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Old 9th July 2017, 17:28   #261  |  Link
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What happens when you make a ogg from scratch and then a negativ time shift?
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Old 13th July 2017, 17:48   #262  |  Link
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chapterEditor Alpha 6 is available.
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There are again a few bug fixes and a new special feature.

Split Chapters:
I have installed this new feature first for the OGG/OGM editor only.
You can select a chapter (not the first or the last) and then
click on "Split chapters" (in the special tool bar).
Two new OGG tabs are created with the respective chapters.
Feedback is welcome to find out if everything fits or needs something else.

The internal Matroska parser I have improved, so also the playing time when loading a Matroska file is used.
For all time editing fields on which you can drop a file to read the duration, also the internal Matroska parser is used.

The cE can now load Matroska files without MKVToolNix (MTX).

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rev1.00(Alpha 6) 2017-07-13
// chapterEditor
* Time floats did not work in any Windows

# Matroska Parser
  - Duration and SegmentUID are now also parsed

// OGG/OGM Chapter Editor
& Chapter Split

* TabSheet for the chapter settings was no longer displayed
   If Multi-Chapters was closed and there was no chapter tab

* Chapter time saving adapted
  - immediate save when changing if the time format is correct
  - Display in VST now correct again
  - Chapter times could be stored incorrectly in the file

// DVD2mkv
& Drag&Drop 
  - Global drop to the form for folders: automatic assignment
     a VIDEO_TS folder or a folder with a VIDEO_TS subfolder
     are loaded into the source edit field all others in the target edit field
  - a folder can be dropped directly to an edit field or button
  - IFO files and external subtitles can be dropped globally

& change the title and menu checkboxes also with left-click
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Old 28th July 2017, 23:20   #263  |  Link
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old chapterEditor update rev0.51

Mosu has fixed an error with MKVToolNix (MTX) 14. As a result, the mtxcfg file no longer works correctly when certain settings are set in MTX (Auto target path).

Since I still use the old cE's BD2mkv Editor, and this does not work as usual,there is an update of the old cE to rev0.51

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// chapterEditor
* mtxcfg file: "destinationAuto" path should be different to "destination" path

// Multi Editions Editor(BD2mkv)
* BD-demux "selectablly"
  - mtxcfg: "type" value are missing for .h264 files
  - file extension not always match (.mks was used)

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Old 11th August 2017, 17:55   #264  |  Link
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chapterEditor 1.00 Alpha 7 is available.
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There is a new special feature for the Matroska Chapter Editor.

If you saved chapters directly in a Matroska file, you had to start it with a double-click in the file browser....this is on a long term, very cumbersome.
Therefore, you can now start the Matroska files directly from the chapterEditor out.


The last chapter end time(if exists) can be used from XML and Matroska files as playing time for the edition. In Matroska files the playing time(SegmentInfo/Duration) is often NOT (actually never) exactly. Therefore, it is more useful to use the last chapter end time.


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rev1.00(Alpha 7) 2017-08-11
// Matroska Chapter Editor
& Play files - new special tool
  - Loaded Matroska files can be started directly
  - VST Hotkey(P) added, changeable in the settings

& Last chapter end time as playing time of the edition (settings)
  - for XML and Matroska files

# End times calculation for ordered chapters
  - if deactivated, the start times are only accepted for "empty" end times
  - if an end time exists, it is checked whether it is smaller than the start time

// DVD2mkv
& Hotkeys: for several components

& Double click on a track opens the corresponding Text-Favorites
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Old 10th September 2017, 12:39   #265  |  Link
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chapterEditor rev1.00 Beta 1 is available.
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The new chapter database is ready.
It was not possible to use the old database further.
The user data remain, however, and you can login as usual.
The users, who have already uploaded chapters, would have to re-upload them so that the new settings
for the movies are taken over.

A few things I have removed, since they were not really used, which makes it now something easier and
more clearly.
In addition to the chapter files, Matroska Tags files can now be saved.

From the ChapterGrabber database all movies/chapters with meaningful movie titles were taken over.
In addition, there must be at least 3 chapters.
These were about 96000 entries, many of which do not have "proper" chapter names.

