Container that forces chapters

[oxygenau]

Hey guys.

I've asked this before in another thread but didn't get an answer.

Is there any format (MKV, MP4, OGM) that I can force a chapter to play on default. Also when you rewind it to the start, it will go to the start of this chapter?

I ask because I have used the direct stream copy in VirtualDub to cut a segement out of a larger AVI file. However because (I believe it cuts by keyframes only) I have filler footage at either side of the segment I'm after.

Does anyone know how I can load it into a different container and force it to only show the desired segment. I don't want to have to re-encode anything.

Thanks in advance guys.

[bond]

its propably doable with both mkv and mp4's systems features, tough you might be limited to specific players supporting this

in mp4 its also possible to cut at non-keyframes, called preroll iirc, but i dunno if there is a tool that can do this

[oxygenau]

Thanks Bond.

I've tried doing it using mkvMerge (or whatever it's call) but I don't think it can do it. I'll try using some MP4 tools.

[Haali]

You need to create an ordered chapter for that in matroska. Mkvmerge doesn't create them automatically.

[oxygenau]

Ah ok. Do you know what program can do it then?

[Haali]

I don't know any software that automatically creates ordered chapters when splitting files.