What kind of chapter format MP4 support?

[huang_ch]

I'm encoding some MKV files to x264 in MP4 files. Everything is OK except the chapters, I manually extract them from MKV and found that they're in XML format, and I use MEGUI to mux it into MP4, but no player can support this kind of chapter (even with Halli splitter). And I've read another posts (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=101702), that guy uses a format which is rather simple, but he mentioned that it is supported by players. So I want to ask for the infomation that what kind of chapter format does MP4 and popular plaeyr(MPC, etc.)/splitter(halli?) support. Thanks.

[Daodan]

First of all this is more a question for the containers forum. As to answer you...if it a mp4 problem (and by the looks of it it is), why not mux in mkv since you already know it works in those? It's not like mp4 has an advantage over mkv if you want to use the files on PC. (I think though mp4 needs chapters .txt in OGG format if I remember right ).

[huang_ch]

First of all this is more a question for the containers forum. As to answer you...if it a mp4 problem (and by the looks of it it is), why not mux in mkv since you already know it works in those? It's not like mp4 has an advantage over mkv if want to use the files on PC.
But I remember reading some posts mentioned that MKV has some problems with x264 + HE-aac ?

[Daodan]

Hum, either I totally missed those or you remember incorrect. From what I know mkv supports HE and it works well too if they are muxed correctly (like SBR/HE when you mux it in mkvmerge). (I've seen enough of these working, and I even used it sometimes).

[huang_ch]

Indeed, I didn't met any problem myself with MKV, so many thanks to your advice, I'll choose MKV for my primary container. :)