IDVD 5 takes approximate 5 to 6 hours to burn 1hr 55min video

I downloaded 1hr 55min video from my miniDV. I added titles, transitions, etc. When I finally burn it on DVD using the iDVD 5 program it takes somewhere around 5 to 6 hours. Is that normal? Is there any place you can select the speed you would like to burn? I figured once it is already "rendered" and complete, it should take an hour to burn 2 hour video at 2X speed, no?
Please explain and help if possible.
Thank you. Anil Dalia. Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas to all

I'll add some detail to John's suggestion about creating a disk image; which I always do.
File/Save As Disc Image...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=164927
This will isolate any encoding/burning issues you may encounter. Once the disc image is created, double-click the .img and burn the virtual disc that should appear on your desktop, using Toast to burn the DVD. Disk Utility to burn the .img file. Usually, you can select a burning speed in Disk Utility.
There are variations to this process based on which OS X you are using...
Open Disk Utility (in Utilities folder in Applications folder), click on the virtual disc (maybe the .img) in the left-hand window. Click the Burn icon. A new window should drop down and your SuperDrive tray will open after clicking the Burn icon. Insert a recordable DVD. (Verbatim DVD-R preferred by me.) Click the Close button. Wait. Select a burn speed. Then click the Burn button.
-->If the virtual disk selection won't allow you to click the Burn icon, use the .img file instead. This may have changed in 10.3.9 and did change in Tiger.
Also, you can use DVD Player to play the virtual disk to check your iDVD 5 project before burning to DVD. Launch DVD Player. File/Open VIDEO_TS (Open DVD Media... in Player 4.6). Find the VIDEO_TS folder and open that. (The audio folder is for DVD-Audio disks.)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93006

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