Encoding in DVD SP

I have a 150 min. dance program that I am trying to burn with 7 menus and 36 buttons. I have customized the encding down to 1 pass at 3.6 and at the very end of burning it tells me that I don't have enough media output. I am burning to a DVD -R 4x which has always worked before.
I am deperate to burn a good looking DVD for my client.
Please help.

Hello Cecilla,
It is possible to get a 150 minute video on a standard DVD. I'd like to know how you are conducting your encoding? Did you run your source video through Compressor before bringing it into DVD Studio Pro? Or are you using DVDSP to handle the encoding?
One thing I'm assuming is that your audio is still AIFF and not AC3. When encoding for DVD, it's highly recommended that you not only encode your video to M2V, but your audio to AC3 (Dolby). The main difference between AIFF and AC3 is that AIFF is uncompressed, and in that state can give you large file sizes, and will take up a lot of bandwidth on your DVD. AC3 compression will greatly reduce audio file size and bandwidth, thus allowing you to fit more on a single DVD.
My typical workflow when authoring a DVD is export the video and audio through compressor, then take the resulting M2V & AC3 files directly into DVDSP. I normally use my own custom settings when encoding for DVD. Those settings can be found here.
I also recommend that you take a look through this site for a better detailed description on how to build a DVD.
Hope this helps!

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