Compression large clip

Hi everybody,
I would like to make a DVD out of a .mov sequence, the size of which is 85 Go (about 4 hours).
I understand that compressor can only compress 2 hours and FCP about the same.
How can I compress 4 hours ? If I split it in two in FCP and get two compressed files how can I combine them into a single one to make the DVD ?
Thanks in advance
Ivan

I've has a lot of success with H.264 for the purpose you're speaking of if you're just archiving them to play back on the computer. If you want to output them to dvd to eventually play back on a conventional dvd and ntsc monitor, consider DV/DVC Pro. However, I've also read that H.264 is going to be the standard codec for some of the new HD DVDs (like BluRay).
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