DVD splits on playback.

Hello
I am burning a 4.7 12cm PAL disk in region 1,2,3,4,5,6 & 8. I am using pro to compression the quicktime file to an m2v and aiff format. I have the bit rate set automatically at 4.0 mbps with a max bit rate of 7.0. The length of the video is only 02:05:19 (msf). I have successfully used these settings to burn disks which work from this burner but too frequently a disk will not playback on dvd players. Copyright management in unticked. They will playback in the mac’s own drive. Any suggestions would be very welcome.
Regards
Dan
Mac g5 Mac OS X (10.3.3) quicktime made in FCP5

Hi
Thanks for the links. I will try the audio change and see if that helps. The main problem is that when the disk loads the screen is split in two horizontally. The disk will play like this but I can find no explanation why it will play fine with some disks and not others. I am using good quality disks but this hasnn't solved the problem. I wondered if it might be a problem with the lead-in or lead-out data. Very strange that it will effect one disk and then burn one fine. The split playback happens on multiple stand alone dvd machines but not on the mac's own drive. The audio plays without any problems. I will keep checking all the threads to see if I can find a solution. Thanks.
Dan

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