DVD Chapters

[suwalski]

I am converting family DVDs to x265 MKVs (though this applies to MP4s as well).

I am missing one feature in Shutter Encoder that is making me have to use ffmpeg on the command line. The source DVDs have chapter marks that I had meticulously put in at the time I digitized from 8mm tape.

Adding the chapters is trivial. On the ffmpeg command line, I just add -map 0 -map_chapters 0 and they magically get transfered, like so:

Output #0, matroska, to '1992.08-1992.10.mkv':
  Metadata:
    encoder         : Lavf61.7.100
  Chapters:
    Chapter #0:0: start 0.000000, end 4.800000
    Chapter #0:1: start 4.800000, end 204.133333
    Chapter #0:2: start 204.133333, end 571.700000
    Chapter #0:3: start 571.700000, end 659.200000
    Chapter #0:4: start 659.200000, end 1069.900000
    Chapter #0:5: start 1069.900000, end 1291.466667
    Chapter #0:6: start 1291.466667, end 1351.766667
    Chapter #0:7: start 1351.766667, end 1552.933333
    Chapter #0:8: start 1552.933333, end 2248.200000
    Chapter #0:9: start 2248.200000, end 2588.800000
    Chapter #0:10: start 2588.800000, end 2764.266667
    Chapter #0:11: start 2764.266667, end 3166.266667
    Chapter #0:12: start 3166.266667, end 3238.800000
    Chapter #0:13: start 3238.800000, end 3685.766667
  Stream #0:0: Video: hevc, yuv420p(tv, progressive), 720x480 [SAR 8:9 DAR 4:3], q=2-31, 29.97 fps, 1k tbn

VLC then sees the markers as do other players:

I think this would be a trivial feature to add in the Advanced panel, right with the subtitles and metadata checkboxes.

[paulpacifico]

I've added -map_chapters 0 for the next release when checking "Preserve metadata".

Paul.