How can I tell if my movie will be too big for a DVD?

Is there a way to see how big your project will be before hitting "burn"? I don't want to spend 30 minutes burning a disc, only to have it say ... sorry ... not enough room.
I have 5 movies (Quicktime at best quality) that total about 9.5 GB.
Right now, I'm just adding up the GB of three of them, and finding that they total only 4.6 GB. So, I assume those three will fit on 1 DVD.
But is there a way in iMovie? i.e., "Show how big iMovie is"
Thanks,
Steve

Yes
As Lennart writes - but mpeg-2 is a quality loss. All DVDs have this in a
varible degree on how hard and in what way the mpeg-2 coding was done.
120 min movie - Yes You'll see the qulity loss encoded with iDVD.
With DVD Studio pro and Compessor You can go as far as DVD/mpeg-2
can offer but to a high price and learning curve.
If You want 100% quality You should deliver on 2 miniDV tapes and play
back via Camera.
Yours Bengt W

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