Compressing to a DVD using encore

I have a video file that is larger than 4.7gb that i want to fit onto a DVD. How can I go about compressing this, should I export it as H.264 or mp4 first from premiere to probably shrink the file and then import back into encore to burn it, to work like a normal DVD.
What are some of things that I can do, a non-profit organization needs to generate funds from the sale of these dvds, to cut cost as much, am trying to fit the product onto one dvd, as oppose having to burn two discs per sale.
Regards,
Jamaine

>video file that is larger than 4.7gb
What kind of video file is that?
1 - export from Premiere Pro as MPEG2-DVD, and import the two (video & audio) files into Encore for authoring
2 - export from PPro as (regular or widescreen, as appropriate) DV AVI and import the one file into Encore for authoring
My personal choice, so I don't have to worry about bit budgeting, is #2 - and I then have Encore do "automatic" encoding to make a "best fit" of video to disc
If your end result is larger than will fit on a single layer disc, you will need to use a dual layer disc
Some other information
Encore http://tv.adobe.com/show/learn-encore-cs4/
Authoring http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/dvd_authoring/
Encore Tutorial http://www.precomposed.com/blog/2009/05/encore-tutorial/
And more Encore http://library.creativecow.net/articles/devis_andrew/
http://blogs.adobe.com/adobecustomersuccess/2011/05/14/help-support-pages-for-creative-sui te-applications/

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