Blinking Buttons DVD won't work in DVD player

I have been trying to burn a DVD multiple times. I have made hundreds of DVD's with DVD studio pro, and have never seen this problem before. When The DVD is done, when I put it in a DVD player, the button on the menu is blinking like crazy and it is impossible to select or activate it. I've tried remaking the project file and every dvd I make has this same issue. What is going on? Please help.

I saw this on my first DVDSP project many years ago, and it is indeed a combination of the duration, loop point, and timeout/end jump. I believe it was a duration of 0 on a motion menu, with the menu set to loop. Just double-check the menu properties in the inspector.

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