Looping DVD's

Hi all,
For some time I have created simple DVD's with menus.
Often those DVD's are used at shows, so I obviously link one clip to the next and the last one loops to the first clip.
At home, they will run continuously, but a client of mine tells me that on his pc machines, everything works fine, but it does not loop.
Anybody have any insight?
Thanks
Jeff

Nope. If you put markers in you can do various things to control the playback. Stories could work.
http://dvdstepbystep.com/stories_details.php
Quick rundown - let's say 3 clips with markers at the beginning of each clip
Play All - Markers 1,2,3 in the story
Just section 3, only marker 3
Etc. etc. Any combination you want with repeats. Story with Markers 1,2,1,3,1,1 will play those sections in that order.
You can set the end jump for each story anywhere you want, including back to the same story. Mae sure you can break out with the menu button on the remote to get to menus to get to other sections.

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