DVDs wont play in player

I'm using my usual work flow:
export out of FCP through Compressor into DVD preset audio & video files, bring those into DVDSP and build a DVD. It's done me good for a long time.
The only difference tonight is that I brought QT movies into DVDSP and initiated the encode through DVDSP instead of Compressor. Didn't get the desired results so I returned everything (or so I think) to factory presets and started over using my usual workflow via Compressor.
Now my burned DVDs wont play in my consumer DVD player ( final test before delivery) but they do play in my mac DVD player. What the F*?

Hi
By a chance, didn't you authored a HD DVD after resetting everything to factory presets?
Hope that helps !
Alberto

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