IDVD files way too big

Hey,
I tried to burn 2 avi files on a 4.7GB dvd; the files had the size of 650,1MB and 650,9MB. When I clicked the burn botton it said there's too much to burn. Then I discovered that iDVD made the total package 6,2GB... How the hack is that possible, is there not a more efficient way to burn dvd's on the mac? I'd really apreciate help!
Joeri

The question is do you want to create a DVD to play on a DVD player? If so I suggest you look at using Toast instead of iDVD.

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