how to include celltimes (chapters) into mkv?

Hobojobo · 5th September 2006, 21:33

Hi,
I want to give the matroska container a try.

How can I include chapters into mkv? I want to use the celltimes I get from ifoedit.
Is there an easy way?
So far I use AVI-Mux GUI to transmux an avi into a mkv.

By the way I found MKVExtractGUI, does also a MKVMergeGUI exist and where can I get it?

Thank you for any hint.

foxyshadis · 6th September 2006, 03:46

mkvmergegui comes with mkvmerge, it's called mmg. One of the tabs has a place to load a chapters file in either .txt or .xml format. (Not the chapter editor tab, which is different, but also useful.)

GodofaGap · 6th September 2006, 08:18

Cell times from ifoedit are not accepted by mkvmerge. You could use chapterxtractor or let DVD decrypter automaticallly create an Ogg chapter file, which mkvmerge does accept.

Hobojobo · 7th September 2006, 17:51

Great! It works.

One thing:
I use MPC, ffdshow and Haali Splitter to watch my clips.
I noticed the Haali Media Splitter does not work on my system.
When I want to select a mkv file in the windows explorer, the explorer hangs up. Without the Haali Splitter, MPC plays the mkvs with its internal matroska filter smoothly, although the MPC matroska filter are suposed to be "outdated"?

Kurtnoise · 7th September 2006, 18:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hobojobo

When I want to select a mkv file in the windows explorer, the explorer hangs up.

Did you enable thumbnails preview (or something like that) during installation of this filter ?

Hobojobo · 7th September 2006, 19:21

That brings me a step furher.

After reinstalling the Haali Splitter w/o thumbnails preview the windows explorer does not kill itself anymore. Now MPC tries to open a mkv file and leaves me with a black window.

KoD · 9th September 2006, 13:05

Does that happen for all of your files (avi, ogm, mkv, whatever) or only with the mkvs you have made yourself ?

Hobojobo · 9th September 2006, 21:13

I installed the Haali splitter once again.
MPC (with Haali Splitter) chokes on a mkv file with chapters.
I got the chapters with ChapterXtractor, then I loaded them into Mkvmerge GUI 1.7.0 and saved them to a existing mkv file.

MPC (w/o Haali Splitter) plays the same mkv file just fine, ignores the chapters, though.

KoD · 10th September 2006, 11:37

Which means the chapters are not proper. I'm sorry, I can't help you with how to convert dvd chapters to mkv chapters since I have no experience with that, but chapters in mkv do work since I've seen lots of files with them working.

joseph5 · 10th September 2006, 20:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hobojobo

I installed the Haali splitter once again.
MPC (with Haali Splitter) chokes on a mkv file with chapters.
I got the chapters with ChapterXtractor, then I loaded them into Mkvmerge GUI 1.7.0 and saved them to a existing mkv file.

MPC (w/o Haali Splitter) plays the same mkv file just fine, ignores the chapters, though.

Try to remux everything in the file. I have the same trouble if I mux the chapters to an existing file.

szabi · 27th February 2012, 11:25

Since this posts, are there any solution to convert celltimes txt to matroska xml?

EDIT: I found it, ChapterGrabber.

bye
szabi

Vladimir_Lenin · 12th March 2023, 18:30

There is a solution?

celltimes.txt to XML

hubblec4 · 13th March 2023, 19:21

chapterEditor

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Hobojobo don't blame me! Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 276	how to include celltimes (chapters) into mkv? Hi, I want to give the matroska container a try. How can I include chapters into mkv? I want to use the celltimes I get from ifoedit. Is there an easy way? So far I use AVI-Mux GUI to transmux an avi into a mkv. By the way I found MKVExtractGUI, does also a MKVMergeGUI exist and where can I get it? Thank you for any hint.

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KoD Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 567	Which means the chapters are not proper. I'm sorry, I can't help you with how to convert dvd chapters to mkv chapters since I have no experience with that, but chapters in mkv do work since I've seen lots of files with them working. Last edited by KoD; 10th September 2006 at 11:41.

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szabi Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 251	Since this posts, are there any solution to convert celltimes txt to matroska xml? EDIT: I found it, ChapterGrabber. bye szabi Last edited by szabi; 27th February 2012 at 11:34.

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6th September 2006, 03:46	#2 \| Link
foxyshadis Angel of Night Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Tangled in the silks Posts: 9,559	mkvmergegui comes with mkvmerge, it's called mmg. One of the tabs has a place to load a chapters file in either .txt or .xml format. (Not the chapter editor tab, which is different, but also useful.)

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GodofaGap Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 823	Cell times from ifoedit are not accepted by mkvmerge. You could use chapterxtractor or let DVD decrypter automaticallly create an Ogg chapter file, which mkvmerge does accept.

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Hobojobo don't blame me! Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 276	Great! It works. One thing: I use MPC, ffdshow and Haali Splitter to watch my clips. I noticed the Haali Media Splitter does not work on my system. When I want to select a mkv file in the windows explorer, the explorer hangs up. Without the Haali Splitter, MPC plays the mkvs with its internal matroska filter smoothly, although the MPC matroska filter are suposed to be "outdated"?

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Hobojobo don't blame me! Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 276	That brings me a step furher. After reinstalling the Haali Splitter w/o thumbnails preview the windows explorer does not kill itself anymore. Now MPC tries to open a mkv file and leaves me with a black window.

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KoD Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 567	Does that happen for all of your files (avi, ogm, mkv, whatever) or only with the mkvs you have made yourself ?

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Hobojobo don't blame me! Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 276	I installed the Haali splitter once again. MPC (with Haali Splitter) chokes on a mkv file with chapters. I got the chapters with ChapterXtractor, then I loaded them into Mkvmerge GUI 1.7.0 and saved them to a existing mkv file. MPC (w/o Haali Splitter) plays the same mkv file just fine, ignores the chapters, though.

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Vladimir_Lenin Registered User Join Date: Apr 2020 Location: Moscow Posts: 2	There is a solution? celltimes.txt to XML