Multi-disk project revisted - New Solution

Question

I have a workaround for the lack of being able to design multiple disks in a single DVD Studio Pro project.
Simply put, do it anyway!
First, gather all your DVD assets into one project. Design your first disk as usual: tracks, menus, scripts, etc. Rename the head object of the disk with the name you plan for the disk.
Then design the menus of your second disk, but don't link it to your first. Don't worry that your project will exceed DVD capacity, just do it.
Repeat this for all the disks, reusing the common assets as you go. Save your project. *Make a back up for safety.* You should probably lock both copies in the Finder as well.
When you're ready to burn, just delete all the items for the disks you don't want to burn now, rename the disk title, and set your first item to the head object of your project (and whatever other per-disc control mappings you need). Your disk will be sized for the remaining used content. There will be no need to remove unused assets.
Once you've burned your first disk, revert the project and repeat for the next disk. Repeat until finished. *Don't save the project.* If you accidentally do and the project wasn't locked, you should still have your backup project file. Duplicate your backup, lock it, and resume where you left off.
As a bonus of this, you can also combine all your assets into one big master disk and save it as a DVD-formatted hard drive or BD-R. A cheap DVD player modded with a removable hard drive bay or stage rack can play the former, as can Apple's DVD Player. I haven't yet tested any Blu-ray players on their ability to play the latter, but I plan to test a PS3 for this soon. (Imagine having an entire season of a TV series on one DVD, and letting it play from start to finish without interruption!)
Wait until you're all done with your individual disks to link up the one-big-disk. It isn't all that easy to make clean breaks for individual disk mastering when buttons point across disks. (If someone has a good solution for this, such as an interstitial script that can handle missing tracks without errors and Do The Right Thing, I'd like to know. The more foolproof the better.)

Answer 1

I have a workaround for the lack of being able to design multiple disks in a single DVD Studio Pro project.
Simply put, do it anyway!
First, gather all your DVD assets into one project. Design your first disk as usual: tracks, menus, scripts, etc. Rename the head object of the disk with the name you plan for the disk.
Then design the menus of your second disk, but don't link it to your first. Don't worry that your project will exceed DVD capacity, just do it.
Repeat this for all the disks, reusing the common assets as you go. Save your project. *Make a back up for safety.* You should probably lock both copies in the Finder as well.
When you're ready to burn, just delete all the items for the disks you don't want to burn now, rename the disk title, and set your first item to the head object of your project (and whatever other per-disc control mappings you need). Your disk will be sized for the remaining used content. There will be no need to remove unused assets.
Once you've burned your first disk, revert the project and repeat for the next disk. Repeat until finished. *Don't save the project.* If you accidentally do and the project wasn't locked, you should still have your backup project file. Duplicate your backup, lock it, and resume where you left off.
As a bonus of this, you can also combine all your assets into one big master disk and save it as a DVD-formatted hard drive or BD-R. A cheap DVD player modded with a removable hard drive bay or stage rack can play the former, as can Apple's DVD Player. I haven't yet tested any Blu-ray players on their ability to play the latter, but I plan to test a PS3 for this soon. (Imagine having an entire season of a TV series on one DVD, and letting it play from start to finish without interruption!)
Wait until you're all done with your individual disks to link up the one-big-disk. It isn't all that easy to make clean breaks for individual disk mastering when buttons point across disks. (If someone has a good solution for this, such as an interstitial script that can handle missing tracks without errors and Do The Right Thing, I'd like to know. The more foolproof the better.)