adding chapters to MPEG or VOBs ?

[audyovydeo]

hello

how can I add chapters to an .mpeg or .VOB file ?
I use ImagoMuxer when needed to remux audio & video streams from my DVB-T captures, and it has no option to add chapter files.

what I'm looking for is a muxer, not an full-fledged autoring tool.


thanks
audyovydeo

[manolito]

what I'm looking for is a muxer, not an full-fledged autoring tool.

You won't have any luck with this request...:devil:

A muxer just does what the name says: It multiplexes video and audio elementary streams to one file which contains the combined streams. E.g. a video file with the .m2v extension plus an audio file with the .ac3 exension will become one .mpg file. There is no way for a muxer to add chapter information to this .mpg file because an mpg file simply cannot contain chapters.

The only way to add chapter information is to feed your streams (or an already muxed file) into an authoring application.

No authoring - no chapters


Cheers
manolito

[SeeMoreDigital]

I recommend an application called MuxMan.

It's developed by mpucoder, who is one of this forums moderators :)

[audyovydeo]

A muxer just does what the name says:


Sure, but I regularly add chapters to my mp4 files with mp4box.


MuxMan


Gotcha !

thanks to both
a/v

[manolito]

Sure, but I regularly add chapters to my mp4 files with mp4box.
This is possible because the .mp4 format does support chapter information, while mpeg2 (and also mpeg1) does not.

And MuxMan is an authoring tool. As opposed to most other authoring applications it does the muxing and authoring in one step, you do not get an intermediate muxed mpeg file.


Cheers
manolito