"General Error" when building from Quicktime Reference

Just a few weeks ago I exported an hour long video as a Quicktime Reference from Avid Media Composer 7, imported it into Encore and built it to a Blu-ray folder. Everything worked as it should. Today I had two 5 minute videos exported from Avid as QT Ref's, imported these into Encore, made them into timelines, checked the project and previewed and all seemed correct. I went to build and it almost immediately pulls up the error "General Error". I saved the project, closed Encore and tried again and still no luck.
I am using the same settings as before when making the QT refs from Avid (Digital mastering default, flatten video tracks, native dimensions [1920x1080], mixdown audio tracks as .wav, 96 kHz, 24 bit), the Avid codec I am using, and thus referencing, hasn't changed (Avid DNxHD 145) and my Encore project settings are the same as the last time I successfully made a disc using QT refs (Blu-ray authoring, H.264, 1920x1080 29.97, PCM audio, 30 Mbps). I am using a static menu in this project, just like the last time I successfully built. Before attempting to build, the videos and audio playback in Encore correctly and the project checks out fine.
Why would this be happening? The message provides absolutely no useful information -- just "General Error" -- so I have no clue what the underlying issue is.
Has anyone else experienced and overcome this phenomenon?

An error that is probably due to multiple causes.
Two things worth trying:
close the current project and "clean" the caches.
Reset Encore preferences.
What version of Encore?

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