Add chapters??

I have just shared my imovie project to the media browser and am ready to create the DVD in iDVD 9. I want to add 3 chapters. The Add chapters under "advanced" is greyed out. Even if I click movie once and it shows my project it is still greyed.
How do I add chapters in IDVD if it is greyed out?

It is possible to use QuickTime Pro to add chapters to QuickTime files. I'm not sure, but I would guess some video formats support chapters and some don't. You might search or post in the QuickTime forum and see if someone there has a suggestion.
-Doug

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