Will Compressor 4 recognize chapter markers from FCPX?

With the latest updates to FCPX, I am now considering giving it a try. There is one more function that is critical for my work, and I can't find and answer for it. If I make chapter markers on the timeline in FCPX, then use Compressor 4 to compress it to .m2v files for DVD, do the chapter markers carry through, like they do with FCP7 and Compressor 3.5?

Currently, markers don't get transfered from FCPX to Compressor. Hopefully that will get fixed in a future update.
While we're waiting for that to happen, you can use this app to convert markers from a FCPX xml file to a .txt file that you can import into compressor. It's not the easiest solution, but it works.
https://github.com/rockwood/fcpx-Marker-Converter

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In FCP7 I can export my master file with it's chapter markers to a new movie file ready for DVDStudioPro.
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Bkent:
Any experts with Ideas?
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Is there a way to easily add chapter markers per edit in FCPX? I have a timeline of over 100 clips and I'd like to add a chapter marker at the very beginning of each new clip.
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