Formatting Failed: Compiler File Error

Hello...
Yesterday I got my crossgrade disks from Apple, so I upgraded my G4 Powerbook with the full Studio Pro upgrade, then made sure I had all current patches.
When I opened up one of my DVD Studio Pro projects and clicked Burn, It failed with a dailog box that said "Formatting failed, Building was not successful, See log" so I looked at the log and it said in red "Compiler File Error"
This project worked fine before I upgraded... So, for grins, I started from scratch and rebuilt the project and reimported the assets. Now I had just recompressed the video/audio with the new compressor as well... Anyway, same result. Also, when it fails, the OS-X window pops up that you normally get once you insert a blank DVD and you can choose an app or hit ignore.
Can't figure this out... Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Dave
Powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Once I upgraded, I recompressed the video (its about 14 min, and uses Dolby, not AIFF)... When I opened DVD Studio Pro, it prompted me that assets had changed, I said ok, then tried to burn and go the error. I then tried deleting the PAR folder, no help. So, I just closed the project, hit NEW and recreated the project (it was rather simple) and then tried to burn... Same error.
I burned this same DVD two days ago under the old pre-universal version and it worked fine. I only recompressed because I heard that the new version performed much better.
Sorta lost on this one... I don't see any reason why it shouldnt work. The log only says the one line and gives no other help.

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Thanks for the help all! Sorry I didn't think of using the search. I browsed through the first 5 pages or so, and didn't find what I was looking for, but it never occured to me to actually search for it... d'oh!
At any rate, the Compiler error still occurs when I use the "Burn" feature, but I was able to Build & Format successfully. There was no preference file to delete (I'm assuming this is because none of the preferences have been changed, thus a seperate file was never created), but I did repair permissions, to no avail. I tried a reboot a number of times as well.
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Help !
This is a strange problem :
Evertime I try to burn a disc, it says :
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Formatting finished.
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Now I tried several different projects and it does it on multiple computers.
Only explenation would be something I did in my DVD menu, or assets.
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