Chapter marker script

[John Rofrano]

VASST Ultimate S Pro will do this for you. There may be other free scripts like that floating about but I don’t know of any.

~jr

http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com

[Peter C. goswick]

Thanks John for your reply. I have Ultimate S Pro and tried creating the chapter markers. I checked the “Create DVD Architect Chapter File”, supplied the file name and hit [APPLY]. I only got 1 generic chapter marker. It appears from the Ultimate Help that is all I need to do but for some reason it didn’t work for me.

Any thoughts/suggestions?

Pete

[John Rofrano]

Any thoughts/suggestions?

Make sure that you:

1. Name the file correctly. If your rendered file is MyMovie.mpg the marker file should be MyMovie.mpg.sfl
2. Place the marker file in the same folder as the mpg file.
3. Manually reload the markers in DVD Architect

That last one is very important. Sometimes I even need to delete the movie file and re-add it to DVD Architect but at a minimum you must manually reload the marker file from the load marker icon above the DVD Architect timeline.

~jr

http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com

[Peter C. goswick]

I “thought” I did those steps but will tray again.

Thanks.

Pete

[Aleksey Tarasov]

Try the Markers tool. It allows you to export markers to many formats, including DVD Architect chapters and subtitles.

[John Rofrano]

Try the Markers tool. It allows you to export markers to many formats, including DVD Architect chapters and subtitles.

He said that he already has Ultimate S Pro which exports markers in DVD Architect format. The problem is getting DVD Architect to recognize the new marker file which is sometimes tricky because it doesn’t always refresh them. Using another tool won’t help that.

~jr

http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com

[Ryan Graves]

Is there a way to have either Sony Vegas or DVD Architect generate auto-chaptering (automatic chapter markers) say, every 5 minutes or so?

[John Rofrano]

[Ryan Graves] “Is there a way to have either Sony Vegas or DVD Architect generate auto-chaptering (automatic chapter markers) say, every 5 minutes or so?”

No, they don’t have this built-in but you can probably find a free script that will do this. Otherwise, 3rd part script tools like VASST Ultimate S Pro and Excalibur can do this for you easily.

~jr

http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com

[Ryan Graves]

I’ve never tried VAAST or Excalibur, and I have not come across a script that does this yet. Do you have any scripts that already work without generating them, or can you recommend any?

Thanks for replying!

[Mike Kujbida]

Thanks to user ScorpioProd on the Sony forum for this tip.

[b]import Sony.Vegas;
Vegas.Cursor = Vegas.Cursor + Timecode.FromSeconds(300);[/b]

That’s all there is to it.
Just save this using Notepad in a file called “5 minute jump.js”.
Put that in your scripts menu folder in your Vegas folder.
You will see it in your scripts and you can make a tool bar icon for it.