Wow, that's a long pull! You will be able to cram more on there if you use the MPEG-4 modes; the Generic profile with the default bitrate of 900kb/s produces really good images for a laptop size screen. Be sure to preview the conversions to AVI if that is what you decide to do to make sure there are no glitches or audio sync problems. If HDD space is not an issue, I still prefer the DVD to DVD modes (Main Movie, etc.).