Fcp and dvd studio incompatibility

hi i'm using fcp and exporting for dvd studio pro and the codecs it is exporting is different but i havent changed the settings. sometimes it is h264 and others mpeg 2 can anyone help as the latter is recognised by dvd studio but the former isn't. i know i could use compressor only not having much luck either!

Export your project using Quicktime Movie> Current settings (not Quicktime conversion)
Take that file into Compressor and apply the DVD preset that describes your project. This will yield m2v and ac3 files that can be brought into DVDSP.
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