MPEG-2 File !DO..." followed by a bunch of weird characters.

After compressor creates MPEG-2 files, with the extension .m2v have their "Kind" listed in the Finder as "MPEG-2 File <!DO..." followed by a bunch of weird characters.>
Anyone know what is going on? There was a post back in January with the same issue, but no answer.
Thanks

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To get the mp3 audios played on portable devices, just drag and drop mp4 videos into the program and select "MP3" as the output audio file, let it encode and youre done.
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Hi.
I received the following error when attempting to import an MPEG-2 file as a Timeline:
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I'm just starting out with encore CS3 on a Mac platform (OSX 10.4.11) and have a problem importing assets for Bluray authoring.
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