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Old 5th January 2018, 19:38   #281  |  Link
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When the attachment is available I will have a look.

Is this test multi-mkv from a Bluray or DVD?
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Old 5th January 2018, 21:29   #282  |  Link
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When the attachment is available I will have a look.

Is this test multi-mkv from a Bluray or DVD?
Hello. The test MKV is from a Bluray. I've send you the attachment by e-mail.

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Old 6th January 2018, 18:09   #283  |  Link
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The chapter times where you cut, could maybe a key frame and so works it for you with this movie.

I have other Blurays where the chapter marks not match to a key frame, and MTX don't cut this video on the positions I want.
In this movie was 20 chapters only, a number which it makes possible to work manually.

I understand your way you process the mkv and it is a luck for you, that I have changed "ordering" of the m2ts for the extra editions. In the old cE the "rest" m2ts files was ordered by the m2ts number. So you had many many more cut points.

When the cE1.00 is ready then I will think about such a feature.
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Old 12th January 2018, 01:49   #284  |  Link
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cE-update RC

chapterEditor(cE) 1.00 RC1 is available.
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The last editor in the new cE is the Matroska Menu Editor (MME).

The name "Matroska Menu Editor" no longer applies exactly because this editor contains the Matroska Linking theme.
There will be the menu function again later.

Matroska-Linking is one of the best Matroska features available, but unfortunately not widely used.
There are not any good tools yet, and the support for this feature is limited to a few software.


Let's start with the "simplest" Matroska-Linking, the Hard-Linking:

With Hard-Linking, Matroska files that are in a folder are linked virtually and seamlessly
via their Matroska SegmentUID elements PREV and NEXT.

The play order of the files can only be changed by re-setting the PREV and NEXT SegmentUIDs.

The MME sets up such Hard-Linking and can remove it.
The play order can be changed by moving the files in the list.


Possible player software:

The best software is the LAV splitter!
Unfortunately, VLC(VLC 2.2.x and 3.x) failed the tests.

For testing, I have a 3min file with MTX split into 30 seconds parts.
With the Hard-Linking the 3 minutes are seamlessly played in the LAV splitter, without jerks or disturbances.
VLC shows a total playing time of 3min07sec. At the "transitions" the video hangs for 1 second.



Another important change in the cE was switching Floats to Int64 for some "times".
In the ini are numbers that are now misinterpreted.
Please check the time values in the cE settings. (I have not had time yet, to program an
automatic to update the ini)


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// chapterEditor
& Matroska Menu Editor

# Many "times" switched from float to Int64 (nanoseconds)


// Matroska Chapters Editor
* Languages that are not included in the "Often used languages"
  were entered under certain conditions again and again in the ComboBox

* last chapter end time as edition playing time had a small error


// Matroska Menu Editor
& Mode: Hard-Linking (set up or delete)

& Folders or files also via drag&drop

& Change the order of Matroska files via drag&drop in the VST
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Old 17th January 2018, 21:09   #285  |  Link
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Error: "There was no playing time are found."

Hi hubblec4

It's come to my attention that when I open a mkv cE (rev.0.51) gives me an error-window that says "There was no playing time are found."
Any idea?

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Old 17th January 2018, 22:34   #286  |  Link
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Yes it is simple. I'm sure you use MTX v20 now, and in this version has many changed and removed.

In the old cE I used the mkvinfo output, but all this outputs are removed/changed.
cE rev0.51 will work until version 19 only. Sorry but cE rev0.51 is outdated and not supported.

You should use the new cE1.00, or why you still use the old cE?
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Old 18th January 2018, 11:38   #287  |  Link
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doh... man do I feel...

Problem solved, thanks. Can you believe I used it earlier but went back to 0.51 for a reason I can't remember.
Thanks hubblec4
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Old 18th January 2018, 15:26   #288  |  Link
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I changed the first post with a hint for this old cE.
rev0.51
This version is deprecated and no longer supported. Furthermore, a maximum of MKVToolNix version 19 can be used.

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Old 1st February 2018, 21:01   #289  |  Link
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chapterEditor(cE) 1.00 RC2 is available.
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It continues with the next Matroska-Linking system, the Medium-Linking.


For Medium-Linking you need the SegmentUID and ordered chapters.
In a ChapterAtom, there is the "ChapterSegmentUID" element with the SegmentUID associated with the linked file. The start and end times of the chapter determine the length of the linking.
It is thus possible to store a large number of linkings in a separate Matroska file without changing the original files.


For Matroska Medium-Linking to work today, all files that are linked should have the same parameters.
(Theoretically, a very good Matroska splitter could also process Matroska files with different parameters.)


