Creating chapters and play all

hi, i have a concert film. i recorded all the footage in by song, so i have 12 5+ minute files. I want to make a play all function, so the dvd will just play each song right after the ones before it. basically, how do i make each song a chapter and play all capabilities. i already made it so each song is its own film, but once the song ends, it retunrs to the menu....

In iMovie or iDVD, you can edit the songs one after the other in the same timeline to create one movie. Drop that movie into iDVD and you will get a movie that plays the songs in sequence. Also, in iDVD, you can a chapter for each song to give viewers the options of going to each one
With the lengths you are dealing with, you could still put each song as a separate movie into your DVD is you so choose

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