DVD DL with a DVD-rom part

Hi,
With DVD SP 3.0.2, I'm trying to burn a DVD-DL, containing a DVD-video part (2,1 Go) and a DVD-rom part (4 Go). The layer is set to Dual and the Break Point is set to Automatic. DVD SP reports an error :
"Formatting Failed.
Formatting was not successful. A suitable marker could not be found in the required layer break range. See DVD manual for more information."
I think that the problem is that the DVD-rom part is bigger than the DVD-video one, and a marker can only be on the video part. As layer 0 needs to be larger than Layer 1, the break point should be on the DVD-rom part. DVD SP3 seems unable to do this. Does further versions of DVD SP can do it ?
I also thought of burning with Toast, but I don't think that Toast will include the DVDaccess function. Am I right ?
If anyone as an idea that could help me...thanks !

Do you have any markers in the video towards the end of the video? If not try adding one and seeing if that helps.
How big is the video? (size) Did you do a build? You could also add/duplicate the track and add chapter markers in there to force things if needed.
Take a look at these threads, there are others but this should help..
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8096861&#8096861
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7721738&#7721738

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