DVD Menu Button problems

I'm getting very desperate with iDVD 6, any update in sight?
While using iDVD 5 my projects and final DVDs were just fine. In fact, the PROJECT itself still looks fine with iDVD 6, but when I burn the DVD I get DISASTEROUS results. I have wasted 12 DVDs last week, trying to burn my project from iDVD 6, also tried discimages. My created DVD project has a menue and a sub-menue, on the first page everything is OK on the burnt DVD, but there is a link to the chapters of the film on the second page. And the chapters give great trouble, when I click on any of the chapter buttons, all the buttons show the last chapter on the burnt DVD: credits!

Here is some background that might help to analyse my problem:

I have deleted the first chapter of the movie on the DVD project (second page) as it was not needed for the DVD, however, the project runs fine, and I would expect the DVD to be the same, or could this have a bad effect on the final result, I wonder? (no problem with iDVD5)
the iDVD 5 burnt copy looks like better quality, but I have to change a few things on the project, so I had to make changes. But with iDVD 6 there are many weird things happening with my buttons, and navigation
Someone in this Forum mentioned "looping" was a problem? Could that be my problem, and how can I switch it off?
I have issues with iMovie sound on DVDs too, video & sound look perfect in the project but audio tracks seem to move a tiny bit after compression (despite locking them at playhead), with the result of bad transitions on the final DVD.

I'm thankful for any advice, as I really need to print my DVDs now, but i cannot.

Fanny

G5 Mac Mac OS X (10.4.5)

G5 Mac Mac OS X (10.4.4)

Button sequences can get messed up if you turn off "snap to grid" and start freely rearranging buttons or cut-and-pasting buttons from one menu to another.

There's 2 ways to fix it.

iDVD way: When you have finished playing with your buttons, turn "snap to grid" back on and the buttons will drift back to default positions. It will then be clear whether they are in order or not. If they are in order, simply undo the snap to grid. If not, rearrange the buttons by dragging them with "snap to grid" on (which defines the sequence), then turn "snap to grid" off and manually arrange them again.

Note if your buttons are arranged peculiarly, you may still end up with a bizarre navigation sequence, because ultimately iDVD will try to define the button sequence so that it follows a spatial (x,y) sequence as you press the L/R and up/down keys on your DVD's remote. There is no way to change this in iDVD.

myDVDedit way: Get the latest version of this app (0.9.8) from www.mydvdedit.com, copy the VIDEO_TS folder to your hard disk and make it and all the files within read/writeable, and edit the button sequence to define navigation exactly how you want it.

Note MyDVDedit is a powerful app not for the fainthearted, and you can seriously screw things up with it. When done, you need to use Toast or similar to create a playable DVD video disk from the edited VIDEO_TS folder.

I too have a menu button problem. I am making a slideshow on iDVD and I have 12 buttons at present. When I try to add another I get a message that I have too many buttons and as a result I can't add any more slides. Does any one know what the maximum number of buttons is and is there a way to increase that number or how I can add more slides.

Agape

In iDVD the maximum number of buttons per menu is 12. There is no way to change this in iDVD. To add more slides you need to have a hierarchy of menus, each with a maximum of 12 buttons.

I think the DVD standard allows a maximum of 32 buttons per menu, DVD Studio Pro is the only option there.

Thank you. At least I know that the problem was not caused by me. I am going to make several volumes, each with a maximum of 12 buttions. I think this should work for me.

Agape

Thanks Brendan. Not sure if my problem was related to the grid. When I played the iDVD project everything was 100% correct, the problems only turned up with the burnt DVDs, everything was all over the place. I "solved" this now by going back to iMovie and rebuidling the iDVD project from scratch. No problem since then. What is the fastest way to get several copies of my DVDs, even toast discimages take forever. Any third party app? I also have issues when I open older iDVD projects with iDVD 6 mainly due to changes in iPhoto all the slideshows and photos' links are gone and I have to reattach them to the project. Any easier way to do this?
fanny

G5 Mac Mac OS X (10.4.4)