What format for iDVD?

I'm using AE CS4.  I render out QT with"None" as the compressor for my 2minute motiion graphic.  It looks great.  Turns out that iDVD doesn't see it! And when I open it in Quicktime the attributes panel says it has no video track!  It's got something because it's over a GB.
What is the best quality that iDVD will accept?
Or should I change my process? I want to avoid re-compressing and losing quality.  Do I misunderstand something??
Thanks for answering this question
JL
MacbookPro, iDVD 7 (iLife09), AE CS4

The way I've understood the process - the bigger the file the better
looking the outcome but I will gladly try Animation and PNG.
There are many cases where this is true, and others where the file size to quality ratio is not so obvious.
Animation and PNG are identical to "None" at a fraction of the file size, because they use lossless data shrinking techniques while keeping the image quality untouched. People who are concerned with these things, test this by overlaying (say) a PNG-encoded file on top of a None file and check if they are identical when performing a difference operation. This is why Animation and PNG are considered mathematically lossless.
Just to make sure - I need some clarification please - you said:
"They actually loose a rather lossy compression scheme, MPEG-2 video at a rather low datarate."
Did
you mean "They actually USE..." or is there something else ?  Your
explanation was so helpful I wouldn't want to misunderstand any of it.
Yes, sorry. I meant they actually USE
That's what happens when you type this fast.

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