Burning a 9.5 GB avi file to a dual layer disk

Greetings, I'm Paul Gabel. I have a 45 min. documentary that's rendered out to 9.5 GB avi from Premiere 6.5. A client is interested in acquisitioning this piece so I'm interested in building them a professional level DVD where the file is burned onto a dual layer disk that the chapters are navigated via menu. I have successfully made single layer disks using Nero Vision Exp.3 and 4 but now wish to take this project to Adobe encore 2.0. My first question is how can I create this so that the avi file takes up most of a dual layer disks capacity? The avi is automatically compressed to under 3.5 GB in both Nero and Encore. Is there a way to proceed, where this file isn't over-compressed for a dual layer disk? Thank you for your time.

If your are making a DVD, the max bitrate is limited. I don't think a 45 min DVD would need a DL disc. Please refer to this:

curse, I was hopefull. thank you for the response, I'll take a look at that thread..

@paulgabel Is it your desire to INTENTIONALLY fill up a double-layered DVD, rather than a single-layered DVD?

yes, that is my intention - in hopes of getting the best possible resolution.

For a DVD-compliant 45 minute video, you'll be able to obtain the best resolution possible with a filesize that will EASILY fit on a single-layer DVD-5...

In simple words, it is impossible to create sufficiently long files to occupy a DL with a 45' video. And if you manage to do it, your DVD will certainly look less professional. Wasting a DL for nothing is certainly not a good idea, especially as a DL DVD+R is largely less reliable than a single layer DVD+/-R, and cannot be played on many old standalone players.

Forgive me, but yes I was interested in creating a standard DVD for this video as opposed to archiving it on a DL DVD. I was thinking, pardon the naivety, that by selecting "DVD9" in both Nero or Encore 2.0 the coding would re-adjust making the file fit onto both sides of the disk. My thinking was that the overall picture quality would improve due to the larger space available on the disk. I didn't understand how bitrates made this impossible.

Brilliant technical explanation! I would add that the bitrate is limited by the standard so that cheap and relatively slow drives can be used in all standalone players. Allowing very high bitrates would require expensive hardware. At least, this was the logic at the time of the writing of the DVD-Video specs.

Thanks everyone.