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rev1.00(Beta-1) 2017-09-10
// chapterEditor
& Chapter database

& Language: Standard Moroccan Tamazight (zgh) 

# GUI: Windows and Linux
  - Elements overlapped in some places
  - Menu icons were not displayed correctly
  - Statusbar: Help texts have not always been displayed

// Matroska Chapters Editor
# Default Edition Flag
  - "only one default edition" (settings)

// Chapter database
& about 60000 more movies from the ChapterGrabber database transferred

& only show movies with "proper" chapter names

& Matroska Tags files

& append chapters

& FPS selection

& 2 new Disc types
  - UHD-Bluray
  - CD

& full Matroska support for Chapters and Tags files

& Show all movies of a user

# All languages available

// DVD2mkv Editor
* Standard track flag for audio tracks is set incorrectly

* Linux: could not load VIDEO_TS folder

# mkvmerge Exit code was not evaluated correctly
  - an incorrect error message was displayed

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Old 14th October 2017, 00:10   #266  |  Link
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chapterEditor(cE) 1.00 Beta 2 is available.
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In the cE there is now again the BD2mkv editor. For now, only the 1-Click mode.

BD2mkv will depend on MKVToolNix (MTX) only, so that everything runs under Linux.
Furthermore, eac3to will be used for audio conversions and other tasks.
For Linux, tsMuxeR will be used.
The functions of the external tools remain optional. BD2mkv editor is then limited to the functionality of MTX.

BD2mkv can also process UHD-Blurays, at least what now with eac3to/tsMuxeR and MTX possible.

MTX has unfortunately no support for Multi-Angle mpls files. Only the 1.Angle is used.
(In the old cE I had for it eac3to)
I have extended my mpls parser, so now under Linux/Windows Multi-Angle Blurays can be processed by MTX (without other external tools).
Furthermore you will be able to create Multi-Edition mkv files on Linux.

If an mpls contains several m2ts files, it can happen that some m2ts files (usually the first or last) have different properties.
This means that the mux process does not work in MTX.

In the BD2mkv editor such "disturbing" m2ts files can be ignored (first, last and duplicates).

The new MTX functions led to disturbances in the cE, as other editors also have access simultaneously.
Therefore, I have renewed the MTX interface.
Everything now runs in its own process and no longer interferes with Multi-Threading.
At the same time, a few bugs were fixed for Linux.


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rev1.00(Beta 2) 2017-10-14
// chapterEditor
& BD2mkv 

* MKVToolNix(MTX): - completely new interface
  - Each function in program now has its own process for the MTX exe's

* Multi-threading did not work on Linux


// Chapter database
* English translation missing


// Matroska Chapters
* Saving to Matroska files did not work on Linux


// BD2mkv
& 1-Click mode

& ignore m2ts files and remove duplicates
  - Minimum duration for first and last m2ts (settings)

& Scan all mpls files immediately (settings)

& use only eac3to mpls files (settings)


// DVD2mkv
& Minimum number of chapters (settings)
  - Titles with fewer chapters than the minimum are ignored

// Matroska Tags
* Save (more than one Tags in the tab)
  - XML comment contained XML syntax marks, making the XML file invalid
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Old 14th November 2017, 18:02   #267  |  Link
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chapterEditor 1.00 Beta 3 is available.
Windows
Linux


BD2mkv:
With the Single and Batch mode you can now quickly and selectively create your desired mkv from a Bluray.
For editing the tracks, eac3to is ready with full parameter support.

tsMuxeR (Windows version) can also be used, but there is only the possibility of core extraction.
For Linux there is a separate version of tsMuxeR.

Forced subtitles are automatically searched for and added to the track list.
Also, extracted tracks are automatically added to the track list.



Code:
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rev1.00(Beta 3) 2017-11-14
// chapterEditor
* internal Matroska parser had an error reading 64bit numbers


// Chapter database
# VST
  - Column notes could not be enlarged enough
  - ID representation for user's movies adapted


// BD2mkv
& Single and Batch processing mode

& Audio editing
  - eac3to: free parameters input
  - tsMuxeR: Core extraction

& Extract track(s)
  - individually or all selected at once

& extract only checked subtitles

& Drag&Drop
  - Folders, drives, mpls files
  - external subtitles
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Old 14th November 2017, 22:34   #268  |  Link
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Hello! Great news a new revision of your program!!

