Question on project sizes?

I was wondering if anyone could tell me why iDVD only allows 4.17 GB projects, even with 4.7 GB media? This is the project I'm trying to burn.
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- total project duration: 142:38 minutes
- total project capacity: 4.531 GB (max. available: 4.172 GB)
Menus:
- number of menus in project: 5 menus
- total menu duration: 0:48 minutes
- total menu capacity: 46.225 MB
Movies:
- total movies duration: 141:50 minutes
- total movies capacity: 4.486 GB
It's a main feature 2 hrs. 9 min. 45 sec. in length with a second movie 12 min. 4 sec. long. Burn ready, extra material ends up being just shy of 400 MB. So without that, the project is 4.149 GB.
I was wondering if there was a way to enable iDVD to burn larger projects? Or maybe burn the main feature alone in a project, but somehow put the extra video on as data or something. If anyone could help me with this, I'd really appreciate it.

Hello Solowalker,
first of all you should look at the length of the video: a Video DVD can hold a maximum of 120 min of MPEG-2 video (including menus).
That said, for computer purposes the 4.7 GB translate into 4.38 GB writable diskspace. From that figure iDVD subtracts a certain amount for the menus, which leaves you with 4.17 GB.
For an explanation on the GB issue have a look at this article: The Miracle Of The 2-Hour DVD Disc
http://www.desktoppipeline.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=188701075
I was wondering if there was a way to enable iDVD to burn larger projects?
You can burn to Double Layer DVD, if your burner is able to burn DL DVD. Or you can try to create a disk image, which then has to be re-compressed. Toast 7 for example can do that or you can try software like DVD Remaster.
hope this helps
mish

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