Dvd play back speed issue

Hello
I have a project where the M2V files are on one timeline with subtitles. There are title files next to the video files all compressed using the same compressor settings. When I play the dvd on a dvd player (I have tried several) the title plays fine but the first couple of seconds of the video is sped up and then returns to being perfectly in sync. On a PC/Mac dvd player this does not happen nor on the simulator in studio pro. Does anyone have any ideas why this happens and any suggestions of how to repair it.
Kind regards
Dan

Not sure what cuased this problem which is a worry but the solution was to export the mpeg from dvd studio pro and reimport it back in. This creates a single video file of all the parts of video files on DVD studio pro timeline.

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