diff -urN dvdauthor-0.6.5/src/dvdcli.c dvdauthor-0.6.5-new/src/dvdcli.c
--- dvdauthor-0.6.5/src/dvdcli.c	Tue Nov  4 20:58:27 2003
+++ dvdauthor-0.6.5-new/src/dvdcli.c	Thu Nov  6 20:54:42 2003
@@ -304,6 +304,8 @@
         usedtocflag=0; // whether the 'istoc' value has been used or not
     struct pgc *curpgc=0,*fpc=0;
     struct vob *curvob=0;
+		int inmenu=0; // lets us know if an mpeg file is required before we
+		              // can start another major thingy.
 #ifdef HAVE_GETOPT_LONG
     static struct option longopts[]={
         {"video",1,0,'v'},
@@ -373,9 +375,15 @@
 
         case 'm':
             FLUSHPGC;
+						if (inmenu)
+						{
+                fprintf(stderr,"ERR:  You must define the menu movie before another menu!\n");
+                return 1;
+						}
             usedtocflag=1; // force -T to occur before -m
             hadchapter=0;
             curva=0;
+						inmenu=1;
             break;
 
         case 't':
@@ -383,6 +391,11 @@
                 fprintf(stderr,"ERR:  TOC cannot have titles\n");
                 return 1;
             }
+						if (inmenu)
+						{
+                fprintf(stderr,"ERR:  You must define the menu movie before the title!\n");
+                return 1;
+						}
             FLUSHPGC;
             usedtocflag=1;
             hadchapter=0;
@@ -452,6 +465,7 @@
                 vob_add_chapter(curvob,0);
             pgc_add_vob(curpgc,curvob);
             curvob=0;
+						inmenu=0;
             break;
 
         case 'C': optarg=0;