A.pack dialnorm -31 trouble

Hi,
As part of a DVD I'm authoring I've outputted pcm (stereo/non-surround) aiff audio that I need to convert to ac3 using Apack. The entire audio program is already level matched and mastered and should stay as is. My hope is to use apack as a simple file size reducer, completely disabling any of its dialog normalization tendencies.
From everything I've read, setting dialnorm to -31 (and setting compression preset to NONE) ensures that the levels will not be messed with. But my resulting ac3 files have louder levels than the source pcm files when compared side by side in DVDStudioPro. I must be misunderstanding the concept because the levels are definitely getting messed with.
Is dialnorm a setting that has an effect on....
-just the encoding results/levels?
-just the playback of the authored DVD on a DVD player?
-or a combination of both?
My levels are already set and, unless I'm completely misunderstanding the concept, I'd like them to be left alone.
Thanks so much in advance for any help with this.
g4 dual 1.0gb   Mac OS X (10.2.x)  

It might not be A.Pack or your AC3 file, but your DVDPlayer software.
Go into the preferences and disable Dolby Dynamic Range Compression... this should help even it out!
Otherwise using -31 as a DNV is right.

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