Preloading Chapter titles in a large online Quicktime file

I'm trying to use Chapters to provide a nice interface for users to access a long (18-minute) online Quicktime movie; I've suceeded except for the fact that the chapter titles don't preload, i.e. they only load once the relevant section of the movie is reached. So you can't see what, say, Chapter 9 is called, until the movie's almost all loaded, which, with a 70 meg file, takes awhile. The chapter headings are just blank in the interface, kinda dumb lookin'.
Check it out:
http://www.wholestorycoaching.com/worldview.htm
I've been playing around in Quicktime 7 with the positioning of the "Text" layer that contains the chapter names, with no success. Any other hints on how to get this to work? It was created with COmpressor from the latest Final Cut Studio.
Thanks,
philips

Sorry, no help; just commiseration. All my audiobooks are just listed as "Part 1 of 12", even though I've typed the chapter title into every field iTunes has to offer -- none seem to work. I'll watch this thread in case anyone can offer an answer though.

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