Increasing the DVD capacity

I need to increase the capacity of my DVD. I bought 240 minute (8.5g) DVD's to use, but iDVD won't let me do it. First off the computer isn't even responding with the DVD's. Is it because they have the purple backing? But mainly, in the preferences, I'm not allowed to change the setting where it says DVD capacity. I need it to burn slightly more than 2 hours worth.

The standard capacity of single-layer disks is 120 minutes, double that for dual layer.
If your Superdrive can burn dual layer disks, try that.
Otherwise you will need an application called Roxio Toast, which has a 'fit to disk' option that will enable you to burn videos of almost any length.
There is a slight quality penalty.

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