Motion video in DVD SP

I made a short 6 second reference movie from FCP 5 and then took it into Motion and added that glow-y box effect, from one of the templates, with some text flying in. This worked great.
I saved the file as a Motion file, then brought it in to DVD SP 4. When I simulate it, or watch it in the viewer, the glowy box effect isn't there. Also the movie, is at 50 percent opacity.
I did a build and the problem was still there. I though the motion file would be rendered during the build.
Should I go back into Motion and export through compressor an MPEG 2?
This makes sense to me.
Anyone else got a tip.
Thanks in advance.

Difficult to know what to say without actually watching you work but the safest thing to do is simply render the Motion movie and then import it into DVDSP4 as an asset.
bogiesan

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