File to big to burn

I have a project I edited in FCP and exported to burn with DVD Pro. After about an hour the DVD ejected and said the project was to large to format. The project is over an hour long and when I used iDVD it allowed me to lower the quality so that I could fit the project on one disc. Is this possible with DVD studio pro?
I also wanted to butn to a disc image first so I could make sure when I burnt the DVD I did so at a slow speed tp prevent burn errors. I couldn't find this option, is it possible with DVD pro?
Thanks,
Leon

Hi:
Using DVDSP built in encoding will give you AIFF (uncompressed) audio, what takes a lot of space when working with DVD5 and over an hour of video. The best option is using Compressor to encode your movie first to get AC3 (Dolby) audio.
From FCP select Export Using Compressor and select the High Quality DVD 90 min preset (4:3 or 16:9 depending of your movie settings), and select the MPEG2 and Doilby 2 settings. Select your destination and Submit.
You can get fasster encoding exporting your timeline first as Quicktime Movie (not QT conversion!!), same settings and self contained (if you have space available). Then use that movie in Compressor from outside FCP.
Import the MPEG2 and AC3 files in DVDSP and replace the other files you used first in your trakcs.
Visiti this link to learn about Creating Disc Image in DVDSP and how to burn it.
Hope this helps !
  Alberto

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