Unable to import Chapter Markers

Hello - I am trying to import Chapter Markers from FCP to DVDSP. I double-clicked 'm' in the timeline (not in the clips), clicked on Add Chapter Marker; labeled them, then File/Export/ Quicktime Movie, and where it says Markers, chose DVD Studio Pro Markers. I also tried Chapter Markers, just to see if that would work, but neither of them seem to work - I don't see any of my markers in DVD SP. I have done this several times before, and never had a problem, so, not sure what step I might be missing...ok, thanks.

try leaving the <comment> in the box and then typing after that
i.e. <comment> chapter 1, <comment> chapter, 2 etc.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10857195&#10857195 is where I got this idea because I was having the same problem as all of you.

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I usually set up my chapter markers and screen shots in FCP.
If I share this to QuickTime or iTunes library, the chapter markers are present and work well.
This was not always the case but since the latest update of FCP it works like a charm.
However if I export it to COMPRESSOR (because it works faster) the markers are lost.
I have successfully set channel markers in COMPRESSOR and that works, but my work flow seems to make more sense to set up the channels in FCP. (this is mostly because I often decide to do an edit change when I think about the marker...)
COMPRESSOR gives me the option to load markers, but I don't know how to get them out of FCP.
So...
What do I need to do to export markers from FCP so they can be imported to COMPRESSOR.
(before you ask, both FCP and COMPRESSOR are the latest post-Christmas, vastly improved versions.
Thanks.
Barry

bholtzkener wrote:
What do I need to do to export markers from FCP so they can be imported to COMPRESSOR.
Barry, You shouldn't have to do anything. What settings are you compressing to?
Russ

Import Chapter Markers con FCP to DVDSP

I have a movie with 13 Chapter Markers in FCP 5.0.4
I have imported this to DVDSP 4.0.3 but there are no chapter markers.
I have exported the mvoie as DV PAL using Quicktime.
Quicktime sees all the chapter markers. I can jump to each chapter.
In DVDSP I made a new track and drag-drop the exported DV file to this track.
So far that's fine. I can preview the track. However, there is only one chapter marker at the beginning of the track.
where have all the other markers gone?
I am a complete newbe to DVDSP.
Thanks for your advise.

Hi Yoochul !
Thanks, right, I was looking for the 'add chapter marker' in the cmd-alt-M pop-up menu.
btw: I import file from FCP using 'export quicktime movie' and let DVDSP do the encoding. This is because Compressor corrupts my file system unavoidably.
Is there a quality difference if I encode using compressor or DVDSP? I guess I read some months ago that DVDSP is better than compressor anyway?
many thanks
Markus
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IDVD 6 not importing chapter markers?

I'm exporting a Quick Time self-contained movie from FCE 4 to iDVD 6 with chapter markers checked. iDVD doesn't recognize markers. What am I doing wrong? Thanks.

