DVD Studio Freezes

Hi,
I've been using DVD Studio Pro for some time now without problems. Today, I am trying to create a DVD, and I am only doing one thing different than usual: I put in chapter markers in Final Cut Pro before I exported the MPEG-2 with Compressor. Now when I try to import the file into DVD Studio Pro it freezes the program as soon as I put the video into the timeline. Any idea what would be causing this?
Thanks!

If this helps any, the file keeps crashing Compressor and finder, too, and it continues to do so even if I recompress it from Final Cut.

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