I set audio for the menu and it cuts out after 30 sec or so.
This happens with any store bought DVD as well.
Any way to let a whole song play out if people don't happen to push play?
You need to make the motion menu video the same length as the audio. A motion menu will repeat itself and restart the audio from the beginning. If the audio file is longer than the video, DVD SP has to cut it at the lenght of the motion menu video.