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I created a simple DVD using iDVD. Made a couple of changes to the movie and reburned it. But know when I try and play the DVD on a PC using either Windows Media Player or Real Player the menu hightlight shifts? to explain in a bit more detail:

When you hover over the word 'Play', instead of it turning yellow, the word 'Play' appears in yellow but a good 3cm to the left. This is the same for all the menu options.

Of course it's fine on a Mac but some of my clients will want to watch the film on their PC laptops. Does anyone know why this is happening?
 
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Fluid Jake said:
I created a simple DVD using iDVD. Made a couple of changes to the movie and reburned it. But know when I try and play the DVD on a PC using either Windows Media Player or Real Player the menu hightlight shifts? to explain in a bit more detail:

When you hover over the word 'Play', instead of it turning yellow, the word 'Play' appears in yellow but a good 3cm to the left. This is the same for all the menu options.

Of course it's fine on a Mac but some of my clients will want to watch the film on their PC laptops. Does anyone know why this is happening?
Click to expand...

Have you tested this on someone elses PC to see if this unusual behaviour is constant?
 
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Testing

Thanks for asking, it was playing on two other PC's that highlighted the problem. These PC's played the original version fine but my second version has inherited this field shifting.

I have been told by a friend the solution is to recreate the DVD from scratch. Boring!
 

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