Hi
Just thinking that You might find one idea or two from my list of notes.
FCE/P to iDVD
Several things
• How to go from FCE/P to iDVD
• Free space on Start-up hard disk
• Encoding
• Brand and type of DVDs used
• Burn speed set
• iDVD BUG
• Chapters
*How to go from FCE/P to iDVD I do*
• Disable Screen and Energy saver
• IMPORTANT --> FIRST in FinalCut - Mix Down Audio under Sequence Menu / Render Only / Mixdown
• Export out as a QuickTime .mov file
• Select with Mark - Chapter Mark
• Not as Self-Contained (not important but saves time and space)
• NO QUICKTIME CONVERSION (IMPORTANT)
This QT.mov file I import into iDVD from within iDVD.
*Free space on Start-up hard disk*
I set a minimum of 25GB (for Mac OS and iDVDs temp files)
*Encoding*
• I use Pro Quality encoding
*Brand and type of DVDs used*
• I use Verbatim
• I use DVD-R
*Burn speed set*
• I set down this to x4 (or x1)
*iDVD BUG*
• One can not go back to movie-project for any alterations and then go back to
the iDVD project. It will notice and ask You to either Up-date or Cancel. Neither
of them will work.
Medicine - Start a brand new iDVD project.
*Use of Chapters*
• I only use a to z and 0 to 9 in naming them. NO other symbol/letter !
• NO Chapter-mark at very beginning - iDVD NEEDS TO set this by it stlf
• No Chapter marks in or within two seconds from a transition
(Way around this last one - Export movie as QT full quality and NO Chapter marks
Import this into a new Movie-project and now You are free to set C-Ms where You want
them except at very beginning - still)
*Material used to build movie*
• video - I use streamingDV (or convert all other to this eg .mp4, .avi, .wmv etc)
• audio - I use .aiff 16-bit 48kHz or from Audio-CD (44.1kHz) - no .mp3 or direct from iTunes
• photos - I use .jpg - no .bmp etc
Trash iDVD pref file and run Repair Permissions - and have a re-try.
from post ??
May not be relevant, but I had the same problem with iDVD, where burned DVDs showed a green screen. It was cured by quitting Quicksilver and Quickeys as well as disabling sleep and screensaving
Yours Bengt W

Importing Chapter Markers from FCP

I create chapter markers in Final Cut Pro and bring the movie into iDVD for mastering. But when I playback the DVD, there are no chapter markers on screen. What should I be doing that I'm not doing?

Final Cut Express & Final Cut Pro: How to export a movie with chapter markers for iDVD
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=42973
I recommend against using anything but "Chapter Markers" upon export as it has been known to cause issues with previous and current versions of iDVD. Since we don't know exactly why this affects some users and not all users, it is best to avoid the issue altogether and just use "Chapter Markers."
If you know that you will be sending your footage to DVD SP, then use DVD Studio Pro Markers upon export.

Unable to export chapter markers

Usually in Final Cut Pro I have no problem exporting a finished video with chapter markers. However, when I go to File >> Export >> QuickTime Movie, the fields titled "Include" and "Markers" are different. "Include" says "Auto" instead of "Video & Audio", and "Markers" says "Quarter" instead of "Chapter".
Why would it do this? I simply restarted FCP and it is back to normal. But I dont understand why it would do this.
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hypertext07 wrote:
Why would it do this? I simply restarted FCP and it is back to normal. But I dont understand why it would do this.
Ghosts in the machine.

Chapter markers again

the way i see it: apple cut old ropes with fcpx, and the features the crowd demands the most are re-integrated. like xml and multicam, as we saw recently.
now, apple, hear me: I NEED CHAPTER MARKERS, as i told you in feedback to fcpx already.
i can't sell a music-video to customers without chapters for each song.
i bought compressor 4.0.2, as in the apple store it sais, a new feature is that markers are now chapter markers as default. yes, exported markers from compressor, but not the imported from fcpx. money for nothing.
i tried every suggested workflow, no one works perfect. neither in garage band nor in compressor it is as easy to set markers with frame accurancy as it is in final cut. exporting xml and importing in qt or compressor did not work fine, also.
i really began to like fcpx, as it has some cool new features, but all are worthless for me as long as i can't set chapter markers. i have to use final cut studio again and hope that the next update will bring chapter markers back again.

Why can't you set the chapter markers in Compressor?
Did you see this
http://www.digitalrebellion.com/blog/posts/how_to_export_chapter_markers_from_fi nal_cut_pro_x.html
P.S. You know you can import chapter markers to Compressor from a tabbed text file list that has timecode numbers?
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Apple Chapter Markers

I have a number of files (ProRes, H264 for Blu-ray, MPEG2 for DVD) with chapter markers added in a variety of apps, including FCP7, FCPX and Compressor. Theses are all verified and visible in Quicktime player.
However, when importing them in to Encore they seem to be ignored. How can I get Encore to see these chapter markers?

