Getting MPEG1 Muxed Into iDVD

I have almost 70 movie clips from way back that are MPEG1 Muxed, 320 x 240, 1399 kbits/sec. and about 70 MB in size. Since iDVD doesn't like these files, I've been tryig to convert them with Cleaner, but with limited success.
Exporting to DV stream works, but make huge files. I can pull this off, about 80 GB, but want to see about other options. I just want these on DVD instead of my HD. Thanks for any help
-Alex

Alex,
Remember the old computer saying - GIGO - Garbage In - Garbage Out.
Your MPG-1 content is very low in image quality - even compared to the fairly low quality of MPG-2.
Personally, I wouldn't waste my time trying to convert what you have to very marginal DVDs. I would either: (1) use Roxio's Toast Titanium to create Video CDs from your MPG-1 files (they are MPG-1 based and thus the same quality) or (2) just burn all the MPG-1 files to writable CDs or DVDs from the Finder to create a backup so they can be deleted from your hard drive.

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