Multi Angle DVD issues. Just a little confusing.

Hello.
Wrote out mov files from FCP. Same exact length. Dropped these files into DVDSP. (prior to this I set the encoder for CBR 3.8 mb) They encoded fine. Dropped the main into V1 and then Angle 1 into V2, then got a very strange message..
"The Video Asset DVD 4 ANGLE 1 (Video) is only usable up to 00:01:28;02. Use the first part of the asset anyway?"
The clip is 30 min 44 sec. I can actually pull the clip out to it's end but when I try to simulate I get this message..
"Illegal angle situation. Only the Main Video Angle will be simulated."
I have looked at the original time line in FCP but there is not even an edit point at the time mentioned above. The movies from FCP had no edit points anyway as they were self contained....any help whould be much appreciated.
Until then I remain,
scratching my head.
Chris
Powerbook G4 17 1gig/G4 Dual 1gig   Mac OS X (10.3.9)  

Did you remember to set the encoder to closed GOP? Which encoder did you use?
This is probably the only time I'd ever recommend trying this, but the DVDSP built in encoder using CBR has proved more successful for me when building sample projects with mixed or multi angles. You could try it and see if it works better for you, rather than use Compressor (or whatever).

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