Quicktime Chapter and Text Tracks

Hello,
I've got loads of video that I would like to subtitle and add chapters. It has taken me more then a week to complete the above task with a 20 minute video with iMovie (not counting the previous week of work lost when iMovie somehow mangled the video beyond recognition [save more often!].)
Needless to say, I'm looking for alternative methods that might make things easier to revise without having to worry about re-rendering everytime I make a revision.
Quicktime Pro does have the ability to add Chapter and Text tracks (that can be used for subtitling).
Will a Quicktime 7 file with a text track and a chapter track added to an iDVD (HD) project inherit the chapter markers and subtitles? (I really don't mind if the subtitles are always displayed.)
I'll probably try the above with a test file, but I was hoping that someone could let me know if it'll be wasted effort?
Thanks.

I've done a few tests and it appears that it does not import the chapters or text tracks.
Oh well, back to iMovie.

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