Green screens at the beginning of each iMovie chapter

I've seen lots of discussion about green screens related to slideshows and transitions; however, I'm seeing them on finished DVD's when using chapter markers and navigating from the select scene menu. They're usually no longer that a couple of seconds, and don't appear if I play trough a chapter marker, I'm not using any transitions, just straight video from a youth football game, i.e., 50-60 short clips back to back with a chapter marker for each quarter.
Bottom line: They're annoying, but not detrimental to my project. Nevertheless, I think it's a bug rather than a deliberate feature. I'll use the iDVD feedback as suggested by other users to make sure Apple gets another reminder.

Chapter marker "rules":
Make sure no chapter markers are within two seconds of the start or end of the timeline. Make sure no chapter markers are within a transition. Make sure no chapter markers are within two seconds of the end of a transition.

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