Chapter markers missing when I transfer to iDVD6.03

I've exported my completed FCE project several ways (include all markers, etc) and when I import into iDVD6 they are gone. I even tried exports as DV stream but nothing. Why doesn't iDVD recognize my chapters? I even re-laid them to make sure that I wasn't totally crazy but here I am crazy and confused! Any ideas?

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