IMovie to iDVD re:Chapter Markers

I have been working on a video for the past few weeks and using iMovie '09 I assembled the clips, added audio and added in chapter markers as well. I have tried to Share>iDVD and Share>Media Browser and both options do not show my chapter markers. The video I am working on is 1:42:21 so yes... fairly long but not TOO long for one DVD or anything like that.
When I drag random clips into a new project (all of 41 seconds) and add chapter markers I can Share>iDVD and the markers come up fine in iDVD but when I try to do the same with my 1hr+ movie it takes about 2:30 hours to render and then I still get no chapter markers. I feel like I am spinning my wheels and there is definitely a way to make this happen.
Is there an iDVD or iMovie master out there who can help me out? I am getting very frustrated and have probably tried about 10-15 times (rendering at 2-4 hours each!) I don't understand WHY the chapter markers will show up for the short video and I do everything the same for the long video and get nothing. PLEASE HELP!

Hi appleNewbie34
And welcome to apple discussions. All of my own iDvd'09 projects to date have been well under 60 mins. so I don't know how much help I can offer you on this particular issue of a dvd that approaches nearly 2 hrs. You claim that your shorter projects have no chapter marker issues. Exactly how long /short were those initial projects and did they incorporate the same type of video? Or did the source video also change on these longer projects?
Here's what I was able to find and hopefully some of this will help but if not just come on back.
First, I'd recommend you delete all encoded assets. Let's start again (even though you may have already done this many times before).
Second I'd like you to quit iDvd.
Third, drag and drop the plist for iDvd to the trash. Looks like this:
com.apple.iDvd.plist
Fourth, Restart your mac.
Fifth, repair permissions from apple's disc utility.
Sixth, fire up iDvd Also please make sure all of your titles fall within the TV Safe area like this:
Click Here:
Then follow these steps to create a disc image to the desktop:
Click Here
Seventh, now I'd like you to test the disc image for proper playback with apple's dvd player application as follows:
Lastly, let's assume it plays exactly as expected (chapters and all) .... Now it's time to burn the image to Dvd-r. I recommend using Verbatim, Taiyo Yuden, or Maxell. Please avoid using Memorex while we troubleshoot.
Feel free to post back with the results.
Message was edited by: SDMacuser

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