Quicktime Chapter Markers

I have a quicktime movie that I added chapter markers to in quicktime pro and then imported it into DVD SP and the chapter markers are not available. Is there a way for them to work in DVD SP? (The quicktime movie somehow exported without markers and to redo it from FCP takes hours and hours, just I'm trying quicktime if it works). Does anyone know? Thansk so much.

First off, do the chapter markers work in QT Pro? This might seem like a dumb question, but you're getting the chapter marker drop-down, right?
If that is the case, and you're still not getting chapter markers placed in your DVDSP Track after you've dropped-in your QuickTime movie, try Control-Clicking (right-clicking) on your movie in the DVDSP timeline and selecting Add Embedded Markers.
Or are you asking this question because the above workflow hasn't worked for you already?

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