Burn DVD without breaks/chapters

Hi,
I am burning a friends wedding video for him but for some reason when I do this through iMovie '09 the finished DVD is in chapters based (I think) on however many times the camcorder was set to record and recording paused?
Understandably this is resulting in a lot of chapters.
How can I burn it without any breaks, just as one merged file?
Ali.

Hi
I think this is a missunderstanding.
When pausing a Camera - result is several video-clips (no chapter)
When wanting Chapters - one put in a special Chapter-mark in the Video Project.
(Can't be set or used in Event's window)
So If You build a movie in Project window and don't add any Chapter Marks - then Your
movie when exported/shared to iDVD will be one cont. movie without any Chapter Marks.
Reg Chapter Marks
• Do not set ANY AT VERY BEGINNING - This confuses iDVD though it want to set this by it self
• DO not set any Chapter Marks in or Within 2 sec of any transition in Your movie
(Yes there are ways around this - First Export Your Movie as full Quality QuickTime.
Then Re-import this into a NEW project. Now all transitions are glued in so You are
free to set Chapters wherever You want except in very beginning)
• When movie is done and You get started in iDVD - DO NOT Return to iMovie to correct
anything - this will result in a well known BUG. Start a new iDVD project instead after correction.
Yours Bengt W

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