DVD SP 4 and Compressor

Using Compressor 4 to encode a project built in FCPX with chapter markers to separate.264 video and ac3 audio files for DVD SP 4 authoring is just not working out.  Neither is bringing over the chapter marker metadata.
This is what the DVD SP 4 manual says re: H.264 files:
"You can use the H.264 video format, also known as MPEG-4 part 10 and the Advanced Video Codec (AVC), in your HD projects. The H.264 encoder is twice as efficient as the standard MPEG-2 encoder. When compared to encoding with MPEG-2, this means that with the H.264 encoder:... You must use H.264 for HD DVD presets in Compressor to encode H.264 video assets for native use in DVD Studio Pro HD project."
However, i cannot get DVD SP 4 to recognize the .264 encoded files from Compressor using these presets (Format h.264 for Blu-ray; 1080p @ 29.97fps; NTSC; AVCHD stream).  Compressor produces a .264 video format file that DVD SP rejects but does like the AC3 audio file.  Do I have to use the h.264 for Apple Devices format (m4v) instead (which also is supposed to support Chapter Markers created in FCPX)?

DVDs are MPEG-2, and not H.264.
The DVDSP verbiage refers to an obsolete disk format, HD DVD. It lost the format wars to BluRay and it's increasingly difficult to find a player that will play them.
It's important t know that DVDSP does not support Blu Ray. If you want sophisticated  authoring on a Mac, you'll need to  do that on Adobe Encore,. Or for more limited capability, Roxio Toast; and for really Spartan BD, there's Compressor and FCPX.
Good luck.
Russ

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