However, I'm having problems with the DVDtoMKV function: I select a DVD, a output folder but when I try to get all audio and video tracks the message "PgcDemux(Mod) start" and nothing happens.

I've tried the same with beta 1 and 2, and it works perfectly. However, in beta 3 the program seems to do nothing. Have you changed something or there is a new setting I should verify?

Thanks in advance.
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Old 15th November 2017, 09:36   #269  |  Link
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Hello! Great news a new revision of your program!!

However, I'm having problems with the DVDtoMKV function: I select a DVD, a output folder but when I try to get all audio and video tracks the message "PgcDemux(Mod) start" and nothing happens.

I've tried the same with beta 1 and 2, and it works perfectly. However, in beta 3 the program seems to do nothing. Have you changed something or there is a new setting I should verify?

Thanks in advance.
Thanks for this hint I will have a look right now.
I have not really changed something for the DVD2mkv editor.
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Old 15th November 2017, 09:43   #270  |  Link
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When I use PGCDemux, there is no progress numbers available and no GUI can shown. With your test-DVD Salt it takes 1min for demux the VOBs and for these time you see no "progress". (PGCDemuxMod can show the GUI and there are progress numbers)

Which DVD you try to edit?
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Old 15th November 2017, 21:06   #271  |  Link
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Hey Maal656

I found the bug, and it is fixed. For the moment you can use the normal PGCDemux version.
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Old 19th November 2017, 14:58   #272  |  Link
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chapterEditor 1.00 Beta 4 is available.
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Because I have found some important bugs, there is a new cE version after a short time.

A new helpful feature for BD + DVD2mkv I have installed.
Tracks preselection:
You can preselect the desired languages and have them sorted.
The function is available for all disc editing modes.


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rev1.00(Beta 4) 2017-11-19
// Disc2mkv (BD+DVD settings)
& Tracks preselection (Audio + Subtitle)
  - language dependent
  - sort preselected tracks

// BD2mkv
* Checking if original tracks are used did not work

* "No chapters" for mp4 or m4a files did not work

* mpls playing time is not always right
  - if NO m2ts files have been removed,
    nevertheless a recalculation was carried out -> wrong playing time

* When exiting the BD2mkv editor not all threads were stopped

# Language code added in the filename for converted audios

// DVD2mkv
* PgcDemuxMod version not worked in cE-1.00Beta3
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Old 9th December 2017, 17:58   #273  |  Link
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cE-update

chapterEditor 1.00 Beta 5 is available.
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BD2mkv now has the Multi-Edition-MKV mode.
Likewise, I have the cut function for DVD2mkv and BD2mkv reinstalled (not quite complete).
The cut mode "...by parts" I have expanded, so that you can choose whether the same when cutting "join" should be.
Otherwise you can first cut everything and then join the parts later.

Play/Open files is another new feature.
In BD2mkv mpls files can be played or external tracks.
Subtitles can be opened and edited (if the correct program is linked in your OS).


Code:
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rev1.00(Beta 5) 2017-12-09
// OGG/OGM Chapters
& OGG/OGM-Chapter number starts at 1 (settings)


// Disc2mkv (BD+DVD)
& Cutting and Join: only for Single- and Batch mode
  - 2 mkvmerge cutting methods
  - Join directly (only for "By parts")
  - automatic join
  - manual "join" with a BAT / Bash file

* BAT file for manual MKV muxing did not always work (Windows)


// BD2mkv
& Multi-Edition-MKV Modus
  - Multi-Edition Bluray
  - Multi-Angle Bluray

& eac3to(from 3.33): Playing time limits (settings)
  - two new parameters -min/-max PlayListRuntime
  - version 3.34 does not work, because a bug is included

& Play/Open files
  - mpls files
  - external tracks

* Extract selected tracks
  - "Embedded" tracks were NOT ignored

* Convert audio(eac3to)
  - File name sometimes contained invalid characters
  - more than one parameter did not work


// DVD2mkv
& Play/Open files
  
* VOB2VOB-Demux
  - automatic default track for audios did not work

# Batch processing will not stop when a title / menu error occurs

# some components have not been disabled / enabled accordingly
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Old 14th December 2017, 15:47   #274  |  Link
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cE-update

chapterEditor 1.00 Beta 6 is available.
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Unfortunately, there are a few bugs in cE-Beta5 therefore a new update.

