Encoding assets gets stuck at 14% during DVD burn

I've been using DVD Studio Pro for a couple of years to create demo reels on DVD. Recently I was updating our reel and imported some new video and audio files. When I tried to burn a DVD it seemed to get stuck at 14% while encoding assets and wasn't able to complete the burn. I tried burning an older version from an older DVD Studio Pro file and it seemd to work fine. I'm just wondering what's different about this new version that's making it unable to burn a DVD. It must have something to do with the new files I imported. Is there anything I can do to fix this.
I've been using DVD Studio Pro V 2.05
Thanks,
Dino
G5 Dual 2ghz 1.5 gig ram   Mac OS X (10.4.8)  
G5 Dual 2ghz 1.5 gig ram   Mac OS X (10.4.8)  

Compressor is okay, better than it was before. You can also use other encoders such as bitVice, www.innobits.se and another at digigami.com Basically Compressor will do what DVD SP will do but with more control
You will not have to rebuild the reel, once you encode the assets (AC3 and m2v) just replace the items in the track, which is done in the following (also has some Compressor info)
http://dvdstepbystep.com/fasttrackover.php
A movie showing Compressor is also here
http://dvdstepbystep.com/qc.php

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  • Media Encoder gets stuck!!

    I'm getting frustrated.  I have a 1hr long project that i'm trying to export and been fighting with it for a week.
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    Sounds exactly like what is happening to me.  This is frustrating because it was a 30 hour encoding process and the place where it is stuck is right at the very end of the sequence on the 2nd pass, although there is still about 12% of the progress bar remaining.  I guess that this is where it takes all its work and puts the separate files into the single video file. I really don't want to go through this again. The final video file is showing up though and is shown having the size that I am expecting it to be.
    Any workarounds to somehow get this unstuck?  I am hesitant to just try and open the file. I am going to try a couple of things and if I am successful at getting this to finish without restarting then I will be sure to post it here.
    Also, I don't know if this has anything to do with this problem, but I looked at my system Activity Monitor, and there is a CPU process highlighted in red, it states:
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    Thirty minutes later...
    I was incorrect above as to the actual problem.  I paused the queue encoding that was stuck, then opened up the project again in Premiere Pro only to discover that there was an offline still image which I stupidly had renamed during the day. So I renamed the file back to its original name, reconnected the picture, saved the PP project. Then I started the encoding back up and still no luck.
    So I paused the encoding again, went back into the PP project and rendered just the area under question, saved it, and exported it into the queue. Then just to be safe I went to the paused item in AME, and duplicated it adding another version into the queue.
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  • When i try to burn my iMovie to a dvd it does not play correctly. It gets stuck or slows down at parts...please any tips, ideas or help? Thanks

    When I create my movie on iMovie it plays great. Then I try to burn it to a dvd and it doesn't play well on the dvd. It either gets stuck at parts or slows down or skips a little. I try to save it to my theatre and burn it that way. Or I have added it to my documents and burned it that way. Either way worked. Any tips, ideas, help or solutions would be very much appreciated. This is driving me crazy and i am wasting so many dvds! Thanks!

    bertjones00 wrote:
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  • Running a mid 2009 iMac on 10.7.5, 3 gb memory, 320 gb hd.    Suddenly the computer stoped reading DVDs and the only time I can read a CD is if I restart.  Quite often when I insert a CD it gets stuck and I cannot get it out until I restart and it shows u

    Running a mid 2009 iMac on 10.7.5, 3 gb memory, 320 gb hd. 
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    I have checked and double checked the finder prefs and all looks normal showing a check mark on CDs,DVDs etc. (the ones I want to show up on the desktop)
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    Once and a while it seems like the computer slows way down but then it seems ok ten minutes later.
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    Of course the warranty and extended warranty are both no longer in effect having had this computer for more than three years.
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    I believe that insufficient RAM may be the source of some of your problems. If you have a RAM of somewhere 4 to 8GB, you will experience smoother computing. 3GB doesn't seem right, so you might want to learn more by going to this site:
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    I don't know what know what's happening with your optical drive, but it seems you use your drive quite a bit. In that case, look into a lens cleaner for your machine. It's inexpensive, works quite well.
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