trevor...it's more like a cd burner, where you just drop the tracks in and it burns...on video-grade dvd, you can author one long track for a set and then drop chapter marks (with some programs) to allow you to put in what are v. similar to track markers (some programs make them accessible from both menu and the remote, others, just the menu)...so i think to answer your question for d/w, you have to have separate tracks (and that's how the pauses come into play). D/w then puts them on the disc in the order you list em. let me know if this makes sense.
-damon