Switch chapters in QuickTime

Hi
When you rip a movie with Handbrake it rips it so it contains chapters which is of course very nice - if I could switch between them. I can do this in iTunes, but I don't seem to be able to do this in QuickTime or Frontrow. Can I do this? Do I need QT Pro?
Thanks...

Wait, it exports as .mp4 by default right? Try .m4v as an extension. I'll go get my old files on my external drive to see what I did if that doesn't work.
iTunes only plays files well if they've been encoded properly. Anything that requires the installation of something extra (Perian, Flip4Mac) means that a little ease of playing a file on the front end will be exchanged for difficulty on the back end (when you want to use the file on an iPod or AppleTV). I bought VisualHub awhile back and now, anything QuickTime can't play, I convert it to QuickTime and throw away the .flv, .wmv, etc. In most cases, the files aren't of excellent quality anyway, so the re-compression artifacts just mix in with the other artifacts that are already there. And, for me at least, it's a small price to play to have all my media in a QuickTime format.

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