Encode With DVDSP or Compressor?

I made a very large Quicktime video, 110 GB, which is 13 minutes long, with the Animation codec. It is a series of animations made with After Effects, edited in Premiere in HD, and I plan to put it on some Blu-rays later, which is why it is so huge.
For now, I only need DVD copies. I brought the Quicktime into DVDSP, and it encoded the 110 GB video to about 750 MB. I watched the DVD, and it looked quite good most of the time... but I also noticed in some spots that the picture looked like JPEGs from time to time, with noticeable artifacting going on.
What can I do to make it look better? I simply dragged the behemoth video into DVDSP and used the default encoding settings. Should I change those settings, or should I encode the video with Compressor instead? (And if so, what settings should I use?)
Thanks!
And if it really matters, I have a sample of the animation on Vimeo, if anyone seeds to look at it to suggest optimum settings. If so, I'll share the link.

Thank you for your reply. I don't pretend to be knowledgeable on these things.
RIght now I have DVDSP's encoding settings at:
Bit Rate 6
Max Bit Rate 8
Field Order Auto
Mode Two Pass VBR
Motion Estimate Best
Method Background Encoding
I honesty do not remember why I made those settings, since those are not the factory defaults. Will simply raising the bit rates make the cartoon look better?
On the other hand, in Compressor, I usually just select a preset like "DVD 60 minutes best quality" but if there is a better way to do that, could you please tell me where I can get the best settings for a short animated film?
Thanks!

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