Likewise, I have updated the cE Chapter database and transferred another 1500 films from the ChapterGrabber DB.


Code:
Change chapterEditor

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rev1.00(Beta 6) 2017-12-14
// chapterEditor
* Chapter times were not properly rounded


// Chapter database
# If a chapter has several names, all chapter names are now displayed in the VST


// Disc2mkv
& Create QP file
  - additional MeGUI QPF file


// BD2mkv
& Hotkeys for some components

* Multi-Edition mode: Create MKV error in rev1.00Beta5

# some components have not been disabled / enabled accordingly


// DVD2mkv
# Added hotkeys for the VST
  - open Cutting
  - Play/Open files
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Old 27th December 2017, 19:08   #275  |  Link
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chapterEditor 1.00 Beta 7 is available.
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Subtitle editing was not as I would like it to be, so I improved a lot there and fixed a few bugs.

On some Blurays and DVDs (Star Trek, for example), there are no forced subtitles.
In the normal subtitle track, there are subtitles that could/should be displayed.
Such subtitles must be edited: New "forced" switches must be set.
Then the new subtitle track must be saved with the new forced subtitles and only then can the forced subtitles be extracted. And then load the file.
A pretty annoying thing, so it's now automatic.

Opening a subtitle file (directly from cE) will now be done in a thread.
BDSup2Sub is started (also now for Linux) and you can set new forced switches.
Save: If you do NOT change the default output file name then the new forced subtitles are automatically extracted and loaded into the cE.


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rev1.00(Beta 7) 2017-12-27
// chapterEditor
# new mkvextract mode (from version 17) will be used from now on


// All Chapter editors
& Ignore m2ts files (only for mpls files)
  - first and last m2ts file
  - minimum duration adjustable


// Disc2mkv (BD+DVD)
& Subtitle editing
  - Automatic extract and load newly set forced subtitles

# Check subtitles for forced subtitles is faster now


// BD2mkv
* Forced subtitle checking did not work for tsMuxeR
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Old 2nd January 2018, 23:35   #276  |  Link
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Great new the new Beta 7!! And with a new feature which is really useful (at least for me) since I have to correct/create forced subtitles from normal subtitles very often. I'll inform you if I find any bug (the rest of functions of the program I use, including the multi-edition MKV from DVDs work OK)

Just one question/suggestion: Now I have several MKVs including different editions of a movie, created from seamless branching/multiple-angle DVDs and Blurays. Due to the limitation of the "ordered chapters" support in different players, sometimes I would like to create a new MKV, extracting only one of the editions of the multi-edition-MKV. I guess that by splitting the entire MKV by chapters, and merging again all parts corresponding one of the editions I could create the new MKV, but I don't know about any program which could handle this automatically... Have you had this problem? (Maybe it could be an additional function for your problem... if you find it interesting... )

Anyway, thank you very much, since the current program is great!! Regards!!
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Great new the new Beta 7!! And with a new feature which is really useful (at least for me) since I have to correct/create forced subtitles from normal subtitles very often. I'll inform you if I find any bug (the rest of functions of the program I use, including the multi-edition MKV from DVDs work OK)
Nice to read, many thanks for your tests.

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Just one question/suggestion: Now I have several MKVs including different editions of a movie, created from seamless branching/multiple-angle DVDs and Blurays. Due to the limitation of the "ordered chapters" support in different players, sometimes I would like to create a new MKV, extracting only one of the editions of the multi-edition-MKV. I guess that by splitting the entire MKV by chapters, and merging again all parts corresponding one of the editions I could create the new MKV, but I don't know about any program which could handle this automatically... Have you had this problem? (Maybe it could be an additional function for your problem... if you find it interesting... )
For a long time an other user asked me the same. And this is not so easy, and nowhere supported.
At first:
Splitting the entire mkv by all chapters is not the right way, because chapters often are not at the end or start of an m2ts file.
In the chapter.xml for a multi-edition mkv, there are "hidden" chapters which are in synchronous to the m2ts files.
When you cut the mkv then there. But it is not so easy to know which hidden chapters belongs to an m2ts, and sometimes matches a normal chapter to an m2ts also.

