Movie length and dual layer burning - please help!

I just posted this question in the iMovie forums but thought it might be more appropriate here:
Hi everyone,
I've just finished my first iMovie project, and the total movie length is 2hours, 31 minutes. I've noticed from a few other posts that people say the maximum movie length that iMovie can export or that will fit on a dvd is 120 minutes.
I do however have a dual layer dvd burner on my iMac - does this mean I will be able to export/share my iMovie project to iDVD and fit the whole movie on an 8gb dual layer disc? if so, could someone please give me some advice on the best way to go about doing it?
I'm relatively new to Macs and haven't burnt a dual layer dvd yet. I'm sure that I've burnt projects of this length before on a single layer dvd using Premiere Pro and Adobe Encore DVD, but I suppose iDVD must have its own length limitations on what can fit on a single layer disc.
Anyway I hope someone out there can answer my question,
thanks!

Welcome to the Discussions Art,
If you use System Profiler (Apple logo/About This Mac/More Info...) and see that the burner is supported like here:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301556
Then when you are in iDVD the Status window should look like shown here:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301557
You can make a 4 hr DVD if you set the encoder preference to Quality (limited to 2 hr if on Performance), your set!

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