IDVD chapters......?????(scene selection)

My problem is that every time i burn a dvd no scene selection works!!?? even if in the idvd preview everything seems perfect???? I'm getting pretty ...... Dose some one knows what 2 do ? plz help thanks in advance .
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but it still took me 2 weeks and 10 DL dvds
In the future, create a disk image to view your project on the DVD player on your computer. There are some advantages to following this procedure. Item #2 addresses the above situation.
1. Burning from a disk image allows you to set your burn speed to at least 4x. Lower burn speeds tend to have less disk errors when burning and are easier on your computer to burn. When using iDVD to burn, you cannot adjust your burn speed.
2. A disk image allows you to review, before burning, your movie exactly how it will appear on the DVD disk that you will burn. You will avoid burning disks that either have errors or are unusable.

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