Chapter Grabber extract chapters from DVD, BD, HDDVD and add chapter names

[Surye]

Hmm.. ChapterGrabber seems to not like it when there are more then one chapter set (I wouldn't either =P) Here's an example:
http://video.barnesandnoble.com/sear...5&VIEW=SCN#SCN

CHAPTER01=00:00:00.000
CHAPTER01NAME=The Beginning
CHAPTER02=00:00:57.302
CHAPTER02NAME=Music
CHAPTER03=00:05:58.969
CHAPTER03NAME=Storyboards
CHAPTER04=00:13:46.137
CHAPTER04NAME=Art Direction
CHAPTER05=00:20:29.004
CHAPTER05NAME=Puppets
CHAPTER06=00:25:51.805
CHAPTER06NAME=Animation
CHAPTER07=00:30:19.639
CHAPTER07NAME="Jack's Obsession"
CHAPTER08=00:35:09.974
CHAPTER08NAME="The Scheming Song"
CHAPTER09=00:38:20.341
CHAPTER09NAME=Sally's Forewarning
CHAPTER10=00:40:56.010
CHAPTER10NAME="Making Christmas"
CHAPTER11=00:45:17.377
CHAPTER11NAME=Sandy Claws in Person
CHAPTER12=00:48:10.512
CHAPTER12NAME="Oogie Boogie's Song"
CHAPTER13=00:50:43.879
CHAPTER13NAME=Zero Lights the Way
CHAPTER14=00:53:02.546
CHAPTER14NAME="Sally's Song"
CHAPTER15=00:54:47.013
CHAPTER15NAME=Christmas Eve Montage
CHAPTER16=00:59:47.680
CHAPTER16NAME=Shot out of the Sky
CHAPTER17=01:01:36.347
CHAPTER17NAME="Poor Jack"
CHAPTER18=01:04:38.682
CHAPTER18NAME=To the Rescue!
CHAPTER19=01:08:49.516
CHAPTER19NAME="Finale/Reprise"
CHAPTER20=01:11:25.516
CHAPTER20NAME=End Credits

Seems to be a Commentary/Normal Audio issue.

[Emp3r0r]

suryc: use the import from clipboard feature

[Emp3r0r]

New version available with support for writing matroska chapter Xml files. Reading will be included in next version. Enjoy!

See top of thread for download link

[Palikrovol]

Little suggestion:

Put a menu with the links to the webs where the EANs or chapters can be found:

http://video.barnesandnoble.com
http://www.allmovie.com
http://www.blockbuster.com
...
...

[Yo]

If one is using a text file for input of the chapters (File/Open), instead of the IFO file, how should the text file (showing the chapter times) be formatted? COuld you post a sample text input file?

[zulu]

The textfile must have the ChapterXtractor OGG format.
Example:

CHAPTER01=00:00:00.000
CHAPTER01NAME=Chapter 1
CHAPTER02=00:02:50.100
CHAPTER02NAME=Chapter 2
CHAPTER03=00:03:41.633
CHAPTER03NAME=Chapter 3
...

[Yo]

Originally posted by zulu
The textfile must have the ChapterXtractor OGG format.
Example:

CHAPTER01=00:00:00.000
CHAPTER01NAME=Chapter 1
CHAPTER02=00:02:50.100
CHAPTER02NAME=Chapter 2
CHAPTER03=00:03:41.633
CHAPTER03NAME=Chapter 3
...

When you first import the chapters, they probably will not have the names though, correct, until one uses your program to input the names. So would the original text file that just shows the chapter times read like the following?:

-------------
CHAPTER01=00:00:00.000
CHAPTER02=00:02:50.100
CHAPTER03=00:03:41.633
---------------

Or--would it actually read like your original quote at the top, although the names are not known yet--just calling them "Chapter 1", etc.?

[zulu]

it would actually read like my original quote.
"Chapter n" is a standard chaptername chapterXtractor uses when creating ogg chapterfiles from an ifo as it can't get the original name from the ifo.
so basically a chapter entry requires 2 lines:
line a: timecode
line b: chaptername (unimportant, will be overriden by chaptergrabber)

regards,
zulu

[bond]

i tried the .reg option for setting chapters in xvid's zones, but it didnt work, meaning the reg entries got added to the registry, but they didnt show up in xvid's gui itself
i am using winme (yeah i know )

[Emp3r0r]

Try searching for where xvid stores the settings in your registry. Once you find the correct key change the value in the "ChapterGrabber.exe.config" file.

