Quicktime reference

Greetings all,
Apologies if this is an overasked question - but I have found no reference to it when searching.
If I export a 2 hr quicktime reference movie from Avid and then make a dvdsp project - will dvdsp automatically compress the qucktime to whatever quality it needs to fit it on a DVD ?
Be great if it did or do I have to work it out in advance ?
I know lots of stuff but I don't know this,
Thanks in advance
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macbookpro Mac OS X (10.4.7) Bought primarily to edit on but you know how it is with macs - they do so much m

Your best bet is to make a self contained movie and encode outside of DVD SP, depending on the settings the movie may or may not fit and it will also have uncompressed audio, better to use AC3
To use Compressor to m2v and AC3- http://dvdstepbystep.com/fasttrackover.php gives the process (download the movie if you wish, Compressor sections starts at about the minute mark)
http://www.videohelp.com/calc.htm shows how to calculate the rate based on running time, best not to set the MAX rate for video over 7.2
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3557543&#3557543
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3622050&#3622050
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3992975&#3992975

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