Fitting 3.5 hours onto 4.7G disk

To all,
What settings should I be looking for in compressor to fit 3.5 hours of video onto one DVD-5 disc?
I have tried the lowest setting possible, (2.0 avg., 5.0 max bitrate) and compressor freezes about half way through the encode. Two different times it has done this after about 2 hours of encoding, I might add. (Also, the inspector tells me I can fit 174 min on disc.) ???
I would even settle for making a dual layer disc if I could just get all the video encoded!
Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.
C.J.

Fitting more than 2 hours on a 4.7G DVD can be done, but you need to be encoded in Dolby Digital to make it smaller so it will fit with the large m2v file.
A sight that will help you determining bit rate is at
http://www.customflix.com/Special/AuthoringNightmares/03/BitBudget.jsp
You can change between PCM and Dolby to see what will work the best.
As for compressor freezing, I have had a similar thing happen only to find that it starts again after a time. Is it pausing or freezing? Have you ever just let compressor (batch monitor) stay on over night or through the next day to see if batch monitor show any progression?
It would be helpful for you to post information about which version of compressor you are working with and what model of computer.
Hope this helps

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