If I follow the steps below, will each chapter have its own menu or will each chapter begin at a new point and then play through to the end of the entire movie? Hope this makes sense.

It'll give you a scene selection page, where you will have links to each of your chapters. And you will find the scene selection page added to your menu.
best way is to just try it and you'll see what it does (you can always undo after all..)

Movie is made, scene selection menu inserted. I see the menu on the main page with buttons to select each scene. For any one of those buttons selected, the movie begins at that point.

Where I need more help is getting the movie to stop at the end of a chapter. In other words, I press menu button for Chapter 1 and it plays that plus the remainder of the movie (including chapters 2 and 3). I press menu button for Chatper 2 and it begins at Chatper 2 and plays the remainder of the movie (including chapter 3).

I've tried setting in and out points and must be doing something wrong. I set in point at chapter 1 and end point at the end of chapter 1. The rest of my preview window at the bottom right is entirely gray. Can I set more than one in and out point within a movie? Could I set 3 so they will link to each particular chapter?

Maybe I'm making this more difficult than it is but I just can't seem to grasp this completely. I appreciate any help.

Look at your end action on the scene selection

I'm slowly getting this. I created movie in Vegas, saved, inserted chapter markers, saved, then clicked "Make DVD" which renders movie into DVDA.

The scene selection menu is added and appropriately named per the chapter markers.

That's where I get stuck tonight. The movie is a 12 minute band clip consisting of intro and 3 songs. The intro and each of the 3 songs are named and marked as a chapter.

I I select, say, song 2, the cursor automatically jumps to the beginning of song 2, which is good. If I set an out point, I look back in the scene selection menu to the left and see "broken chapter."

How do I fix this? I think if I can get this one last step I can have a really good movie.

Thanks.

I've been messing with this a bit more and here's what I've noticed.

I have 4 chapters, each named and marked. I have the scene selection menu created. I need to set in and out points for each scene. If I select an in or out point, the rest of the area becomes gray and it looks as if a new chapter marker is over the previously-named chapters. In the menu to the left, I see "Broken chapter."

As soon as I slide that little flag left and right to show the entire movie again, the "broken chapter" message disappers.

I am still stumped as to how I can get these chapters marked properly so the video stops after one and goes back to the menu selection page.

I've seen a post or two where some suggest adding the video to the menu by dragging but I can't figure out where I'm supposed to drag it from.

Should I be creating just one full-lenth movie in Vegas or should I have 4 (intro, chapter 1, 2, and 3)? Would I set the in and out points in the individual clips in order to make this function properly in DVDA?

I thought I had it yet still feel confused.

Take your single movie (rendered to Main concept Mpeg 2 in Vegas) and import it into DVDA. Drag it from the media bin to the work area. This will create a 'button'. "Copy and paste" that button 2 or 3 times depending on the number of choices you want. You will now have 3 or 4 buttons in the work area. Now double click each button and set the in and out points. Now when you click on button 1 it will play section 1 of your movie and return to the mebnu at the end of section 1. Just make sure that your 'end action' for each button is set to 'return to most recent menu' Now you can play each section independantly. DVDA only adds one copy of your movie (not 4) and refers to the specific section that the in and out points refer to.