Scene Selection Thumbnails

I have iDVD 7.0.4 - I have a movie I put together in iMovie '09
I am at the point where I have my scene selection for the chapters I designated in iMovie. The chapters are fine and at the right spot in the movie. I double click on the thumbnail to bring up the menu that indicates where I want to start the loop of movie that shows up when someone comes to this menu to select a chapter. The scrub arrow starts at the right place (start of that particular chapter), but once I move it, it will only let me scrub through the first minute and a half of the entire movie.
What I really want to do is scrub through that particular chapter and select the box in the menu that reads "still image". However, Once I start to scrub, all the scene selectors lose their place and only let me scrub the first minute of the movie.
Is there a way to fix this, or is this some sort of incompatibility. If you need more information or this isn't clear, just let me know

Welcome to the forums.
One workaround is to go back to iMovie, find the still you like, and use the Save Frame command. This creates a still image that you can use, crop, or manipulate in a photo editing program so that it more precisely displays as a button (ie, buttons are small and it may be difficult to see your image). You can drop this image into a drop zone.
John

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This may also be a thread you could be interested in:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1203323
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