Disappearing HD space after burning disc

Hi, everyone. After I burn a disc in DVD Studio Pro, I notice about 3 GB of space is missing from my Macbook HD. I use an external HD when burning DVDs, and DVD Studio Pro is configured to use this external for encoding and the like. I can't seem to find any new files or folders that could be responsible for the missing space. Anyone have any ideas as to what's causing this?
Thanks in advance.

How did that go? I lost near 4Gb from my HD after burning a DVD in DVDSP 4. I checked that folder and its empty.
Any other ideas?

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