I have tested the h.264- exported from FCP. Made a 25 minute clip and re-encoded to Mpeg2 in Toast.
The file is a little large than DVD but not as much as I thought.
The entire 93 minutes is around 9-10 GB. Does this sound right?
Hard to tell on playback if there is much different in quality from the DVD. It is screenin on a cinema screen in 2 weeks so have to get a move on…
Will try re-encoding Mpeg2 through compressor and set the same settings on Toast.