Encore won't even recognize some types of markers added in Premiere. I don't think there is any way to get any non-Premiere ENCORE markers recognized in Encore.
Many of us would like to see a way to export and to import chapter markers, just like subtitle positions.
Feature request form.

Import iMovie '08 project (movie) into iMovie '06 (to make chapter markers)

I would like to make custom chapter markers in my iMovie '08 movie so that a scene selection menu is automatically created when I import the movie into iDVD. I understand that I can create such chapter markers in iMovie '06, which I have downloaded.
I am unable to import the iMovie '08 movie (project), into iMovie '06, however.
It looks like I can import iMovie '08 Events into iMovie '06, and make a new movie out of them. However, I don't really want to re-create the whole movie all over again, as it was a lot of work.
Is there some way I can get my iMovie '08 project imported into iMovie '06? Or do I have to make these custom chapter markers in GarageBand, as suggested elsewhere?
I have looked at this discussion - http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8592766&#8592766 - and other ones, but can't seem to find an answer to this. It looks like others have tried to do this, but it doesn't say exactly how.
Thanks.
Barb

I ended importing my movie from iMovie into Garageband, and, with a bit of a learning curve (figuring out how to get the time instead of the beats to show in the LCD, for example), making my chapter markers and titles there. I then sent the movie to iDVD of course, and it seems to work just fine.
So I didn't end up copying the buttons, as you suggested, but thanks very much for that suggestion. Once I figured out the Garageband controls, it was easier than I thought it would be. I guess I should have tried Garageband first; it seemed like such an unlikely solution, what with being a music composition program and all.
Thanks John.

Why won't chapter markers in FCP5 import to idvd6?

I recently imported a video project that I created in FCP5 into iDVD6 for DVD authoring. I put chapter markers in the video project with the idea that IDVD6 would create the sub menus. For some reason they are not showing up. I've checked the appropriate boxes in preferances but no luck. Am I missing something? Or is this a bug that Apple needs to fix?
Has anyone else had a problem or a fix for this? Please let me know.

I have also been tearing hair out with similar problems. Found some info similar to those given above. Making sure that chapter markers are at least 2 seconds away from transistions and also away from clip ends( 1second I think is min here). finally after much resaving it all worked as it should.
Now doing seperate project and its here we go again. Have now got chapter markers to work fine but now the clips which are 16:9 are showing up as 4:3 but only when you "play movie" or preview scenes. The menu's look fine.
Something very weird is going on.
The real pain is its soooooo easy when it works..............

Still no fix for Chapter Markers exporting in H.264 Blu-ray for Encore import Error

Why didn't this fix take place in the recent PPRO 2014.2 update?
I still get the error in Encore that I can import the movie file due to chapter markers.
Does this mean we cant any more use Encore for authoring DVDs or Blurays?
Really don't like the Delete the chapter reference file to do this.

The bug appears fixed to me.
First, I updated only AME to 2014.2. I exported directly from PR 2014.1, and, as expected, the xmpses file is malformed and import to Encore fails. Export using the queue (and therefore clearly AME), the export shows a corrected xmpses file, and import to Encore works.
Then I updated PR to 2014.2. Now, direct export from PR also works.
I did not test updating PR and not AME, and that might present a different result.
What are your versions of PR and AME?
Edit: couldn't resist. Rolled back AME to 2014.1 with PR still updated to 2014.2. Direct Export from PR works.

Imported asset from Compressor with chapter markers- Now what?

I put chapter markers in (Compressor) before submitting in Compressor. I have opened DVDPro and imported the asset which is divided up into 6 chapters. I want each chapter to have a button. I have a template I have chosen with 8 buttons and deleted two of them. How do I activate those buttons according to the chapter breaks? I feel I am close... Thanks!

