Open iDVD project in DVD Studio Pro

Hi
I need some help.
I have DVD Studio Pro 4.0.3 which was part of Final Cut Studio (1?) and I want to open an iDVD (7.0.4) project, but it won't let me saying:
+DVD Studio Pro does not support projects created in iDVD 5 or later.+
I guess I have to upgrade DVD Studio Pro, but it won't let me as I have an early Final Cut Studio which is not eligible for upgrades.
Any ideas for workarounds?
The reason I want to burn the DVD in DVD studio is to get a better quality result as the burn at the moment from iDVD is blocky in places. Or will it not make any difference?
Thanks

yes I have it set to professional, but I think the problem is that the film is very nearly 2 hours long so it has to do a lot of compression to make it fit. I have re-encoded the project with iDVD to a dual layer DVD and that looks better but I really want to use single layer for cost and compatibility.
Would DVD studio pro do a better job or does it just use the same engine as DVD Studio Pro?
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