PE7 Loops forever generating DVD Menu with Blue Notes template

I have observed that PE7 will loop forever while generating the DVD Menu (when the target is either a DVD or a directory). This will always happen when using the Blue Notes template if there are more than one main menu markers in the video to be produced. It does not happen if there are one or no main menu markers. It also does not happen with other menu templates. I've confirmed this problem on multiple computers even after a fresh install of PE7.
It starts to loop after all the media has been processes right at the beginning of the write to the DVD or directory.
Where can I get a Blue Notes template that works properly?

I don't think a screen capture will help. The problem happens with any test file that has two main menu markers on it. This causes the blue notes template to duplicate the main menu with one marker on each. If it makes a difference, I'm using a 16:9 aspect ratio for the video project.
My Blue Notes _mm template is dated 9/16/08 and is 3,855,333 bytes (same as your 3.765 KB in the explorer view). This happens with or without any scene menu(s) present. My guess is a bug in the Blue Note main template.

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