The default looks like: <add key="xvidreg" value="[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\GNU\XviD]"/>

[bond]

it seems that the default one is the correct one here, at least there are a bunch of values stored already. and the chaptermarks are also listed there when using chaptergrabbers option, still they are not shown in the xvid gui

will check more deeply

[darkpepe]

Hi!
Wonderfull tool, but I have a small problem here:
The Star Wars trilogy comes in a box, when retrieving titles from the internet I just get the titles from the first DVD.

If I want to set keyframes at the beginning of a chapter, adding the reg file to registry is all I have to do? Must I delete the changes by hand after the encoding?
Thanks!

[Lenton]

I have a 25 FPS DVD. The chapter timings are wrong, and it doesn't help fiddling with the framerate in options. Could this be fixed?

[Emp3r0r]

when retrieving titles from the internet I just get the titles from the first DVD.

Copy the chapters for each DVD to the clipboard and use the Import from Clipboard feature.

The chapter timings are wrong, and it doesn't help fiddling with the framerate in options.

How wrong are they and how did you determine they are wrong? I don't have any 25fps DVDs to test with.

So far it has been my experience that DVD chapter times aren't always as accurate as I'd like them to be. For example, sometimes a chaptertime doesn't correspond to the first frame of the scene as it should.

I personally gave up on forcing keyframes and just go with jumping to the nearest keyframe. Works well enough.

[Lenton]

Originally posted by Emp3r0r
How wrong are they and how did you determine they are wrong? I don't have any 25fps DVDs to test with.

Well it's because it seems as if ChapterGrabber retrieves the framecount for chapters and then translates it to 23.97/29.97 frameseconds, so when I enter 25 fps in the options it just changes the framecount and not the minute, second count.

[Emp3r0r]

when I enter 25 fps in the options it just changes the framecount and not the minute, second count.

This works as designed. ChapterGrabber assumes that you start with correct timecodes. It can't assume the fps to generate frame numbers which is why the option exists to change frame numbers only.

[Lenton]

Yes, but it's designed incorrectly. From the frame numbers given from the ifo file, it should translate this into timings according to the fps, but it just assumes fps is 29.97!

[Bluedan]

As in my opinion chapters is a must-have in my backups I heavily rely on your nifty little pogramme.
Haven't backed-up for a long time I recently discovered differences between data delivered by chapterXtractor (which are correct) and your programmes'.
Timecodes AND frames are totally off, though framerate was set to 25fps/PAL accordingly...

Ifo is from StarWars Ep.6
This is what the Grabber is showing:


And here are the first lines from ChapterXtractor, both frames and corresponding timecodes (25fps):

1=0 Chapter 1  
2=500 Chapter 2  
3=2778 Chapter 3  
4=7192 Chapter 4  
5=11771 Chapter 5  
6=17801 Chapter 6  
7=20669 Chapter 7  
8=25320 Chapter 8  
9=31893 Chapter 9  
10=36165 Chapter 10

CHAPTER01=00:00:00.000  
CHAPTER01NAME=Chapter 1  
CHAPTER02=00:00:20.000  
CHAPTER02NAME=Chapter 2  
CHAPTER03=00:01:51.120  
CHAPTER03NAME=Chapter 3  
CHAPTER04=00:04:47.680  
CHAPTER04NAME=Chapter 4  
CHAPTER05=00:07:50.840  
CHAPTER05NAME=Chapter 5  
CHAPTER06=00:11:52.040  
CHAPTER06NAME=Chapter 6  
CHAPTER07=00:13:46.760  
CHAPTER07NAME=Chapter 7  
CHAPTER08=00:16:52.800  
CHAPTER08NAME=Chapter 8  
CHAPTER09=00:21:15.720  
CHAPTER09NAME=Chapter 9  
CHAPTER10=00:24:06.600  
CHAPTER10NAME=Chapter 10

I don't understand why the framecount is off.
Can you fix this?

Current workaround is to create chapterfile with ChapterXtractor and then load it into the Grabber.

[LeMoi]

any valid link please ?

[Emp3r0r]

I've attached the latest version I've found. Sorry my website is down so you'll need to wait for the attachment to be approved.