Thanks. Tried to read the manual but became very confused. I'm recovering from surgery and it's alot to absorb right now and I'm under a deadline- easier to ask a question. For what it's worth, I did read the FC6 manual

Import from FCP4 with chapter markers to DSP2

I have read manual of DSP2 and discussions. I could not get chapters appear on DSP track editor. I only see add embedded markers. I could not see import one. Please help. Thanks

I'm currently having the same problem. I have always been able to simply put markers in my FCP4 timeline - compress the movie using compressor mpeg2 and the markers would show up in DVDSP2 -- Now i'm using DVDSP3 and Tiger, still have FCP4. I re-compressed in compressor to mpeg2, marking the markers as CHAPTER MARKERS. still not showing in DVDSP3.
We should NOT have to export as a quicktime then compress to mpeg2. That's what Compressor is for - to eliminate steps. Unless something has changed with DVDSP3 and TIger. I will try George's suggestion and see if it works.

Chapter Markers, why aren't they importing

I'm using the latest versions of DVDSP and FCP and I'm sort of at a standstill over an incredibly basic thing.
In my FCP sequences, I have created Chapter Markers for my movies. I have exported the FCP sequences using File/Export/Quicktime Movie, and in the options area I have selected All Markers.
When I open the exported movies in Quicktime, I am able to see that my Chapters are there.
Then, I then run Compressor on my various movies, again the latest version. In Compressor, I select the two buttons under Extras that enable me to Import DVD Studio Pro Meta Data and also Chapter Markers Only.
Then, in DVD Studio Pro, I see nothing. No Chapter Markers. I would appreciate any insight into what I'm missing here. Thank you in advance.

In my FCP sequences, I have created Chapter Markers for my movies. I have exported the FCP sequences using File/Export/Quicktime Movie, and in the options area I have selected All Markers.
This is method is incorrect.
In FCP's Export QuickTime Movie Export dialog, you should select DVD Studio Pro Markers in order for the metadata to be written correctly - chapter info on the 2nd of 2 text tracks of a QT movie - for DVDSP. (the 1st of the 2 text tracks contains the primary DVDSP metadata that allows both Compressor and DVDSP to parse chapters for you)
By selecting All Markers you're writing all metadata and chapter info to a single text track in your QT movie in a way that neither DVDSP and Compressor can parse for chapter markers.
In Compressor, I select the two buttons under Extras that enable me to Import DVD Studio Pro Meta Data and also Chapter Markers Only.
No, select one or the other.
Include Chapter Markers only will allow your .m2v to be compatible with other authoring apps.
Add DVD Studio Pro Meta-data will restrict your .m2v to DVDSP but - provided you export directly from Final Cut Pro (File > Export > Using Compressor) or Export a QuickTime Movie with DVD Studio Pro Markers embedded - Compressor places an I-frame on every cut made in an FCP Timeline. It also places an I-frame at the start and end of every (video) transition applied. This is, of course, in addition to placing I-frames at every Chapter or Compression marker that you've placed.

Importing Adobe Premiere m2v's w/chapter markers into DVDSP?

Working on a project where the m2v files are being created by someone else using Adobe Premiere 2.0 on a PC. (They're creating the chapter markers within Premiere)
In my initial tests, I'm able to get the video and audio files (m2v, ac3) into DVDSP, but not chapter markers.
Does anyone have experience with this kind of situation?
Is there an export setting in Adobe Premiere that would help?
An import setting in DVDSP that would help?
Is it possible to import Adobe Premiere created m2v's into DVDSP with chapter markers?
Thanks.
G5 - Dual 2GHz Processor Mac OS X (10.3.6)

the meta data that premiere stores its chapter marker info is not compatible with dvdsp. That being the case, you could have your friend give you a text document with the timecodes for the chapter markers in a column, each timecode followed by the chapter name if you want something other than the standard "chapter 1, chapter 2" etc.
Because your friend chose the chapter markers in premiere, when the m2v was encoded, the apropriate I-Frames were placed so that in DVDSP you should have no problem placing a chapter marker at the exact timecode your friend specifies.
hope that helps

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