Audio levels jump way high after burning to DVD

Hello!
I don't mean to be spamming the forums, but in case this is an FCP-related problem, I thought I'd ask here too. I've also asked in the DVDSP forum.
I just burned my first test disc of a project and have come across a strange problem. The audio on all of my tracks has jumped to an extremely high (and unacceptable) level. It is well above the level set in FCP and even what plays when simulating the disc from within DVDSP. The ac3 files out of compressor seem to be fine. In fact, everything seems okay until the actual burn. When playing the disc in DVD Player, it's so loud that in many places there is actual audio distortion. Is there a setting I'm missing, maybe? Could there be something in FCP that I've done wrong?
Any ideas?
Cameron

Dolby dialogue normalization is intended to keep the relative levels of different program sources at a similar level.
We generally set our system playback level based on the voices (dialogue) we hear (music discs are an exception) in a progam.
For example: If correct dialogue normalization is applied in a TV program and commercials, when the program/movie goes to a commercial break, the compressed and loud voice of the commercial is lowered to the same level as the voices in the movie and we don't have to jump for the remote.
Determing the correct seting for your project is not simple however.
"The dialogue normalization parameter needs to be set to the LAeq level of your program material's dialogue. LAeq stands for the long-term A-weighted sound pressure level. Loosely, this is the average volume level of your source material's dialogue."
more in this article:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=56020
An extended examination of dialogue normalization can be found in this article:
http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/volume72/feature-article-dialog-normalization-6-2000.html
Making a preset within Compressor 2 is explained in this Ken Stone article:
http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/compressor2_custompresets.html
What I do for Dolby 2.0 is always set my dialogue normalization to -31, which effectivly just turns it off, and set Compression to none in the Prepocessing tab.

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