Pause between chapter markers?

When I make a DVD that has chapters, in it (then I play it on my player, or even simulate it), there are tiny pauses when it goes from one chapter to another.
How can I fix this, so the movie plays smoothly all the way through?
Thanks.

About the error message, take a look to the Choosing a Dual-Layer Break Point chapter in the PDF DVDSP User Manual.
About the chapters gap, is your track a single video asset or every chapter is a video asset?
If you have a single video asset with chapter markers, I don't know any reason to find that problem.
If every chapter is a single asset, take care you don't have a small gap in your track. Take a look at the marker point with a high zoom applied to your timeline.

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