Why does DVD Studio Pro compress my 3GB video?

I thought since the original Quicktime movie I made with FCP was under the 4.7(?) capacity of a DVD, that Studio Pro wouldn't compress my 3GB movie. But after import to DVD Studio Pro the whole project only shows up as using 350MB of space. And when burned and played back the video looks horrible! Artifacting (?), etc.
Do I need to go into Compressor and select a setting there BEFORE bringing it into Studio Pro? What setting is recommended? (8 min, wide screen, HD).
Thanks!

>I thought since the original Quicktime movie I made with FCP was under the 4.7(?) capacity of a DVD, that Studio Pro wouldn't compress my 3GB movie.
Unfortunately, you thought wrong. The DVD video specification requires MPEG-2 video and either AC3 or PCM audio, specially multiplexed and formatted as VOB files. So the size of the source file doesn't really matter.
>Do I need to go into Compressor and select a setting there BEFORE bringing it into Studio Pro?
That would be preferable.
>What setting is recommended?
Duplicate one of the DVD presets and adjust the bit rate to increase the quality ... but do not exceed 8.0mbps or the disc may stutter in some players. Encode the audio as Dolby Digital (.ac3).
>8 min, wide screen, HD
You're out of luck there ... DVD is a standard definition format only. If you want to deliver HD content on an optical disc, it will have to be Blu-ray - not DVD.
-DH

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