trying to export a file that's 3 hours and 15 mins long - am I nuts?

Hello all,

I shot a training video with 2 cameras for 3 hours and 15 minutes. I shot it at 1280 X 720 HD using a panasonic HMC 150. I'm trying to deliver it to the client and I'm not sure it'll be work-able. I did one export and it was 140 GIGS! I've shrunk the size down to something like 720 x 480 - but it's taking forever to export. It said it would take 16 hours. So now I'm trying to export 3 hour-long segments - and then see if that's quicker.

They'd like it on a DVD, or small enough to where they can stream it.

Also - it needs to be in a .wmv format - so I'm exporting it as a .mov first - then using another program to turn it into a .wmv file.

Has anyone else out there got experience working with super long files, and if so - what's the optimal format for a timely, yet high quality, yet light-file size export? )

Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

It would fit onto a double layer DVD.
Export your project to a h.264 file with 1500 Kbps for web view gives you a smaller file with enough bandwidth for lecture videos.
WMV? You'll have to buy flip4mac and use its from within Compressor.
www.telestream.net/flip4mac/overview.htm
Why the need for .wmv in any way? Inform your client about the QuickTime Player.

Thanks for your response.

Would you recommend I export the project to H.264 from FCP?
Or should I export it as a standard QT - bring it into Compressor - and then export it as a h.264 with 1500 Kbps from Compressor?

I'll look into double layer DVD's - do they have like 9.5 Gig capacity? Could I burn to one of those with DVD Studio Pro the same way I would with a normal DVD?

Thanks.