Size of imovie project & importing into idvd

So I would like to transfer my imovie project into idvd with minimal quality degradation. Does the quality progressively get worse once the project goes beyond 4.6 G? What is the maximum size that can go into idvd?
Also, I had difficulty importing AVI clips into imovie. I received and "unknown error" msg when I tried.
Finally, can I add other data to the dvd besides the movie (i.e. spreadsheet)?
Any help on any of these questions would be awesome.
Powerbook G4   Mac OS X (10.4.7)  

c4daisy,
The length of your movie is the determining factor when encoding a DVD with iDVD. The file size doesn't matter.
You can fit about 2 hours of video on a DVD.
What is the source of your AVI clips? Can you open them with QuickTime?
Yes, you can add use iDVD to add file to a DVD-ROM section of DVDs you create.

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