Bad audio in motion menu

I've got a small video I want to use for a motion menu. But I've run into an issue with the audio being filled with a lot of static. The audio is fine in FCEHD, and sounds fine in QuickTime Player, but sounds really bad in DVDSP4. The clip is only 30 seconds long.
Could this be an issue with the length of the template (I'm using the TheaterNTSC_Peoplepj.mov template)? I've set the duration to 30 seconds from the default for 42. Also, I've used compressor to create the .m2v and .aiff files.
Anyway, I'm new to all this and am probably doing something stupid, but any help would be greatly appreciated.

The audio is fine in FCEHD, and sounds fine in QuickTime Player ...
Check that the audio is 48kHz sample rate, and 16 bit. It is possible/probable that FCE HD will play anything; but a standard DVD uses 48kHz audio.

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