Invalid video asset

Hi everybody,
I have this error message when burning a DVD...
I believe it could be a codec issue, but I am not sure how to solve it...
Does anybody know how could I fix that?
Thanks a lot!

Settings: dv-pal 100% quality progressive 4:3
Exactly, I played it before and works fine, besides it works fine with the simulator in DVDSP...
It starts burning and after around 2 hours (the disc meter shows 2.4GB) it stops and gives the error message: track 1 (that is the only one I have): invalid video asset...
I hope not to omit more info to you, I really appreciate all your posts!!
I don´t get what is going on...

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