Too much compression on FCE project

I have a FCE project that is 14.4 min long and 3.81 GB. When I us DVDSP to create the menu and DVD it ends up as a 995 MB DVD. Compared to the original FCE project, it looks really grainy. I upped the encoding as high as it would go, but I can't get it larger than 995 MB. Since it is the only movie on the DVD is there anyway to get DVDSP to not compress at all?

DVD footage is most often compressed to MPEG2, but the bitrate can vary widely up to 9.8Mbps if you use a replicated disc. Additionally, you can also use MPEG1 on a SD disc, which is not as high a quality, but can allow you to fit vastly more minutes of video on the same size disc.
If you are burning a DVD on your mac then anecdotal evidence suggests that a video bitrate of no more than 7.4Mbps is prudent. More than this and the disc may 'choke' in some players.
This isn't necessarily to do with the laser, so much as the reflective properties of the re-writable disc not being as good as a replicated one. All DVD players should be able to cope with 9.8Mbps from a DVD-Video disc (although sadly not all do, surprisingly), but keep in mind that a DVD-R is not a DVD-Video disc.
If your pristine footage is coming out as grainy when you encode then you really ought to check the settings that you are using. Is the source footage and lighting good quality for the footage? Have you applied any filters or effects? Are you using a good quality encoder?
The final size of the file produced will vary according to the encoding used. The higher the bit rate the larger the file size will be. Audio files add to the overall bit rate on a disc, to, so using AC3 (Dolby Digital) is a very good idea - they have a smaller file size, lower bitrate and can allow you to increase the rate for your video to gain quality.
Be aware that the visual difference between footage encoded at around 7.4Mbps, compared to that encoded at 8 or even 9Mbps is so slight that most people won't notice. There appears to be a law of diminishing returns in operation - you really don't gain anything by encoding at much higher levels, but you will prevent some players playing your disc back reliably.
If you've not yet used Compressor then you really ought to be looking at it. If your results are coming from Compressor, then it is about time you looked at BitVice and if necessary used the DVNC setting there to reduce the noise on the final output. There are other encoders, but none so easy to use as Bitvice, IMO.

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557870 'FAQ BW Query Performance'
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Using aggregates and compression.
Using less and complex cell definitions if possible.
1. Avoid using too many nav. attr
2. Avoid RKF and CKF
3. Many chars in row.
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/people/andreas.vogel/blog/2007/04/08/statistical-records-part-4-how-to-read-st03n-datasets-from-db-in-nw2004
/people/andreas.vogel/blog/2007/03/16/how-to-read-st03n-datasets-from-db
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http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/en/b8/23813b310c4a0ee10000000a114084/content.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/en/60/f0fb411e255f24e10000000a1550b0/frameset.htm
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Note 356732 - Performance Tuning for Queries with Aggregates
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http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/en/26/4bc0417951d117e10000000a155106/frameset.htm
/people/vikash.agrawal/blog/2006/04/17/query-performance-150-is-aggregates-the-way-out-for-me
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/1955ba90-0201-0010-d3aa-8b2a4ef6bbb2
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/ce7fb368-0601-0010-64ba-fadc985a1f94
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/c1/0dbf65e04311d286d6006008b32e84/frameset.htm
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Partitions
Databases
Schemas
Buffer Pools
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202469 - Using aggregate check tool
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Generate Report in RSRT
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/cccad390-0201-0010-5093-fd9ec8157802
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/4c0ab590-0201-0010-bd9a-8332d8b4f09c
Business Intelligence Journal Improving Query Performance in Data Warehouses
http://www.tdwi.org/Publications/BIJournal/display.aspx?ID=7891
Achieving BI Query Performance Building Business Intelligence
http://www.dmreview.com/issues/20051001/1038109-1.html
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Cheers
SM

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