2 episodes per disc. Why is this and is
there a way to fit more episodes per disc in iDVD?
iMovie/iDVD are designed to edit movies in DV video format and then place the edited movied on a DVD in mpg-2 format. iDVD is set to put a maximun of 120 minutes of content on a single layer DVD disc for quality reasons.
Your files are already VERY heavily compressed - 60 minutes into 350 MB!!! DV video would be 13 GB for 60 minutes and if you put 120 minutes on a single layer disc using iDVD, it would be 2 GB for the same 60 minutes.
Stick to using Toast 8 for what you are doing!
F Shippey

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