New problem... no chapters in the dvd menu

I made the dvd from IDVD and the movie is good. But there are no chapters at the beginning of the movie. It just starts. The chapters are there if I hit next chapter.
What am I missing now?

Did you add a menu page to your iDVD project?

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This is one of the most embarrassing omissions in FCP X. There is no proper facility to add chapter markers and export them with your movie.
The way I get around it is to make each chapter a separate project in its own right. I then export each of the chapters and when I bring them into my DVD Authoring application, it's a synch to add the chapter markers (between each file on the timeline) with precision.
As you've already created your project (presumably in one hit) create a new project for each chapter then copy and paste the relevant clips into each 'chapter' project, then export.
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guessing here...
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1. When my movie/video ends it just goes to a black screen. How do I make it so it goes back to the start of the dvd menu?
I know I have to use a script or something its just how do I go about it. Is there any step by step instructions anywhere on the net for this type of thing. I have tried the dvd studio pro help and can't seem to find what i am after.
2. Also I have TWO MENUS and the first menu is like the intro, and the second is the actual menu where you play movie etc...
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I have applied it and nothing happens.
I know you have to put the JUMP command and then where you want to go. (Main Menu)
Nothing happens I have tried for hours to try and get it and it doesn't go back when i use the simulator.
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2 Enter Ocean End as the script’s name.
Note: Enter Beach End and Trail End as the names when creating the scripts for
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• Choose equal (=) as the “is” compare operation type.
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Thanks for the tip. I was looking for this feature, but it was not included in the context menu. It can be found in the "Clip" menu.
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Hi,
Thanks for reading this post.
I recently made a DVD for a client, the dvd was 9mins long and contained 6 different titles within the 1 sequence (main video body). The client has come back asking whether or not i can create a DVD with the 6 titles as options on the main DVD menu for their convenience.
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I recently made a DVD for a client. I moderately new to editing/ mac as everything this entails
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iMovie 6 (and iLife 6) tutorials:
http://www.apple.com/support/ilife/tutorials/imovie/
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/iMovieHD_6_GettingStarted.pdf
iMovie 9 tutorials:
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Hi
Am I missing something?
Yes
I guess that You don't
• Share to Media Browser and as Large or Medium (or just save project - in old iMovie HD6)
- But Share to iDVD - I never do this
• Make's a One Step DVD or a Magical DVD - I never do - I select the top one options.
as these ways will end up Your Movie in the Auto-Start box in iDVD (turn on box-view under the Menu window)
• Move it from here to the next box to the Right
THEN
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