IDVD 8.0 chapters work in preview but fail on DVD burn

Hi All-
I have been looking around and it seems like I am up against a software bug in iDVD 8.0, but I wanted to be sure.
I have a project with a movie that I imported from iMovie via media browser to iDVD 8.0
I made chapters in iDVD 8.0 using the 5 minute spacing.
I finished the project (lots more, slide shows etc etc)
I preview the project in iDVD using the play button
-Everything works perfectly, chapters link to appropriate video
I burn the disc either directly, or image it and then burn with disc utility
-The DVD works except for the chapters.
If I select the "beginning" chapter from my chapters submenu the Video starts correctly.
If I try to select chapter 2-12 nothing happens. It is as if the links are disabled.
I tried it again in the iDVD application preview and it works perfectly. I tried the disc in three different computers and it always fails.
This is very annoying, I almost cannot believe that such a simple obvious bug would be left in a distributed piece of software. But... thats apparently what everyone is saying. So... is it true or am I doing something stupid.
Finally, the solution (work around for a bug fix apple is not making), can I indeed place chapter markers in garage band and then export the movie to media browser and reimport it into iDVD and will the existing chapters update to reflect the correct placement? If this works, its great with me because I can make meaningful chapter markers, to be honest this every 5 minute stuff is useless but is marginally better than fast forward.
Thanks for any response. I know I have suggested an answer to my own question, but I was rather hoping that by doing this someone could tell me another way, and correct whatever it is I am doing wrong. If garage band or Imovie HD 6 is the only way, perhaps someone could post or link to a discussion on the details of how to do that stuff.

There have been several posts on this forum regarding scene selection issues / buttons that don't always link properly to their respective / appropriate chapters or scenes. Menu navigation can be problematic within iDvd'08. This is much less of an issue within Roxio Toast and DVDSP (apple's top end dvd authoring software part of FCS2).
You may want to use the iDvd feedback web form located within iDvd once the app is launched .... simply go to the menu and scroll down to provide iDvd Feedback. Apple WILL take note of requests for added features and / or an update request to resolve a specific issue. It won't happen instantly, but it will get apple's attention.
In the meantime, here's what I'd recommend that does work for me .... iM6=>iDvd'08:
Download iMovie 6 free from apple provided you already have iLife'08:
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/imovieHD6.html

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