How to keep the original imovie quality as much as possible?

I've completed an iMovie project which lasts a few minutes short of one hour. The size of the iMovie project is 12Gig.
I want to burn this to a dual layered DVD using iDVD, and at the same time maintain as little compression as possible, keeping the quality has high as possible.
What is the best way to do this? Because when I export the iMovie file to iDVD using the create iDVD Project, and set my iDVD prefs to "Best Quality", and my "Media Type" to 8Gig (Double Layer) I end up with an iDVD project file of 3.39Gig.
How is it possible to create a DVD from the 12Gig iMovie file which, when compressed, will be larger than 3Gig, so as to use most of the disk space on an 8Gig disk.
It seems that the only two encoded settings I can alter are for "Best Quality" and "Best Performance". I was hoping to get at least 6-7Gig, thereby only compressing the original movie by half, instead it's compressed it down to a quarter of the original size. Judging the original movie against the DVD version on a TV screen reveals a noticeable amount of quality loss. Is there anything that I can do to force iDVD to not compress the file this much??
iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.2)

I was hoping to get at least 6-7Gig, thereby only compressing the original movie by half, instead it's compressed it down to a quarter of the original size. Judging the original movie against the DVD version on a TV screen reveals a noticeable amount of quality loss. Is there anything that I can do to force iDVD to not compress the file this much??
Sorry, the video content must be compressed to a certain level to be playable in DVD players - it's a matter of the bit-rate that DVD players can handle.
iDVD's 'Best Performance' produces a disk with about as high a bit-rate that players can handle. Because MPG-2 compression works on frame to frame differences, to maximize your DVD quality do things like place your camera on a tripod and make sure there is plenty of light.

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