Poor quality of motion background menu

Hello to all.
For the first time I have made a motion menu with Encore CS5.1
The video background of the menu is of poor quality. It seems that the frame rate is lower than normal.
I have made an experiment:
the menu shows a button which gives access to a video sequence which is the same as the background of the menu. The sources are strictly the same.
The result is that the backgroud menu is of poor quality compared to the content linked by the menu although the assets are the same.
The settings I have used are in the images below.
You will see the video at : http://jp-tech.pagesperso-orange.fr/download/DVD.zip
I have carried out different settings. The results are the same.
Any help appreciated, thank you.

Hi Stan Jones,
Thank you so much for the reply.
I am not sure I have well understood your advice. I think you told me that there is not enough bitrate for the audio.
Anyway I have changed the settings as the following and the issue is the same. Best regards. Jean-Paul
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