Burning footage to DVD with Chapters using FCPX

I have created some footage using FCPX and now want to burn it to DVD. As the footage is long I want to include a menu with chaptures to allow me me to go sytreight to a certai part i.e. scene selection.
When I select the DVD in the share menu it only appears to allow me to burn the footage and not include chaptures.
How do I do it

If you choose Compressor, it'll cost you $49 from the Mac App store unless you already have it. The DVD subsequently burned by Compressor will have a basic menu that you have limited control over but the process to a finished DVD has few steps.
If you choose iDVD, it's free. (disclaimer: I don't know for sure if iDVD is still included on new Macs. If it isn't and that's what you have, could be a bit of trouble trying to get a copy). iDVD has a large collection of themes you can use to author a DVD and you can customize it fairly well. iDVD will recompress any video you give it so you can just export the full movie out of FCP X without compressing it first (Share->Export Media command)
I haven't used "Burn".

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