Watermark bug in DVDSP 4.2

I need to bug a project with a logo... I can get the logo into the project as a .tif or .pict (grayscale), position it on the subtitle track, force it to stay there, etc. The problem is during the build... it gives me this:
Starting DVD Build ABC...
Compiler Initializing...
Precompiling Project ABC
Compiling VMG Information...
Created 8 PGCs in VTSM1
Created 8 PGCs in VMG.
1 Menu(s) will be created...
Compiling Menu PGCs...
Compiling Menu#1 (Menu 1)...
Rendering Menu:Menu 1,Language:1...
Generating Transition: VTSM #01, VOB #1...
Writing VIDEO_TS.VOB
1 VTSs and 1 Titles will be created...
Compiling VTS#1 (FF 217)...
Preparing Subtitles...
Muxing VTS011.VOB
Video File Read Error
It's a simple project with an m2v and an aiff file at an acceptable bitrate.
Any successes? Please don't suggest I bug and render a 30 minute series style program in FCP!
Thanks!

Try changing the audio to AC3 as an aif. Also do you have any other subtitles (you may be going over total rate for the track it sounds like) What was your video encoding rate?
Lastly, you may be better off using either Final Cut or Compressor when encoding to m2v to add a watermark as oppossed to the subtitle method, not sure if you are worried about people removing the watermark or not.

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