Burning single file across two DVD-Rs

My aunt has given me her digital video recorder. She wants me to make a DVD out of the video of my cousin's graduation. The thing is, she recorded the entire ceremony and then some (+2hours long!!). I copied the video onto my HD. I tried to just use Toast 6 to burn it but, of course, I don't have enough disk space on the 4.7GB DVD-Rs. Is there any way to have this file split across two DVD-Rs like when VHS movies sometimes needed two tapes for a single movie? I have iMovie HD and iDVD with some experience in both. I also am getting familiar with Final Cut Pro HD but it's a lot more complex than I would want to mess with right now. Thanks for any help you guys can provide!!

I don't remember if Toast 6 has the option (like the current version) of compressing video to fit on a single DVD. If not, you have a choice of doing a workaround to compress onto a single DVD, or splitting the file. To assess the options, it would be helpful to know more about the existing grad video -- is it on a miniDV camcorder? recorded on a hard drive? do you know the video format? how much longer than 2hrs is the video?
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