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Changing how iDVD handles movies with chapter markers

When you add a movie with chapter markers (created in previous versions of iMovie or another video editing application) to your iDVD project, iDVD automatically adds a Play Movie button and Scene Selection button to the DVD menu.

The Scene Selection button links to a scene selection menu. This menu includes a button for each “chapter” (or scene) of your movie, allowing viewers to jump quickly from scene to scene using their remote controls.

You can change your iDVD Preferences so that a scene selection menu is not automatically created when you add a movie with chapter markers, or so that iDVD asks you each time whether you would like one created.

To set chapter marker preferences:

Step 1

Choose iDVD > Preferences.

Step 2

Click Movies.

Step 3

Select one of the options for importing movies.

If you select “Do not create chapter submenus,” iDVD adds a single button to your menu when you add a movie with chapter markers. The button has the same name as the movie you added, but you can change the name if you want. Clicking this button plays the movie.

If you change your mind and want to include the scene selection menu for the movie you added, you must first delete the movie from your project (by selecting its button and pressing the Delete key). Change your Preferences setting to “Create chapter submenus,” and then add the movie to your project again.

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