High Quality HD footage Need to compress/export to fit onto a DVD!

So, basically I have 58 min. worth of HQ, HD footage (with burnt in time code) that I need to fit onto a playable DVD (that will be burnt using DVD Studio Pro)
Normally, I'd just export using QuickTime movie - however after doing so, my file size was 89.52 GB, which obviously is huge.
What is the best way to go about compressing or exporting this so that it will fit onto a DVD or Dual Layer DVD.
I need to send this to the client, and the quality really doesn't have to be amazing, as this is just for them to view and choose which footage they want to keep, etc. The quality need to be decent enough to view, essentially.
I used FCP and DVD Studio pro -- but really just basic stuff for the most part. I am not super familiar with compressor and all that lingo, so the simplest way to go about this would be best, ha.
The raw footage was shot using a SONY HDCAM 1080i 59.97 (16x9) - if this helps.
Digitized the footage using pro-ress in FCP...so yeah I don't what other info might be needed, sorry.

#42 - Quick and dirty way to author a DVD
Shane's Stock Answer #42 - David Roth Weiss' Secret Quick and Dirty Way to Author a DVD:
The absolute simplest way to make a DVD using FCP and DVDSP is as follows:
1. Export a QT movie, either a reference file or self contained using current settings.
2. Open DVDSP, select the "graphical" tab and you will see two little monitors, one blue, one green.
3. Select the left blue one and hit delete.
4. Now, select the green one, right click on it amd select the top option "first play".
5. Now drag your QT from the broswer and drop it on top of the green monitor.
6. Now, for a DVD from an HD source, look to the right side and select the "general tab" in the track editor, and see the Display Mode, and select "16:9 pan-scan."
7. Hit the little black and yellow burn icon at the top of the page and put a a DVD in when prompted. DVDSP will encode and burn your new DVD.
THATS ALL!!!
NOW...if you want a GOOD LOOKING DVD, instead of taking your REF movie into DVD SP, instead take it into Compressor and choose the BEST QUALITY ENCODE (2 pass VBR) that matches your show timing. Then take THAT result into DVD SP and follow the rest of the steps. Except you can choose "16:9 LETTERBOX" instead of PAN & SCAN if you want to see the entire image.
Shane

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