I've encoded a countless number of movies to DVD using AVStoDVD, but today I encountered an error I haven't seen before, and I'm not quite sure what the cause of it is.

The encoding was all fine and dandy until MuxMan came into play to mux the video/audio streams (m2v & ac3). The MuxMan log is as follows:

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BatchMux version --> 1.3
Destination Folder --> M:\DVD\DVD_0\VIDEO_TS
MuxMan Script File --> C:\Users\Fatty\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_0_MuxMan.mxp
MuxMan Log String --> -l "C:\Users\Fatty\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_0_MuxMan.log"
Folder of the MuxMan executable --> C:\Program Files (x86)\AVStoDVD\MuxMan
Check presence of MuxMan.exe --> PASSED
Segment #1 - Video File #1 --> M:\DVD\DVD_0.m2v
Checking asset for importing as --> M2V, M1V, MPV
Video Coding Mode --> MPEG-2
Video Resolution (Nominal) --> (720x480)
MPEG-2 Aspect Ratio (DAR) --> 16:9
Video Frame Rate --> 29,97 fps
Video Bitrate (Nominal, Kbps) --> 8789
VBV Buffer Size (Kbyte) --> 224
Segment #1 - Video Display Mode --> LB
Segment #1 - Audio #1 File #1 --> M:\DVD\DVD_0_1.ac3
Segment #1 - Audio Lang Code #1 --> en
Started preparation of --> MUXMAN SCRIPT
Completed preparation of --> MUXMAN SCRIPT
MuxMan RunString --> -run
Strings (local stack - bytes) --> 555
Time Codes (local heap - bytes) --> 13
Static memory usage % --> 0.43
Starting MuxMan Authoring with --> LOW task priority
MuxMan Authoring --> COMPLETE
Printing out --> MUXMAN LOG

-- MuxMan version 0.15R
-- Opened script file C:\Users\Fatty\AppData\Local\Temp\DVD_0_MuxMan.mxp
-- Accepted video M:\DVD\DVD_0.m2v size = 2139881472
-- Accepted audio M:\DVD\DVD_0_1.ac3
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-- 22:21:19 Begin multiplex VTS01.
-- Title Segment List
-- Seg1
-- Maximum audio duration 541176 fields.
-- Starting scene Seg1_Scn1 at 00:00:00:00
-- Multiplex operation failed, probably caused by excessive bitrate.

Segment memory resources --> RELEASED
Local Stack memory --> RELEASED
File i/o structures --> DEALLOCATED

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I'm not really sure whether it's referring to the bitrate for the video or the audio, so below is the info for both streams:

Video:

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General
Complete name : M:\DVD\DVD_0.m2v
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
File size : 1.99 GiB

Video
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@Main
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, Matrix : Default
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 9 000 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Standard : NTSC
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Scan order : 2:3 Pulldown
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 1.086

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Audio:

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General
Complete name : M:\DVD\DVD_0_1.ac3
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
File size : 482 MiB
Duration : 2h 30mn
Overall bit rate : 448 Kbps

Audio
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Duration : 2h 30mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 448 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 482 MiB (100%)

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I'm almost positive that it can't be referring to the bitrate of the AC3 track because I've ALWAYS encoded my AC3 track 448kbps...95% of which were 5.1ch just as this one. If it's referring to the bitrate of the video track, is there anyway that I can fix this issue?

I usually let AVStoDVD setup the title setting automatically (as I've done with this title as well), and the video settings in AVStoDVD are as follows:

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Auto Video Setup: Yes
Video Encoding Profile: HCenc VBR 2-pass
Video Aspect Ratio: Widescreen (16:9)
Video Resolution: Full-D1 (720x480)
Average Video Bitrate: 3560kbps
Max Video Bitrate: 9000kbps
Auto Bitrate Calculation: Yes

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If anyone could help me out with this problem, it would be GREATLY appreciated.

Nevermind on this one guys....I did some checking into it, and found that there was a write error on my hard disk during the encoding process for the video track. I started a new re-encode with the same settings, and it came out just fine. :)