Downsample RED 4k footage to SD DVD - very poor results.

I want to make SD DVD from 4K RED footage.
I have tried different settings but the results are very poor.
Dynamic link from Premiere to Encore gives errors and I am running short of time to figure out reasons for this error.
I would rather use export - media adn then burn the resulting file into DVD using Encore.
Using CS5 on Mac.
The footage is about 2 1/2 hours, at 24 fps.
The full length does not need to fit on 1 DVD - I can break it to fit into as many DVDs as needed.
Any pointers to optimum settings to get decent results for a downsample fo $K to SD, would be much appreciated.
Thanks.
RV

You didn't give any details on what your sequence settings are.  I'd suggest embedding (nesting) your existing sequence into a 24 fps SD sequence, and export that instead - then you can preview what it will look like, and get a feel for what the downscale quality will be beforehand.  That will probably also translate better over in terms of rendering - your output will be precomposed to an SD resolution as it comes over to Encore, which will be much less memory intensive (which may be why you're getting the encode failed error).

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