PRE9 - modify dvd menu background

I've used the standard PRE9 menu template 'faux widescreen' and modified the background for it by clicking on the browse button under 'video or still' and selecting a jpg file for the new background.  There is a check box for 'use still frame' that is grayed out with no check mark --- so I can't check it or uncheck it.  Within PRE9 the new jpg file that I've selected for the menu background displays perfectly in edit mode and preview, everything seems fine however when I burn the project to a DVD, the original background displays like I had never changed it.  Thanks for help in resolving this.

Here is one of those THREADS.
Here is another THREAD.
Good luck,
Hunt

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