I want chapters on same menu as "play all"

I am creating a DVD and on an "Extra" menu I have a file that has multiple chapter markers. The thing is, I don't want to have the chapters on a separate menu. I want the "play all" button and the individual chapters on one screen. I think iDVD won't let me do that but I am wondering if there is still a way to do it.

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I'm working with an project where I have made use of the menus for the DVD, I have the startmenu with choices to "Play all" and "Play scene" and I want to get rrid of the "Play all" choice!
The Premiere Elements Help file talks about the possibility to make DVD w/ menu that does not have the "Play all" button on the startmenu and also the help talks about getting rid off buttons in the DVD menu - but helps me nothing!
Does anybody here have a hint about how to get rid of the "Play all" buttonchoice on the startmenu for the DVD?

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Menybaserad skiva med flera filmval
De här skivorna passar bäst för fristående filmer, som du inte vill kombinera till en enskild film. Om du till exempel skapar en skiva med ett bröllop kanske du vill ha förberedelserna, ceremonin och festen som separata filmer. Var och en av dem får då en egen knapp på huvudmenyn."
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Tim, thanks for your response.
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Hi - I am obviously new to Encore but this is what I want to do.
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You can use separate videos, or a single video. The single video is easier for your desired navigation. You will find more people asking how to get the "chapter" or scene video to back to a menu when it ends, and also have a play all. So ignore the advice on those.
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OK
So what You want is a "Play All" button resp. a "Play one Chapter at a time" one.
Then
BAD News - There are Non ! in iDVD
GOOD News - it can in part be faked.
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Play all resp. one chapter at a time
Play All Button
1. There are NO - Play All - button in any version of iDVD
2. It can be faked in several ways
• Easiest and most fault proof way is to make a doublet movie containing All and with
Chapters set to match. It will take up x2 space but is easy to understand and produce.
Cons: Tried this in iMovie’11 by Exporting out each part as a full Quality QT.mov then Importing back into new events and putting these into a new project (Play All project). Resulting DVD had Audio that was OK (as parts) - BUT the picture was very bad and standing photo were cut of in height. So the Play All movie has to be created from same material and exactly in the same way as the individual parts + then Chapters has to be set to match.
• It's said that one can put all movies into a Photo/SlideShow and this will also
give the function of a Play All button - Tested - and ONE HAS TO un-cheque - Scale pictures to TV-Safe area else it will be a black frame all around and a small picture !
Mike Evangelist1
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3. Using another program to do this e.g.. Roxio Toast™ where there is a Play All button option.
Summary
a. Making a Play All movie with same care as the individual Part movies - gives a very Good Result
b. Using Roxio Toast™ - also an usable way to go
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I just saw this post and wanted to ask you a question about stories before I set up my project.
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