Make sequence markers from clip markers?

I'm doing some down and dirty FCP work, taking some DV-captured footage and exporting to QuickTime with Chapter markers. I ran DV start-stop detection on my captured media so I can see where some obvious chapter markers should be, but I am now enjoying the tedium of in the timeline going to each clip marker and then adding a chapter marker.
I don't think there's a way, but I thought I'd ask-- is there a way to copy the markers from the clip level up to the sequence level?
I know that one could write an XML processing application to do this, but that's unlikely.

Your comment about scripting an xml made me remember something I'd seen a couple of years ago:
http://www.xmedit.com/
I haven't messed too much with it, but in theory, you could set up a script to take markers and move them around to what you want..... In theory!
I might start having a go myself, but since it'll take me forever to get around to that, I thought you might be interested sooner.....
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Jeremy,
Assuming you are talking about replicating markers from clips to timeline (or vice versa), and you've made a lot of markers, here's a tip:
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+(Make the Timeline the active window (cmd)(3) and place the playhead to the left of the first marker to transfer.)+
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It seems to work for me. Here's what I'm doing.
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Wes, my deepest apoligies for not responding to your kind answer sooner. I had moved on, thinking it was just one of those things, until another editor colleague of mine, found my original question recently and emailed me to find out if there was a solution.
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first of all, thank you for your help.
I also just filed a bug report, as you suggested.
Now let me share the results of checking out the workaround that you suggested:
1. Export to Premiere Pro via "Mulitrack menu > Export to Adobe Premiere Pro"
I had tried that before and found it not working. This was a partial mistake. What I mean by that is, when you do that, the exported .wav files get automatically added to the sequence timeline. And do not show markers. BUT, what I overlooked was, that there is a sequence created alongside which resides in the project panel. This sequence does in fact include the markers, as sequence markers.
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2. Export to Premiere Pro via " File menu > Export > FCP XML Interchange Format"
Same as above. Except, that I had not tried that before. What I had tried before was ...
3. Export via " File menu > Export > OMF"
Interestingly, this cannot be imported in Premiere Pro at all. Could this be another bug?
Comment:
I really hope that the markers export/import gets fixed soon.
I also wished, that clip markers in Premiere Pro would be as intelligent as in After Effects (naming, updating, showing their text clearly in the timeline)
I also wished that sequence markers would be as intelligent as comp markers in After Effects in showing their text clearly in the timeline.
... but thats a lot of wishing going on
Kind regards,
Andreas

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I currently have a problem related to encoding m2v files in media encoder coming from premiere pro and was wondering whether anyone would be able to help me out.
Some background info - I work at a post facility and we’re looking at migrating our workflow from FCP7 + Compressor to Adobe’s Premiere Pro and Media Encoder applications. Please note we use Sonic Scenarist for the authoring of all media and are unable to migrate to anything else.
A majority of our work revolves around the output of DVD format MPEG2 files which must adhere to the PAL standard settings (GOP size of 15).
As it stands, "compression” markers set in a sequence within FCP7 and then sent to Compressor for encoding force the creation of an i Frame - meaning that chapter points generated from an exported marker list line up with the exact timecode in the authoring software.
After extensive testing I have been unable to replicate such a workflow using Premiere Pro and Media Encoder. Since Media Encoder does not read the marker data from the Premiere sequence it simply creates an MPEG2 file with its own inherent GOP structuring - completely un-impacted by the placement of PP CC “chapter” markers. (or any other type for that matter).
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reindeer4 wrote:
Ok - I see how to add the Clip Marker functionality back.
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