Exports for DVD only include left channel of audio! Help!!!

Hi, I just realized that the files that I have been exporting using compressor have been only exporting the left channel. I am not sure what the problem is and would appreciate any help anyone could give me, as I'm on a big deadline and need to solve this ASAP.
The way I've been doing it, is I right click on the sequence name in Final Cut Pro and select Export > Export Using Compressor. Then I selected the DVD Best Quality 90 Minutes option. The AIFF file that is created seems to only have audio in the left channel. The original files themselves are definitely stereo, and play both channels in Final Cut.
I really don't understand. The Inspector within Compressor shows this information for the AIFF file:
File Extension: aiff
Estimated file size: unknown
Audio Encoder: 16-bit Integer (Big Endian), Stereo (L R), 48.000 kHz
It says Stereo, so I don't know what the problem is! Please help!!!

In the Sequence Settings, I see this:
Downmix: 0
Grouping: Stereo
I also checked the Audio Mixer window and nothing seems to be muted or solo'd. A1 is panned all the way to the left, and A2 all the way to the right, but I'm guessing this is normal, and just the way that stereo channels are shown?
I'm not sure if I have downmix enabled--where do I check that?
On somebody else's suggestion, I tried exporting a non self-contained Quicktime movie from FCP and then dragged that into Compressor and it seems to solve the stereo issue. Not sure why it doesn't work going straight from FCP, but there must be something going on inside there...
Thanks so much for your help. I really appreciate it!

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