Audio problems with DVD studio pro project

Hi, I'm having a problem getting the audio on a dvd project to play properly through my tv's speakers. The audio comes out very low and jumps in and out. I mixed my audio in FCP, sey the master gain at 0db, mixed it down, sent it to compressor, compressed it to dolby digital pro ac3, sent it to dvd pro, added it to the video and burnt it. The wierd thing is the audio seems to be okay when played through the speakers connected to my dvd player but doesn't work properly through the tv's speakers. Other dvd's work through the tv speakers so I know its not that. Any help would be much appreciated,
Thanks

OK - several things here.
Firstly, mixing to 0db is way too loud for most folk. A CD is often mixed to -3db and this is much louder than normal TV or film, which are at best -12 or -20db respectively. I would seriously consider remixing the audio to a quieter level to avoid sound distortion on your (or your client's) TV.
Secondly, exporting to Compressor and using teh Dolby settings is fine, but did you use -27 for the dialog normalisation? If so you will have attenuated the audio. Use a setting of -31 if you want the output file to sound the same as the input.
Also, have you got RF overmodulation protection checked? This is another place where you could have introduced the effect you are describing. Do you connect to your TV using RF connections? If not, uncheck the setting in the compressor and re-encode the audio from scratch.

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