With the new Medium-Linking mode "Simple" you can link Matroska files with a separate main file.

A main play file can be created manually from one of the loaded source files.
Otherwise, such a file will automatically be created from the 1. source file.
I have many more automated, so you only have to make one click.
With a right-click the main play file can be played out of the cE.
Furthermore, there are a few options for the filename of the main file.
- Append name: the main filename will be appended to the source filename.
- Series prefix: with a prefix mask, series prefixes can be adopted and adapted. The main filename will be appended to the new prefix.

Wildcard: "?" - The character from the source file is adopted
Wildcard: ":" - The character is a number, which is replaced by a "0"
Other characters must be exactly the same in the source file
Example:
Source file: S01E01 - First Episode.mkv
Prefix mask:
Code:
????::??? or S??E::?-?
Main play file full name: S01E00 - Mainmenu.mkv



Options for using chapters
4 different chapters options for the main play file are available.
- No chapters(invisible)
- One chapter per file
- Takeover original chapters
- Original chapters and a separate edition for each file
For option 3 and 4, the original chapters should be ordered, otherwise cE will perform an internal chapter end-time calculation.
For option 1 and 2, ordered chapters are created using a playing time.
For all options, a playing time may/must be used, which may be the file playing time or the standard video track duration.


Standard video track duration
For Medium-Linking it is sometimes important to synchronize the chapter times with the video times so that the linked videos are played seamlessly.
Sometimes the file playing time is sufficient, but often this time is too big.
Determining the video times works very fast with the Statistics Tags and is 99.9% accurate. However, not all MKV muxer write these Tags.
I've slightly expanded the internal Matroska parser to parse the clusters, giving you 100% accurate video times. However, this method takes a little bit.
Both methods can be used simultaneously. First, cE searchs for Statistics Tags.
If you always want to work with the Cluster method, only this must be activated.
If neither method is active or the Tags are not found then the file duration will be used.


Chapter Structure Options:
The simple top-level structure can be processed with any Matroska Splitter.
Nested Chapters - LAV Splitter:
The chapter structure is specially adapted for LAV Splitter.
Source file editions are better represented using nested chapters in the chapter menu.
Other splitters can also handle this structure (VLC, mpv). The chapter presentation can be different.


Player software:
The two best players are MPC-HC/BE: All chapter options are processed properly.
VLC launches without problems and also plays the 1st edition, but hangs when selecting a different edition (chapter option 4).
The chapter options 1-3 are played by many players. Mpv does it with the best. ZoomPlayer and MPDN also work.

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rev1.00(RC 2) 2018-02-01
// Matroska Menu Editor
& Medium-Linking: Simple

& 4 chapters options

& Manually create main play file

& Language for chapters and SimpleTags (settings)

& Main Play File Name settings (settings)
 - Options for the name
 - Series prefix -> Prefix-Mask

& Determine video start and end time (settings)
 - with Statistics Tags
 - with Matroska Clusters

& Chapter structure options (settings)
 - Top-Level chapters only
 - Nested chapters: LAV-Splitter

* Drag&Drop had a little mistake
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Old 2nd March 2018, 23:15   #290  |  Link
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Matroska Medium-Linking menu mode is ready.
Several Matroska files and their editions can be connected and later conveniently selected in the "Menu".

Just as in the "Simple" mode, all linkings are stored in a separate main play file.
The presentation of the "menu" depends on the respective playback software.

Much has been taken from the old Matroska Menu Editor but also a lot of new and improved.
The menu-editions and their files are now summarized as a tree structure in the VST.






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rev1.00(RC 3) 2018-03-02
// Matroska Chapters Editor
* Removing all chapters from a Matroska file did not work anymore

* More than 9 digits for the nanoseconds at the chapter end time generated invalid XML files

* Last chapters end time as edition playtime did not work for "XML files only"


// Matroska Menu Editor
& Medium-Linking: Menu
 - Add a menu-edition 
 - Add a file to a menu-edition
 - Internal Drag&Drop

& Automatic tasks
 - Create a menu-edition with all files
 - Create for each file a menu-edition
 - Create for each file a menu-edition with all file-editions
 - Preselection of a file-edition
 - Use standard file-edition automatically
 - Insert file-editions in descending order
 - All files or from the selected file

& Display of titles for file-editions
 - if there is no title, the EditionUID is used

& Mass change of file-editions
 - All files of a menu-edition or from the selected file

& several adjustable hotkeys

& Load Chapters and Tags files in the editors (settings)

* Too many SimpleTags were created (Medium: Simple)

* Error messages when creating the main play file were not displayed
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Old 21st March 2018, 23:19   #291  |  Link
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cE rev1.00RC4

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Mosu had added new functions in the MTX Chapter Editor, which I also included in the cE.
Furthermore, there will be a new auxiliary function starting with MTX Version 22:
Remove dialog normalization from special audio tracks.