And, I can not say if MTX cut it correctly, but I guess.

It is not on my TODO list but in my head.
I have to create a "MTX-cutting option file" while the Multi-Edition-mkv editor runs. And additional for each edition a mux-option file.
Many work :-) maybe in a far future or not, because I'm sure the Matroska support will increase in the next years.

Which player you are using?

When ever it is possible to you, then use LAVFilters, best Matroska support!! LAV is supported by many players.
mpv has limited Matroska support. Medium-Liniking is working but no Editions.
VLC has maybe the best Matroska support for Linux. VLC 3.0 could be interessting, Steve is fixing some mkv-parser issues.
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Old 3rd January 2018, 11:31   #278  |  Link
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For a long time an other user asked me the same. And this is not so easy, and nowhere supported.
At first:
Splitting the entire mkv by all chapters is not the right way, because chapters often are not at the end or start of an m2ts file.
In the chapter.xml for a multi-edition mkv, there are "hidden" chapters which are in synchronous to the m2ts files.
When you cut the mkv then there. But it is not so easy to know which hidden chapters belongs to an m2ts, and sometimes matches a normal chapter to an m2ts also.

And, I can not say if MTX cut it correctly, but I guess.

It is not on my TODO list but in my head.
I have to create a "MTX-cutting option file" while the Multi-Edition-mkv editor runs. And additional for each edition a mux-option file.
Many work :-) maybe in a far future or not, because I'm sure the Matroska support will increase in the next years.
My idea would be to work only with the MKV (which is the file I own currently), and not with any m2ts file... If I had to extract only one edition from a m2ts/bluray, I could use programs like MakeMKV, which make this work perfectly, correcting also the linking points when needed.

Working as an example (very simple) of one MKV with two editions:

Edition 1
Chapter 1 - 00.000.000 to 00.010.000
Chapter 2 - 00.010.000 to 00.025.000
Chapter 3 - 00.025.000 to 00.050.000
Chapter 4 - 00.050.000 to 00.100.000
Edition 2
Chapter 1 - 00.100.000 to 00.110.000
Chapter 2 - 00.010.000 to 00.025.000
Chapter 3 - 00.025.000 to 00.030.000
Chapter 4 - 00.110.000 to 00.210.000
Chapter 5 - 00.050.000 to 00.100.000

As can be seen, without taking into consideration the information from ordered chapters, the MKV would have a duration of 00.210.000.

Extracting the first edition is really easy: Loading the MKV in MKVToolnix it is only necessary to split it at time 00.100.000 (End time of first edition). The first part created would be the first edition, and its chapters would be those of first edition of chapters file, without any change or correction:

Chapter 1 - 00.000.000
Chapter 2 - 00.010.000
Chapter 3 - 00.025.000
Chapter 4 - 00.050.000

Extracting the second revision it not so easy and would need some calculations (For these calculations the "hidden" chapters are considered as "normal" chapters):

* The MKV must be splitted in the points where the times in the chapter file are not correlative:

Chapter 1 - 00.100.000 to 00.110.000
Chapter 2 - 00.010.000 to 00.025.000
Chapter 3 - 00.025.000 to 00.030.000
Chapter 4 - 00.110.000 to 00.210.000
Chapter 5 - 00.050.000 to 00.100.000

When ordering this times, the entire MKV (without taking into consideration information of ordered chapters) should be splitted in different parts, with following times:

Part 1 - 00.000.000 to 00.010.000 --> Not used in edition 2
Part 2 - 00.010.000 to 00.030.000
Part 3 - 00.030.000 to 00.050.000 --> Not used in edition 2
Part 4 - 00.050.000 to 00.100.000
Part 5 - 00.100.000 to 00.110.000
Part 6 - 00.110.000 to 00.210.000

To create the new MKV of second edition, these parts must be joined in one MKV, with the correct order:

Part 5 + Part 2 + Part 6 + Part 4

Finally, the chapter times must be also corrected:

Chapter 1 - 00.000.000
Chapter 2 - 00.010.000
Chapter 3 - 00.025.000
Chapter 4 - 00.030.000
Chapter 5 - 00.130.000

With an so simple example the process would be easy, with with a real movie, with a lot of chapters and jumps caused by different editions it would become a nightmare...

