DVD instable (freezes) on standalone DVD player

Hi,
I have authored a DVD with 2 languages, starting with a copyright and introduction screen (both in one slideshow), then coming to the language select menu, where you can select between Spanish or English. When you click on a button a small script is loaded to set the GPRM 0 to 0 (Spanish) or 1 (English), leading you to the mainmenu of that language. There is a play all button and stories with the seperate chapters and there is a submenu with extras.
When I burn the DVD it plays normal on the Mac, altough I have the feeling it sometimes takes too long to start a video or goto the next menu after clicking on a link, but nothing alarming.
On my standalone player however the DVD sometimes freezes (mostly when chosing the language), and makes some mechanical sounds (loading a part of the disc) when clicking on a button.
I burned the VIDEO_TS map using Toast on both the MacPro and another laptop, to make sure it is not the burner that's broke, but the problem occurs in both cases.
Anyone has a clue on how I can solve this? I have to press a glass master and 500 copies, and want to make sure it plays stable first...
Please help!
Ben

Hi,
I have authored DVDs before, but had never done a DVD in which you first chose the language, after which the menus and extras (slideshows etc.) are in that language. The thing is that you afterwards have to get back to the right menu, which you cannot assign to a button as far as I know. I had my scripts, which I used as you can see in the link) checked by a very experienced DVD authorer and he didn't see any abnormalities. There is no money to put an experienced crew on this at this point.
The strange thing is that when I load the VIDEO_TS folder directly into the DVD player of Mac, it all works perfect. I don't get any errors in the build, no errors in the DVD player, everything works fine.
The problems come when I burn it on DVD. I burned the VIDEO_TS map on DVD by using Toast. Tomorrow I am going to do another attempt to do it directly from DVDSP (build&format), see if that makes any difference. I am also thinking it might have to do with the bitrates? I moved the script to change the GPRM0 after the introduction text (you chose language, this runs the script, which leads you to an introductory text in the form of a slideshow, ending in the mainmenu of the correct language), so now the language choice leads you straight to the slideshow and then to the script.
The point in which it often freezes (not always) remains the same. So it might not have to do with the script. There are around 4hours of video on the DVD-5. I did the mpeg2 conversion in compressor using low bitrates, but maybe I have to set it lower? I don't know if it's possible that a DVD freezes in a menu leading to a slideshow when the bitrate of the video is too high...
Any ideas?

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