Classic problem: .avi to dvd

hi guys, im sort of a newbie in macs and looking around the forums, i still can't find an understandable explanation about the problem with burning a .avi into a playable dvd.
i tried converting to DV, with a free app someone recommended here (MPEG streamclip) but the thing is the resulting archive was almost 8 GB and it took forever to get it converted...so that wont fit in a regular DVD i guess...
then i tried converting to .mov, which i did (and it also took a lot of time, about 7,8 hours) and once it had it (4 Gb file) , i added the file to my iDVD project. Once i burned the dvd(took a lot of time again), my custom-made dvd menu worked, so did the slideshow, but when i pressed play movie, the dvd player went crazy, made some noises, and nothing happened...sounded like when you put an mp3 cd on a non-mp3 player, unable to recognize the format. i must say though, the file was unable to be seen on the iDVD preview.i thought it might be a bit too heavy to preview it.
what is the matter??? im pretty sure im missing some information, but as i recall, doing this on a PC with nero was simple and quick...i refuse to believe doing it on my beautiful mac might just be a pain in the as*.
i would thank any reply, but please keep it relatively simple, im no expert im afraid.
V.

for your interest (hopefully):
* iDVD uses internal a format called "dv" (as on miniDV tapes); that is ~13Gb per hour...
* iDVD is an encoder:
it converts such files into another format, for videoDVDS, which is "mpeg2", which has ~2GB per hour....
* iDVD cares for length, not size...
stay under 120min project size, and you're done...
8GB video? easy... a 30GB iMproject fits on a 4.4GB disk...
* any conversion is a process of high computation; on my old and reliable Cube, I have to calculate with a factor of 8x - 10x of project length....
* .avi is just a container, as .mov in the Mac world;
a container can … ehm, contain many formats... you haven't told us, what is inside that .avi (your source could tell/QTpro offers in the Apple-J dialog in-depth info...)
* there's a new converter on the market (no personal hands-on experience!), claiming to convert with a single click avi>>DVD...
VisualHub, if you do need often a conversion avi>DVD on a Mac, give it a try....
doing this on a PC with nero was simple and quick
sure, .avi is a PC "format"
ever tried to handle .mov on a PC?
hope that helps...

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