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Argggghhhh -No chapter markers in H264-compressed QT???
Hi all:
I am exporting a self-contained movie using setting “Show DVD Studio Pro Markers” – the sequence and of course the exported file are ProRes codec.
When I open the QT outside of FCP, all the chapter markers are there in Quicktime viewer window (lower right, popup that allows me to jump to points in the movie)
Next I import to Compressor – All the markers (edit point markers as well as chapter markers that I have set…) DO show up in the Compressor preview window. All looks good…
I encode an h264 QT from compressor – but in the encoded QT, there are NO chapter markers present!
I attempted a workaround of extracting the text track from the original exported QT and “Adding to movie” of the h264 QT using quicktime. Then I turn off the text track but keep on the popup that says Chapters > Text Track under “Other Settings” in the properties window of the h264 QT. The chapters are then visible in the lower right of the viewer window. BUT – when I close the movie and “save” then re-open, they are gone…argh!
It has to be user-error, but I feel like I’ve covered all bases and searched this forum for similar problems, but still in the dark.
Help!
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4 Replies
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Whats the final purpose of this encode? DVD?
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No – final output is just what I am trying to spit out from Compressor – just a quicktime movie, h264, with chapter markers.
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Tom,
To do what you want, you can skip Compressor. From your timeline, select Export>QuickTime, NOT QT conversion, select the chapter marker setting, then go into current settings and select “custom,” then change the compressor to H.264 and set a data rate, voila, a beautiful movie with markers.
Have a wonderful day.
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True, I tested that – but I have many movies daily that need this treatment, pus other formats to export to. Batch processing with Compressor really my only option.
That being said, I knew it had to be user error – if I hit “m” twice and bring up the marker dialog box and manually set each one to “chapter marker” it works. Duh. I had just been setting plain ol’ markers in FCP.
Thanks for the help, all…
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