Unable to use an image in a DVD menu background

I've been unsuccessful in using an image as the background in the DVD main menu in PE 9. The image shows up correctly in the preview, but not in the burned DVD. I'm a long time user of PE 2.0 and never had this issue. I've tried different image sizes (720x486, 720x480, 640x480), different image formats (jpg, bmp, psd), and different menu templates with no success. The only thing that worked was specifying a frame out of the video. Please help so I don't create any more drink coasters!

Barry,
Welcome to the forum.
This appears to be a Bug in PrE 9, and there are several threads on the same issue. It seems that some Menu Sets perform OK, some will not accept a new background image, and some will accept it for either the Main, or the Scene Selection Menu, but not both.
I'll find a few of those, and link to this thread, for your reading. In the meantime, I would suggest filing a Bug Report with Adobe, so that they will know to work on correcting this problem.
Good luck,
Hunt

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