This feature is now available for the Disc2mkv editors.
For me, this eliminates the demux of such audio tracks with eac3to.
I guess Mosu will release the new version in the coming days.

Otherwise there are a lot of improvements.


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rev1.00(RC 4) 2018-03-21
// chapterEditor
& DGIndexNV - external Tool (settings)

# Loading an AVC.dgi file adapted from DGIndexNV version 2053

# lots of source code optimizations and small improvements


// Matroska Chapters Editor
& Load Matroska files without chapters
 - an empty tab is created
 - Matroska Tags are still loaded if available and the option is active
 - not for "appending" in tabs, error message-> no chapters

& Clear endtime of all chapters
 - individually or for all editions
 - Editions flag "ordered" is automatically deactivated

* The SegmentEditionUID was also saved as ChapterUID

# Chapter Segment-Linking now also uses the internal Matroska parser

# determine track-UIDs, now also uses the internal Matroska Parser


// Chapter Database
& takeover 1030 new movies from the ChapterGrabber database


// Disc2mkv editors (BD+DVD)
& Automatic track name for the standard subtitle track (settings)
 - no name deactivates the function
 - the name is only used if the subtitle track has no name yet

& Remove dialog normalization from specific audio tracks (settings)
 - from MKVToolNix version 22

& Cutting and join
 - Create dgi file with DGIndexNV (.dgi file is automatically loaded)
 - Load keyframes from an existing .dgi file
 - Insert timestamp by right-click directly as cutting time

# Edit subtitle files
 - the forced subtitle track is automatically inserted in front of the original track

# when exiting the chapterEditor, all running external programs are now also terminated


// BD2mkv Editor
# Edit subtitle files
 - when opening the BDSUP2Sub Java version, the correct target FPS is now preset
 - the language for the forced subtitles will now be set correctly

# Convert audio tracks
  - a new track is immediately added to the list
  - new track is selected
  - the conversion can be aborted
  - no duplicate track, if a second time is converted
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Old 14th April 2018, 18:06   #292  |  Link
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cE update RC5

chapterEditor(cE) 1.00 RC5 is available.
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While working through the RC-Todo list I found a few bugs.
Ordered Chapters:
Since the Matroska specs are not clear enough, I have improved there some checks.
If the endtime is missing this is not a direct Matroska error, but such chapters disturb the playback,
since no virtual playing time can be calculated.



Creating a mtxcfg file for the Disc2mkv editors is now available again.
The mtxcfg file is a settings file for MKVToolNix (MTX).
The mtxcfg file opens MTX automatically if certain system settings are set (correct program linkage).

In cE such a mtxcfg file is created with all settings and you can then make other settings in MTX that are not present in the cE.
Thus, one can also edit multi-Angle/Edition Blu-rays/DVDs with MTX.

You can now also create the MKV files yourself (no longer with cE).
For this, the CMD/Bash file or mtxcfg file can then be used.

A series Blu-ray can be transferred to MTX within a few seconds using 1-Click mode with all cE presets (selected tracks, sorted, etc.).


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// chapterEditor
& A check if the last used folder exists
  - for all open/save dialogs (file/folder/disc)
  - if the folder does not exist, the parent folder is checked
  - it is searched until a valid folder was found

* internal Matroska Parser
  - reading the segment duration with more than 4 bytes did not work


// All Chapter editors
# The last used folder is now also refreshed when loading files


// Matroska Chapters editor
& Hotkey for edit field Chapter name: New chapter name (settings)

& When selecting an ordered chapter, its endtime is checked
  - no endtime: error color for the edit field
  - too small endtime: warning color for the edit field

* Move chapter names and chapter tracks(UIDs)
  - the moved node has not been refocused
  - wrong data was displayed

* ordered chapters
  - new chapters did not have an endtime when automatic time calculation is disabled
  - Chapters from an XML file without endtime(which is illegal) is the time now empty
  - Time checking adjusted (if endtime = 0 or empty)
  - after errors and warnings the times were not restored

# Insert chapter name
  - the name in the edit field is now always fully selected


// Chapter Converter
& Last used folder


// Disc2mkv
& Create mtxcfg file for MKVToolNix

& Open mtxcfg file automatically

& Manually muxing Matroska files by yourself


// BD2mkv Editor
& Make MKV automatically after all audios has been converted


// DVD2mkv Editor
* Multi-Edition-MKV Mode
  - Preselected tracks were not sorted in the VobIDs
  - all VOBs of a VobID are now appended

* Last chapter was not ignored when the time is too short


// Matroska Tags
# The last used folder is now also refreshed when loading files
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chapterEditor(cE) 1.00 RC6 is available.
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The chapter converter has been extended a bit.
The FPS conversion can now be used for all output formats.
The conversion is always active, as is the case in ChapterGen.
The chapter times are thus changed immediately when loading.


