DVD burning won't fit

Hi!
I'm trying to burn an archive DVD from iPhoto.
I have a smart album of 4.3 GB, and it won't fit. Thing is, it says that it's 6.8 GB. Basically, the info window when the album is selected shows 4.3 GB, th burn pop-up pane shows 6.8, and they both show the same amount of pictures.
When I select the entire library, the info window shows 5.8, and the burn shows 7.4.
What gives?

I think it's possible that when you want to burn a DVD archive, iPhoto probably keeps your library intact and wants to include thumbnails, all originals and modified photos.
The info window in iPhoto usually shows the total disk space occupied by the photos you're looking at, so that would include unmodified originals + the modified photos, but not the originals of the modified photos.
If you only want to save in the current state, you can drag the photos out to the burn folder or DVD icon and you will get the viewed photos (some will be originals if you've never edited them, the rest will be modified photos) but you won't be able to revert a photo to original later on.
I've not done this recently, so see if you can verify this yourself - try a smaller archive and see if all originals and modified photos are retained. I think they would be.

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