Chapter Markers from Compressor to Studio Pro

I am tearing my hair out trying to figure out how to get the chapter Markers imported to Studio Pro when I compress my work in Compressor. I realize that they can be added after the fact in the Sudio Pro Timeline but it is a cumbersome process. My prefernce is to stay away from Qiucktime for Exporting as I have had better succes with Compressor. Any experts with Ideas?
Thanks, Bkent
IMac Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Bkent:
Any experts with Ideas?
Some ideas from a no-expert.
Did you exported your movie from FCP with Chapter Markers? File > Export > QuickTime Movie and select Markers > DVD Studio Pro Markers
If you did, you'll see the markers in Compressor preview. Those Markers must be in your final MPEG2 encoded video and DVDSP must see them.
Post your workflow if that don't that way for you.

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