Clarification using Elements 7 and Sony DVD architect please ..

Hello all,
I am close to finishing my 2nd set of "How To" instructional DVD's.
I have been reviewing the required steps in order to create a menu with "Sony DVD Architect."
I see in a past discussion that it was mentioned to:
“ .. Export [your Elements project] as an MPEG2 file without DVD markers, then adding the DVD markers and menu in either NERO or Sony DVD Architect Studio .. Note if you export MPEG2 you need to use the smart-rendering in the applications to ensure your video isn't re-rendered ... resulting in a slight quality hit.”
Is this still a good way to do this? Would it be better/worse to export the Premiere Elements
project as an ".avi" file and pull that ".avi" file into Sony DVD Architect? Then, render with Sony DVD Architect?
Thanks!
--Tom Nickel

Steve,
Thank you very much for your prompt reply!
Yes, I wasn't concered about markers, I figured that I'd create all of that in DVD Architect.
But, you've raised an issue that I had not thought about!
My DVD will be about 1 hour, 25 minutes.
Of course, I did expect a small loss in quality as some compression will be required in order for the material to fit on a standard DVD.
So, where sould the compression be done? I know that Elements will compress down to whatever length is necessary
(To render, a selection something to the order of: "fit contents to disk").
Even if I "pre-compress" in Elements to fit on a standard DVD will DVD Architect re-compress the program material?
Thanks again,
--Tom Nickel

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