illegal mpeg?

[DaveS]

Maybe you guys have some thoughts on this...I created a DVD for someone, one video segment and about 6 different slide shows..slide shows were created with memories on tv as mpegs which I incorporated into the DVD (authored w/ DVDA v2.x).

For some reason, on two or three slide shows, they play ok for me, but get stuck near the end for the client - just freeze.

At first I suspected the media or even burning, so I burned on several different media and w/ both DVDA and dvd-lab (generic driver)...all the same result on two different dvd players (I checked one of them a sony and it seems to be able to handle many things although my TY media wasn't listed). The project is relatively small, so I know I'm not near the edge of the media.

The only thing I can figure is perhaps an invalid mpeg stream, which I think the version of MOT I am using did have in rare cases, although if I upgrade, I may have to re-do the slide show which I am trying to avoid.

1) Does this scenario sound familiar to anyone?
2) What can I use to check the mpeg stream for adherance to standards..I can demux it in DVD lab but it reports no issues - parsing it there shows me good info but I can't tell whether it is checking it at the same time.
3) Any other suggestions?

TIA

[BJ_M]

use bitrate viewer or MPEGValidator and check the bit rate and such ..

sounds like it is spiking

[lordsmurf]

use bitrate viewer or MPEGValidator and check the bit rate and such ..

sounds like it is spiking

And if so, you can cheat and use REJIG to lower the size. A transcode.
Or just re-encode.