Native Matroska menu command (s) -> chapter process
There is only one command so far [GotoAndPlay (ChapterUID);].
This command is supported in VLC.
For the easier entry of such a command, only the chapter-UID must be set and
the binary value is then generated.


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rev1.00(RC 6) 2018-05-01
// chapterEditor
& Support for new file formats
  - Premiere (csv)
  - CCE (csv)
  - Scenarist SD (csv)
  - Scenarist BD (tsv)
  - DGIndexNV HEVC (dgi)


// Matroska Chapters Editor
& Native Matroska menu command(s) (Chapter processes)
  - GotoAndPlay(ChapterUID);


// Chapter Converter
& New output formats
  - CCE (csv)
  - Scenarist BD (tsv)
  - Scenarist SD (csv)
  - OGG/OGM (txt)

& Source FPS
  - FPS is adopted from FPS-based file formats
  - non FPS-based files do not change the source FPS

* load multiple files and "save immediately" is inactive
  - Now only the first file is loaded

# FPS conversion now for all output formats


// BD2mkv Editor
& Disturbing m2ts file(s) automatically ignore/remove (settings)

& eac3to options are considered for extracting an audio track

* Multi-Angle mpls -> ignore m2ts files
  - ignore last m2ts not working
  - wrong Angle-Segmentmap index was used

* E-AC3 tracks had no label when eac3to is selected as the editing tool


// DVD2mkv Editor
* Minimum playing time for titles was not taken into account (conversion to nanoseconds)

# Multi-Edition-MKV Modus
  - DVD2mkv will be reset if there are no/too few multi-segment titles
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Old 9th May 2018, 22:03   #294  |  Link
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After a lot of work and little time the cE1.00 is finished.
There are a few minor improvements to the GUI and new features for the chapter converter.


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rev1.00 2018-05-09
// Settings
& XBar: Restore default colors

& Drag&Drop for the external programs
  - Drop on an edit box or button
  - global drop: external programs are sought

& Linux: default path for MKVToolNix(/usr/bin) is used if no other path has been specified


// Chapter Converter
& Chapter naming for all output formats that have chapter names

& Ignore the first chapter in the FPS change


// Chapter database
& 1292 more films from the ChapterGrabber database transferred

* available Matroska chapter tabs were not loaded at login


// Disc2mkv editors
* Multi-Edition/Angle MKV
  - Chapter end times disagreed in rare cases for "invisible" m2ts / VobID segments
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Whoa, awesome. CE's one of my favorite tools, I'll have to give it some time to see how everything's worked out now.
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....I'll have to give it some time to see how everything's worked out now.
What are your favorite tasks?
I know cE has no good documentation but this is one big task on my Todo-list but I don't know right where I have to start.

cE has now a lot of function and features but if you need more, let me know. One rule of cE is:
What the user wants, he gets.
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chapterEditor(cE) rev1.01 is available.
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In this little update there are new features for Matroska Hard-Linking.

I have installed 5 new Hard-Linking options.

The options for series may be quite helpful.
Episodes of a series with an intro and/or credits can be linked quickly.
The first mkv file is the intro and the last mkv file are the credits.
On the hard disk, the files can be different ordered, the order is deciding how it is in the cE.


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// Matroska Menu Editor
& Hard-Linking options
  - full Hard-Linking
  - only with NextUID
  - only with PrevUID
  - Series: episodes with intro
  - Series: episodes with credits
  - Series: episodes with intro and credits

* small error when disabling the source components

# Hard-Linking: unused UIDs are removed from the mkv files
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Feature Request: support for Grass Valley Edius marker / chapter list

Hi, I'm having a serious feature request here.
GrassValley Edius does not support senseful marker lists on import and export, it works using its own propritairy file formats only. So I'm looking for a chapter conversation software which can deal with these uncommon formats.
Is it possible to add the two chapter formats supported by GrassValley Edius?
Best regards

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I do it, when you share with me sample files and tell me where you need this support? In the Chapter-Converter Editor as output or an other place in cE?
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I would send you two files via mail in the next days and a german description.
Thank you very much so far.

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