How do I get 30GB of video onto a DVD?

I recently had an event filmed on an HD video camera. It is about 6 hours of footage total. I cut it down to about 4 hours in iMovie and exported it using QuickTime H.264. The output file is 30GB. What steps would I take to get this burned onto a DVD to share with friends and family?
The footage was captured at an engagement party and as such, I can't really reduce it lower than 4 hours. What options do I have?

Shaq Bee wrote:
... What options do I have?
• in the list of Projects, ctrl-click on your Project
• choose 'duplicate'
• erase in #1 the second half
• erase in #2 the first half
burn to two DVDs, part #1 and part #2
iDVD supports a max. length of 120min content.
iDVD supports double-layer DVDs (=240min), but some DVD-standalone players don't 'like' such disks.
keep in mind: in theory, there's no min. bitrate on DVDs, so, with other tools, you could squeeze 10h onto a 4.7GBs DVD-r .... but a too-high compressed DVD is no fun to watch, too much artifacts.
and, who's watching 4h at a single piece?
I'm pretty sure, a 20min best-of, short clips, good music, lots of stills, master-piece comes better across than a 'real time documentation' ...
and Welcome, Shaq Bee, to the  boards ...

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