DVD background pulsing on SD video. On deadline!

Hello all!
As usual I am on deadline so any quick help and advice will be appreciated.
I have a 20 minute SD video. It has been edited in FCP. In FCP I added chapter markers. I then encoded in Compressor as MPEG2 2VBR (multiple pass). I then imported into DVD Studio Pro for the final formatting and burn to disk.
The video has looked great in all stages if the process including the preview in DVD Studio Pro. But when I play back the DVD on my Mac the background pulses and in places looks blocky. The main interview subject is fine... it seems to be just the background.
Does anyone have any insight?
Thanks
A

Adrian Smith4 wrote:
I have tried viewing on a number of players. A TV, a calibrated broadcast monitor and both a Mac and a PC laptop. I have also tried using different brands of DVD. The pulsing still occurs.
If you are looking at all those things perhaps it could still be a bad burn, but would not bet on it.
The pulsing starts slowly and then seems to get faster. It forms a sort of arch around the interview subject. It's not jagged - as is common with interlacing issues... more of a pulsing brightness. Could it be a keyframe or GOP (Group of Pictures) issue? I currently encode at 15 GOP.
Quick question for you, you mention it was SD video in Final Cut, did not know if somehow you switched something on the timeline or whether you exported to a reference movie/self contained then bought into Compressor (know you mention the chapter markers) - sometimes things can get swtiched/loss quality there, does not sound like it though.
It almost sounds like the pulsing could be the edge of where the interview subject is sitting to the background? Does the pulse change as the subject moves? You mention the background is muted, but is there a large differential on the subject? I had one that drove me crazy with a difference like that, more shooting than pulsing.
What were the rates that you encoded the video out and did you make AC3 files? Since you are seeing the blockiness it can also be a rate issue throwing things off, even the pulsing. Not betting on it, but figure no harm in asking.

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