AME renders incomplete output MPEG2 files from my h264 footage

I'm trying to crrate Mepg2-DVD files for output to dvd, from canon DSLR footage, but somhow AME does not render the whole work area an loses the last 30-40secons of the clip on export.
Any help?
MY AME settings are : Codec : Mainconcept Mpeg Video - quality 5
Tv Standard : PAL
Frame Rate : 25
Fioeld order : progressive
Pixel aspect ratio stanard 4:3(1,094)
Bitrate encoding : VBR Two Pass
Min Bitrare 3
Target bitrate: 3.69
Max bitrate : 4
GOP settings : m Frames 3
n Frames 12
Source range : work area
Working on an 3.5ghx i7 an a gtx 670 for cuda ( with the ammended text file for enabling cuda on this card)
MPE with CUDA acceleration turned on.
This happens in both 1 pas an 2 pass vbr, but not when I export to h264 ....this seems to be a bug in AME! Is it possble though? How long has these codecs been around!! ?

Ok, I see this is a Quicktimeplayer mistake .... somehow Quicktime player does not play the wholf of the file. It all seemed fine once I opened it in MPEG streamclip! ^&%$%*$ Half a day waste thinking AME is broken and then it ends up being Apple ... Their software is just getting WORSE!

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