Importing chapters.txt to Scenarist

[29ways]

I just finished using the cce along with the big 3 for my movie, but for some reason I cannot use "New from Script" in Scenarist. I'm doing all the manual work, but I don't know how to import chapters created by the .txt file. Can anyone help?

[Eyes`Only]

to create chapters in Scenarist, I'd recommend you use scenchap. One of the older DVD9-DVD5 guides should show you how to use it, like the one at http://www.doom9.org/mpg/ifoedit-cce.htm

Oh and New From Script is for .scp files, which are created by Reauthorist. You DO have a guide for this, don't you?

[Matthew]

Personally I do the following for each chapter value: copy/paste, press enter and ALT-N, S. It's really very quick, even for 30 chapters. Preferable to fiddling around with scenchap and scripts, IMO.

[Eyes`Only]

sure, if you don't care if your chapter points are off that will work. Maybe that works for PAL too, i don't know. But pasting timecodes like that for an NTSC project would have your chapter points so screwy it would be a disgrace. That's why we have scenchap. :)

[Matthew]

It's certainly fine for PAL...I know because I always make sure every chapter point is exactly correct compared to original IFO (chapter extracter + file compare app). The joys of being anal retentive...

I didn't realise it doesn't work for NTSC...pulldown related I suppose. How then are people authoring original DVDs supposed to create accurate chapters though.

[Eyes`Only]

It's drop frame related, definitely. As for people authoring original DVDs with their own footage, well, it WILL put the scene right where it displays in Scenarist. The issue is that if you were to take a timecode from an IFO and type it into Scenarist, it will jump to a different frame than the one that was intended. This frame would then be the one that the scene was set to . So, with an original DVD, you'll step thru the frames til you found the one you wanted the scene on and place a new frame on that frame. There wouldn't be any problems with that.

[Matthew]

Ahhh...I see...thanks for clearing that up...I imagine the chapter points listing can be adjusted though without too much difficulty though - I'd just write an excel spreadsheet to do that :/