matroska tags & chapters using mkvmerge? (foobar2000 plugin)

ivanova · 13th February 2004, 23:10

I've been playing around with mka's in fb2k and muxing with mkvmerge. Everything seems to work with the v0.5 plugin. I can mux in a mp3 and use a cuesheet to divide the file into chapters for the tracks (mkvmerge doesn't like the 'CATALOG 0000000000000' added by EAC btw)

fb2k recognises the chapters, and I can then add title/artist tags which are saved in the mka. I've been trying to add tags from mkvmerge but fb2k doesn't recognise them. Mkvextract and mkvinfo shows them fine. I am no expert at matroska tags, but it seems to me that a tag should have targets that can be specified in a xml file like this:

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!DOCTYPE Tags SYSTEM "matroskatags.dtd">

<Tags>
  <Tag>
    <Targets>
      <TrackUID>649381306</TrackUID>
      <ChapterUID>3894844578</ChapterUID>
    </Targets>
    <Simple>
      <Name>TITLE</Name>
      <String>Androgyny</String>
    </Simple>
  </Tag>
</Tags>

This tag has two targets, one for the track and one for the chapter. This tag was written by fb2k so I assume that it needs the ChapterUID for the different chapters. The problem is that mkvmerge doesn't write this target, and so fb2k doesn't use the tag. I couldn't find anything in the mkvmerge documentation on adding the ChapterUID target. Is this not implemented yet or am I missing something?

Thanks

pixolex · 15th February 2004, 13:54

maybe you should post here

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?threadid=64548

Atamido · 15th February 2004, 17:30

For the targets, I believe that you specify everything that the tags apply to. So from you XML example, that tag would apply to both that chapter, and all of that track.

ivanova · 16th February 2004, 22:00

@pixolex
I was afraid my post would get lost in that thead

@Pamel
That's what I thought, but why does mkvmerge throw away the ChapterIUD target specified in the xml file?

pixolex · 17th February 2004, 01:09

Quote:

Originally posted by ivanova
@pixolex
I was afraid my post would get lost in that thead

@Pamel
That's what I thought, but why does mkvmerge throw away the ChapterIUD target specified in the xml file?

I think MOSU never lost a post... :P

13th February 2004, 23:10	#1 \| Link
ivanova Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: South Africa Posts: 72	matroska tags & chapters using mkvmerge? (foobar2000 plugin) I've been playing around with mka's in fb2k and muxing with mkvmerge. Everything seems to work with the v0.5 plugin. I can mux in a mp3 and use a cuesheet to divide the file into chapters for the tracks (mkvmerge doesn't like the 'CATALOG 0000000000000' added by EAC btw) fb2k recognises the chapters, and I can then add title/artist tags which are saved in the mka. I've been trying to add tags from mkvmerge but fb2k doesn't recognise them. Mkvextract and mkvinfo shows them fine. I am no expert at matroska tags, but it seems to me that a tag should have targets that can be specified in a xml file like this: Code: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE Tags SYSTEM "matroskatags.dtd"> <Tags> <Tag> <Targets> <TrackUID>649381306</TrackUID> <ChapterUID>3894844578</ChapterUID> </Targets> <Simple> <Name>TITLE</Name> <String>Androgyny</String> </Simple> </Tag> </Tags> This tag has two targets, one for the track and one for the chapter. This tag was written by fb2k so I assume that it needs the ChapterUID for the different chapters. The problem is that mkvmerge doesn't write this target, and so fb2k doesn't use the tag. I couldn't find anything in the mkvmerge documentation on adding the ChapterUID target. Is this not implemented yet or am I missing something? Thanks Last edited by ivanova; 16th February 2004 at 21:53.

15th February 2004, 13:54	#2 \| Link
pixolex Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Portugal Posts: 175	maybe you should post here http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?threadid=64548

15th February 2004, 17:30	#3 \| Link
Atamido Señor Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 915	For the targets, I believe that you specify everything that the tags apply to. So from you XML example, that tag would apply to both that chapter, and all of that track.

16th February 2004, 22:00	#4 \| Link
ivanova Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: South Africa Posts: 72	@pixolex I was afraid my post would get lost in that thead @Pamel That's what I thought, but why does mkvmerge throw away the ChapterIUD target specified in the xml file?