Mpeg4 import in DVD Studio 4

alright, last question (I hope).
I've created a new movie in mpeg4 format. It's a "imovie.m4v" format. When I try to import this file into Dvd Studio 4 it only brings in the audio. So, here's the question: How can I bring in the whole movie?
Thank you.

DVDs only play MPEG-2 video, so there is no point in having your video in MPEG-4 format. In fact, since MPEG is such a highly compressed format, compressing it to MPEG-4 and then compressing it to MPEG-2 will result in double compression, which is a guaranteed way to loose quality. Go back to your original, uncompressed video and then compress it to the correct format, MPEG-2.

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