Obviously if the MKV has more that two editions, for the third, fourth, etc. the process would be similar.

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Which player you are using?

When ever it is possible to you, then use LAVFilters, best Matroska support!! LAV is supported by many players.
mpv has limited Matroska support. Medium-Liniking is working but no Editions.
VLC has maybe the best Matroska support for Linux. VLC 3.0 could be interessting, Steve is fixing some mkv-parser issues.
When playing in computer, I use MPC-HC, which works with the ordered chapters with no problem... In VCL it is possible to select the second edition but then fails (I think there is a bug...)

The problem is that other players (KODI, etc.), players available in Android systems (KODI, MX Player, etc.) and Smart TVs and Bluray Players does not support the ordered chapters, so it is not possible to select the second edition of the movie. Thats the reason I were interested in a "quick process" to extract this second edition, and play it in a non-compatible player.

Regards, and !!

PD. By the way, I've open a question in "MKVToolnix bug tracer" requesting information about how to split a MKV by chapters, when there are ordered chapters...

https://gitlab.com/mbunkus/mkvtoolnix/issues/2185
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Old 3rd January 2018, 22:28   #279  |  Link
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Hi Maal656

For your short sample it is indeed simple to split the correct chapter-parts. And yes with a real movie exists many more hidden chapters(cut-points).
Only with the mkv to determine which chapters have to split is possible but a big task.

When you cut on a chapter point, which is not the start or end time of an m2ts/VobID, then maybe MTX can not cut correctly (Key frame issue).
Best way is to cut on the original m2ts(VobID)-durations but this info is for the single mkv not available.



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In VCL it is possible to select the second edition but then fails (I think there is a bug...)
Yes it is a bug, more then one. I test sometimes my TNG Bluray mkv files. Sometimes the main-mkv starts and I can switch between the editions, sometimes hangs VLC or crash. An older VLC version 2.x works a bit better.


Some players like mpv(and VLC) has Matroska Medium-Linking support whereby it is possible to separate the editions in a new very small extra mkv(mostly less 1mb).
All content of the second edition is linked via ordered chapters in this extra mkv.
So you don't need to cut the mkv file.

Mmmh... this change a bit my mind about "in a far future". It should not so complicated to generate such "extra-edition-mkv's" with the cE.


I'm sure Mosu can't help you with the ordered chapter topic and such a support for MTX is for the moment not planed.

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For your short sample it is indeed simple to split the correct chapter-parts. And yes with a real movie exists many more hidden chapters(cut-points).
Only with the mkv to determine which chapters have to split is possible but a big task.

When you cut on a chapter point, which is not the start or end time of an m2ts/VobID, then maybe MTX can not cut correctly (Key frame issue).
Best way is to cut on the original m2ts(VobID)-durations but this info is for the single mkv not available.
Hello again!

I've done a test trying to extrack the different editions from a multi-edition MKV, and performing the process manually all seems OK. I'm attaching only the chapter information:

Original chapter.xml from the "Paranormal Activity - The Ghost Dimension" MKV, which includes three different editions of the movie:

File: MultiEdition.xml

Based on informartion for 2nd and 3rd edition, I've created (using ChapterEditor), two new chapter files, each one corresponding to one edition. In these files I add a new chapter in each position where in the original movie there is a jump from one time to other (as these times will be those used for the splitting), and also identify if they will be used or not in the new MKV to be created.

Chapter file for "Edition 2": Edition2.xml

Chapter file for "Edition 3": Edition3.xml

In order to create the MKV of Edition 2, I save the chapter file in (a copy of) the original Multi-edition MKV (replacing the original ordered chapters information), I load the MKV in MKVToolnix and then I select that the output must be splitted by chapters, in "all".

Once the process finishes I get multiple MKV files that must be ordered and joined. As I have identified the parts which are "not used", it is really easy to select the correct order. For example for edition 2 is:

001 + 014 + 003 + 015 + 005 + 016 + 007 + 017 + 009 + 018 + 011 + 019 + 013

I've checked all the "transition points" between parts, which are the "risky" areas, and all is OK. I'm not 100% sure, but I think that these points must be "key frames", as it is required for a smooth transition when playing the original MKV with ordered chapters.

The only pending job is to add the time of the original chapters in the resulting MKV files, but this is not really difficult.
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