Cannot burn a working disc edited in FCP with DVD Studio Pro

I have made nice DVDs before with DVDSP
I edited a 10 minute video in FCP
Sequence-720 x480 anamorphic DV/DVCPRO –NTSC
Used compressors for encoding
Used compressor’s DVD Best quality settings. Looks fine.
After encoding assets
Put them in DVDSP. The video looks good and functions correctly in preview window.
Somehow when I go to burn it, Im missing something simple - a setting? a preference? New folder?
It will not burn a DVD I can view on PC or standard DVD player. EHHHHHH!!!!
I can get a disc to burn but it will only play my mac. No SD DVD player or computer will recognize it. I must be missing something very simple. HEEELLLLP
Below is DVDSP log results
Note: The file ‘Corona tourney-lip RipperZ fred hall DVD 03/12.ac3’ found in the ‘Lipp ripperZ Fred hall DVD’ folder is not a DVD-Video file and will not be included in the final disc or DLT.
Note: The file ‘Corona tourney-lip RipperZ fred hall DVD 03/12.m2v’ found in the ‘Lipp ripperZ Fred hall DVD’ folder is not a DVD-Video file and will not be included in the final disc or DLT.
Note: The file ‘lip RipperZ fred hall DVD 03/12.fcp’ found in the ‘Lipp ripperZ  Fred hall DVD’ folder is not a DVD-Video file and will not be included in the final disc or DLT.
Thanks
Gary

Out of frustration I burned the movie in iDVD. It will work for now. So it's not media DVR-R. DVDSP has a setting or preference wrong or there is some corruption in the software that needs to be adressed.
DVDSP make much better looking and sounding DVDs than iDVD. I stilll need to solve the problem for future DVDs.
As of now  DVDSP is set SD 16:9 in the preferences and SD NTSC the disc window.
Thanks
Gary

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