Several audio files in iDVD

Hi, I will like to have the users of a DVD created in iDVD to choose the audio that they will hear while watching the slide show that forms the DVD (English/Spanish). Is this possible in iDVD? If so please give tips to do it, Ive been looking for a while for this answer and haven't found a thing about it.
Thanks a lot.
Jorge

With iDVD you will have to include two slideshows - one in English and one in Spanish.
iDVD doesn't include the ability to have multiple sound tracks - you would need DVD SP for this.

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>I have created a menu page in HTML (Dreamweaver). I have
several audio
>files
> that will be located on a CD that contains the menu
page. What I would
> like to
> do is ensure that Windows Media Player launches. Right
now these are .wav
> files
> and I would perfer to keep them that way. However, my
web page link wants
> to
> launch quick time. Is that an individual machine
setting? Is there a way
> to
> keep wav files and link them up so they launch the media
player or do I
> need to
> convert them to avi files?
>
> I know a similar question was asked on this forum but
the person was
> concerned
> about file size. I am not. Nor do I want to put them
into a Flash file.
> Thanks.
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