DVD Map Buttons Order and DVD Player Titles Order Don't Match

I created a DVD with 9 movies, movie1.mov… movie9.mov, etc. consecutively, using the “Chapters” type screen of a template as the menu. The DVD Map shows the movie buttons arranged in numeric order. On the menu, they are left to right, top to bottom in 3 rows x 3 columns:
1 2 3
4 5 6
7 8 9
I then saved the disc image. One may expect in DVD Player > Go > Title, the numbers correspond to the movie button numbers.
THEY DO NOT!! Instead, here is the sequence:
Title 1 = Movie 1
Title 2 = Movie 5
Title 3 = Movie 2
Title 4 = Movie 9
Title 5 = Movie 7
Title 6 = Movie 6
Title 7 = Movie 3
Title 8 = Movie 4
Title 9 = Movie 8
or, conversely,
Movie 1 = Title 1
Movie 2 = Title 3
Movie 3 = Title 7
Movie 4 = Title 8
Movie 5 = Title 2
Movie 6 = Title 6
Movie 7 = Title 5
Movie 8 = Title 9
Movie 9 = Title 4
Since DVD Map does not allow you to rearrange the movie buttons in the flow map, I rearranged the movie buttons in the menu in this layout and saved as another disc image:
1 5 2
9 7 6
3 4 8
But now, it screws up again:
Title 1 = Movie 9
Title 2 = Movie 1
Title 3 = Movie 7
Title 4 = Movie 6
Title 5 = Movie 3
Title 6 = Movie 5
Title 7 = Movie 2
Title 8 = Movie 4
Title 9 = Movie 8
Can someone explain?

Hi Jay
Welcome to apple discussions.
The order added normally determines the order of the buttons.
However, if one happens to move the buttons around in such a way that the space of multiple buttons should overlap (even slightly), odd things can happen to this normally sequential order. The reason for this is that iDvd takes it upon itself to correct these overlapping text object 'flaws' prior to going forward. One must keep in mind that each button's space is actually a little bit larger than the icon and it's actual text area. If this space (which can be nearly invisible to the causal user) should overlap with another, then odd things start to happen with button order (as you have witnessed above). I'm not sure if there is a guaranteed approach to iDvd's random button order issue, short of upgrading to a beefier app like DVDSP.
Hope this helps but if not just come on back.
Message was edited by: SDMacuser

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