IDVD chapter problem

Hello,
I'm trying to do following things, but iDVD won't let me or I can't find how to do this... I have several separate movies from iMovie that I want to combine to one DVD. I want to have menu buttons for each chapter but also an ability to play all them one after another.
iDVD manages to create menu for all of them and I can play them separately, but after playing one chapter it returns back to the menu rather than playing next one.
I can add them into slideshow and then it will play them altogether but then I don't have ability to play movies individually.
So, to summarize I have two questions:
1. Why after playing one chapter iDVD returns to the menu, and is there a way of disabling it?
2. Is there other than a slideshow way to create a play-all functionality?
Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Hi
It's a good advice to start a new topic than jump into another fellow users one.
But I would move out the pref file and re-start iDVD and see if that helps.
*Not knowing the origin to Your problem - General approach when in trouble is as follows.*
• Free space on internal (start-up) hard disk if it is less than 10Gb should rather have 25Gb
• Hard disk is untidy. Repair Permissions, Repair Hard disk (Apple Disc Util tool)
• Delete iDVD pref file - *or rather start a new user/account* - log into this and re-try
iDVD pref file resides. Mac Hard Disk (start-up HD)/Users/"Your account"/Library/Preferences and is named.
com.apple.iDVD.plist
While iDVD is NOT RUNNING - move this file out to desk-top.
Now restart iDVD.
• Program miss-match. iDVD 5.0.2, Mac OS X.4.11 AND QuickTime 7.5.5 - is OK - DON’T work under Leopard
• Program miss-match. iDVD 6.0.4, Mac OS X.4.11 AND QuickTime 7.5.5 - is OK (might work under Leopard)
• Program miss-match. iDVD’08 v. 7.0.1, Mac OS X.4.11 AND QuickTime 7.5.5 - is OK (might work under Leopard)
• iDVD (08) v7 Locate theme folder. Move out iDVD1, iDVD 2 and eventually iDVD4 folders to desktop - re-try
• Try a Cleaning CD/DVD that cleans the laser lens on the DVD burner/player
iDVD 6.0.4 and iDVD 7.0.1 are compatible with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
Last resort. from Craig. Solved the problem!! Finally!!
I deleted every iDVD application and folder from my boot drive,
emptied the trash and then installed iDVD 08 using the customize option
and I am up and running.
If You do a re-install be sure to get rid of all iDVD old parts AND then EMPTY the Trash-basket !
Yours Bengt W

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