Do chapter markers work when file is streamed?

Are chapter markers added in FCP preserved when exported as H.264 and streamed on a QT streaming server? The chapter markers are accessible in the QT player when viewed offline, just want to know if they are also accessible when streamed.
Thanks.

I'm not a fan of QuickTime, preferring instead the more universal MP4 wrapper.  So I export out a lossless DI and use XMedia Recode to create the H.264 version, which also let's me add chapter points that are respected in several media players.
It would be nice if that were possible straight out of PP.  But before that, PP needs to get have the x264 encoder built-in and include all the many user options that encoder is capable of.  (Getting x264 is my primary reason for using XMedia Recode, the chapter markers are an ancillary benefit.)

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