Unwanted pause between chapters

Here's the problem. I am using DVD Studio Pro and there are unwanted pauses between chapters when played on SOME dvd players. The layout is such that hitting the "play movie" button activates track 1, which I have set different chapter markers in. Each chapter marker is set to endjump to the next without pause. The pause only occurs on some DVD players, not all. I don't know if the problem is in my layout/programming, settings that I am unaware of, or quality of dvd's or dvd burner (G4 powerbook superdrive). Any help would be sweet.

The problem is that your setting those end jump between chapters. No need for that - a player will play through the chapters automatically.

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