Adjusting chapter marker 'in' points

I have an MOV file which I've imported into iDVD. I want to set chapter markers at specific points (around 14 in total). The only option iDVD gives me is to create chapter markers every X minutes. I need to be more precise than that. Any suggestions on a work around?
The movie was created in FCE but because I needed to convert from PAL to NTSC it didn't give me the option to export the chapter markers.
Cheers, Neil

Best to set all chapter markers within the video editing app itself.
In FCP and FCE you can do this by hitting the "M" key once while working within the timeline of your video. Hit it twice if you wish to bring up a dialog box so you can name each chapter marker or scene on the timeline. DVDSP will regognize all timeline chapter markers and name each scene accordingly. (I think iDVD6 will also do the same in terms of chapter recognition and names for each scene/chapter but i'd have to actually check to confirm).
Hope this helps.
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