I have 13 3-10 minutes movies, does dual layer split it up?

Hi, this will be my first dual layer dvd.
I have several short movies with transitions and titles with 4 different menus. (Using iMovie HD and iDVD5). I've searched to find out how many minutes a dual layer will take and I'm thinking the answers are for straight movies. Does anyone know how many minutes will fit if it's like mine? (Many short movies)
Also, when you make a dual layer, do you have to split it up at all and/or will the dvd players automatically read them (all the different menus, since it's not one continuous movie)? I hope that makes sense.
Thanks!
Beth
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Hi mish,
Thanks and sorry, I haven't checked this post lately. I have a main page that leads to a screen with a menu with 4 sub menus, (each just have a background photo) then when you click on the sub menu it takes you to another menu each. The reason I did this is to divide a "town dvd" into categories, ie. "people", "community", "school" and "business". One has one movie, one has 4 movies, one has 3 and one has 6. Each movie has chapters. I don't even have music in the menu screens. I'm using the "reveal" theme.
One thing I did change that made a difference was... I also had one slide show that I had originally made in iPhoto, then shared to iDVD. I read on a discussion that you should save it then import into iMovie, then send to iDVD. So I did that, That allowed me to go ahead a burn what I had so far, but I'm still worried that once I add my music and 20 more minutes or more, I'll end up dual layer again.
Thank you for any input!
Beth

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