Need help with winavi batch mode on chapter authoring

Hi there

I'm very new to this, I have only burned a DVD once, last nite and I got some unexpected results. I hope someone can help me.

I'll try to get the information detailed enough so you know what I'm going through.

I have 4 episodes of a show, each about 40 minutes to burn on a DVD. I got them as rmvb. I don't have a DVD burner on my own machine; so, I first used winavi, batch mode, to convert them to VOB files. After getting a directories of VOB files, I used the iPod to transfer these files from my computer to my roommate's computer. He's got the Nero software and DVD burner.

I burned the files on his machine, no problem. However, when I played it on my home dvd player, when I hit the >> button, it didn't go to the next episode. It goes to somewhere in the same show. I believe what happened with winavi is that there were some automatic chaptering authoring happening.

I have no idea how winavi bookmarks the chapter? I don't want these chapters.

Just so that I could compare, I took out my sitcom Friend's DVDs. The result I found is that on each Friend's DVD, there are 6 episodes, and they actually are all Title 1. The different episodes are
Title 1 Chapter 1,
Title 1 Chapter 2,
Title 1 Chapter 3, etc.

I would like something like that. If winavi does in fact provide automatic chaptering authoring in batch mode, is there any way I can suppress it?

Please help.
Thanks

 

Under the advanced tab (after you choose your file) the bottom part says output settings. Un check set chapter length.

 

Thanks!

That's what I thought too, but I don't know why the first time when I burned the dvd it cuts a chapter every 150 seconds, as if it didn't look at my preferences... The second time seemed to be fine finally, after reading your mail....

THANKS

 

hey no prob. it seems to default to every 150 seconds.
seems really short... a 2 hour movie would have around 50 chapters!