Before the main DVD menu

Hi there,
is there any way to place a short movie (2-3 minutes) before the main DVD-Menu? With that I mean, when I put the DVD in the player, I would like it to start directly with a little intro - like in some movie, in always start with advertising or similar - and then I would like the main DVD-menu to come.
Is there anyway to do that with iDVD?
Thanks for any ideas and answers!
W2006

I believe you'd just drag and drop your QT movie to the autostart well while in map view. Try it.
Click Here
It's the very top box that you drag and drop any QT movie you'd like to start the presentation afterwhich it should return to the main menu. It looks very similar to iDvd6 also:
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