File Size almost Doubled?!

Hello all,
I have done plenty of work in iMovie for use on the web and in presentations, but this is my first time trying to burn a disc in iDVD (7.1.2) and I am having a major issue: my two m4v files total 5.16GB in size and 178 minutes, but iDVD is telling me that they total 9.75GB (yet they get the runtime correct) -- which is too big for the DVD.
How do I get iDVD to see them as their true file size? I need to get these two movies onto one DVD-R -- please HELP!
Thank you in advance for your replies!
Peace,
Jason

In the case of iDVD size does not matter. Only playing time. As long as the total playing time of your content and menus is less than 120 minutes you can burn your project with iDVD. So ignore the file size and concnetrate on getting your two file into iDVD the way you want them.
Then save the project as a disk image via the File ➙ Save as Disk Image menu option. Mount the disk image and play it with DVD Player to check out the encodeing, making sure the movies play as you expect.
Once you're satisfied that the project to good burn to disk with Disk Utility at the slowest speed available to assure the best burn quality. Always use top quality media: Verbatium, Maxell or Taiyo Yuden DVD-R are the most recommended in these forums.
OT

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Chemistry guy wrote:
> I'm new to Flash, and I'm trying to decide how to set
the bit rate (kbps) for
> my audio files.
>
> I'm creating PowperPoint-like presentations with voice
audio. You can see what
> I'm doing at
>
>
http://preparatorychemistry.com/Bishop_Audio_Book.htm
>
> I first decided on 16 kbps, but I'm not happy with how
it sounds, especially
> through headphones connected to the computer. My
presentations, of course,
> sound better with higher bit rates, but file sizes
roughly double for each
> doubling of the bit rate. At 16 kbps, my files range
from 1-3 MB, so for 32
> kbps (which I'm leaning toward now), they are 2-6 MB. My
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>
> What's the concensus on the best bit rate for Internet
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> voice?
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