I have a Encore project that has a timeline (quicktime video) set up as first play. It previews properly, but when I burn the disk, the produced DVD starts at the menu after the timeline when I play the disk through WMP or VLC. I don't have immediate access to a hardware DVD player to test this with, and since my target audience will likely be playing the produced DVD's from WMP or VLC it would be agreeable if the DVD's worked as advertised. Version 5.0.0.508
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You have the end action of the main menu set to itself. Some users had problems similar to yours with this configuration, that ppeared to be resolved when the end action was changed to "stop."
Why all the overrides?
I thought there was a point to the introductory timeline, but its end action is to go to the man menu either way.
I would first change the menu end action, and see what I have. Then I'd remove all the overrides and see.
More on Overrides http://forums.adobe.com/thread/860691
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