Exporting Video (No loss in quality)

What is the correct way to export a completed video from FCE 3.5 to iDVD6 without losing quality of the video? I'm having trouble understanding the specifics in the FCE dropdown menus and want to understand this process. Help menus are confusing. Terminology in the menus is difficult for me to understand. Where I am currently:
95 minues of completed video in FCE 3.5
Project saved in FCE 3.5
Thank you.

Export as Quicktime Movie NOT Quicktime Conversion
Checking Make Movie Self Contained gives you a large file that is independent of your project file; make it not self contained gives you a smaller reference file. They both work the same. Unless you are going to create the iDVD project on a separate computer not self contained works fine
In iDVD make sure your sequence is set for Best Quality; that is for movies longer than 60 minutes

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    Overall bit rate                         : 5 439 Kbps
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    Menu ID                                  : 1 (0x1)
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    Scan order                               : Top Field First
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    Menu ID                                  : 1 (0x1)
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    Bit depth                                : 16 bits
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    Format                                   : MPEG-4
    Format profile                           : Base Media / Version 2
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    File size                                : 632 MiB
    Duration                                 : 7mn 12s
    Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
    Overall bit rate                         : 12.2 Mbps
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    Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
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    Format settings, ReFrames                : 3 frames
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    Duration                                 : 7mn 12s
    Bit rate                                 : 12.0 Mbps
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    Height                                   : 1 080 pixels
    Display aspect ratio                     : 4:3
    Original display aspect ratio            : 16:9
    Frame rate mode                          : Constant
    Frame rate                               : 29.970 fps
    Standard                                 : NTSC
    Color space                              : YUV
    Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
    Bit depth                                : 8 bits
    Scan type                                : Progressive
    Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.257
    Stream size                              : 619 MiB (98%)
    Language                                 : English
    Encoded date                             : UTC 2013-05-24 22:15:10
    Tagged date                              : UTC 2013-05-24 22:15:10
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    ID                                       : 2
    Format                                   : AAC
    Format/Info                              : Advanced Audio Codec
    Format profile                           : LC
    Codec ID                                 : 40
    Duration                                 : 7mn 12s
    Source duration                          : 7mn 13s
    Bit rate mode                            : Variable
    Bit rate                                 : 253 Kbps
    Maximum bit rate                         : 320 Kbps
    Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
    Channel positions                        : Front: L R
    Sampling rate                            : 48.0 KHz
    Compression mode                         : Lossy
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    Source stream size                       : 13.1 MiB (2%)
    Language                                 : English
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