Set up is fine - burn dvd - dvd only plays 1 chapter (in place of other 4)?

Right, I make 4 films and export them to quicktime movies.
I open iDVD and use Green Linen (Chapters).
I drag my films on and add a background photo and some music.
Everything uploads fine and encodes fine.
I then burn the DVD and play it on my iBook or my iMac or my DVD player.
Front menu screen is fine, menu music fine - only one film in place of all the films. Each window is showing the film it is supposed to have, but when you press on it, you just get the same film.
What is going on?
Please help.
This is happening on my iMac. I am now trying to achieve the right films in the right slots on my iBook. Takes a very long time on an iBook!
Thanks
Frances

Let me offer a hypothetical: you are a salesperson working in a booth at a tradeshow with four different products to show. You make up a DVD with short movies demonstrating each of the four products. In the booth, you demonstrate each of the four prouducts for 15 minutes each hour on a rotation.
You start showing 'product 1' and select 'product 1' on the DVD. It continues to loop. After 15 minutes, you start to show 'product 2' - you hit 'menu' on the DVD remote, you go back to the menu and select 'product 2'. ... and so on.
I have found that not all DVD player's remotes do the same thing when a button like 'menu' is pressed, so this might not work with all players.
In any event, for your use, DO NOT set each movie to loop (as you have discovered).

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