CompMovieGuy wrote: I believe it has to do with how the video is muxed and stored on the DVD, with the branched part not being in the same location of the media on the disc and instead being at the end of the disc or something of that sort

It sounds like having the video materials (which in this case are getting swapped) as close as possible will alleviate this kind of problem. And having the starting chapter marker also a compression marker might also make the muxing playback easier. Again since this is a commercial segment which will be jumped it's maximum 8 minutes, more like 4-6, and that shouldn't cause massive studder or wait as it re-find the next playlist marker. Since the film has a built in fade-out/in at the breaks, that could mask the wait. Guessing that the most often play option, the commercial break should be right next to the fade out of the movie, so that the skip happens at the end of the most often played back, and the reverse for the secondary option. (since it'll have to seek to find the alternative commercial break)

DVD-BOY wrote: The Storyline Approach that DVD Studio Pro refers to is more commonly known as 'playlists', whereby you can re-arrange your chapters into a new order without increasing space on the disc.

This is the process i'll be looking into. Do you know how it differs then seamless branching? or is it just a similar term and the differences are in how the programs sort it out.

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