Positioning chapter Markers

I have a movie created in FotoMagico and it exports directly to IDVD.
I can add chapters but, I wish to position the chapters at a specific point
in the movie vs a specific time.

You can set chapter markers at specific points from iMovie =>iDVD (not sure about photomagico since I don't use it).
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iDVD/6.0/en/418.html
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iDVD/6.0/en/417.html
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iDVD/6.0/en/277.html
Hope this is Helpful.

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