Creating MP3 (Not Data) DVD's in iTunes 8

I am wondering if there is a way to use iTunes 8 to create a MP3 DVD? I know how to burn CD's and DVD's, the problem is that iTunes 8 only allows Data DVD's to be created which puts all the folders and folder structures on the DVD. I want to be able to create a MP3 DVD with all the songs in the playlist at the top level of the DVD.
I can do this manually by dragging all my MP3's to the DVD, but this doesn't allow me to use the iTunes playlist functionality.
Thanks.

Yeah, I tried it when it first happened. What happens is that the folder structure also gets written to the DVD which isn't a big deal normally. The limitation I have on my truck's DVD player is that it will only read 512 "files". When you write the DVD using iTunes 8 and the DATA DVD function it creates a folder for the artist, and a folder for the album, then the MP3 file.
My truck DVD see's these folders as "files" (for some reason) so essentially for every MP3 I write, I get two to three folders written also, and since my DVD player only will recognize the first 512 items, I end up getting about 150 - 200 MP3's recognized by the DVD player before it reaches that 512 limit and starts back over at zero.
To try and get around this, I have tried to write MP3's to the DVD by file name but the other problem I run into is that my DVD writer software does me the "favor" or writing these files in name, size, extension, or date last modified order. Unfortunately I haven't found a way to write these songs in the "playlist" order using anything other than iTunes or MusicMatch.
I'll keep on trying a few different ideas. Thank you for all your help.

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