Improving AddChapter

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@jsoto,

First of all, AddChapter is a wonderful tool. Great job! Though you have been concentrating on VobBlanker nowadays, may I kindly ask for you to look into improving AddChapter when you have the opportunity?

"AddChapter adds only one chapter per selected PGC"

How about an option to add more than one chapter in a single process? This would be helpful when I have to replace a set of single cells (1 for 1) in VobBlanker.

With #1 in mind, also having separate cells afterwards. So if you implemented #1 for adding 3 blank/custom cells, you would get 3 three appended cells.

Like it's namesake, the possibility to add cell/cells at any point in a PGC. Beginning, End, or in-between.

I'm confused on Auto_Select button. :confused: Clicking on this "deselects" all my checks in PGC List. I'm almost convinced it's a "Auto_Deselect" button.

Can we have custom cells with still times of zero?

Just like my testing with VobBlanker, http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&postid=554445#post554445, I wanted to try adding my VTS_02_1.VOB at the end of VTS_01_1.VOB. Episode 1 with a new end chapter: my whole Episode 2's VOB which has 6 chapters. To do so, I had to add VTS_02_1.VOB as a custom cell. Though I didn't have an option to set still time to zero, I figured I'd edit that later on.

Anyways, just like my VobBlanker test, I had the same success with Episode 2 now playing after Episode 1 in one PGC. Playback went well and I didn't even change the new cell's still time to zero. The bad thing though is that I lost my Episode 2's chapters. Also, the playback time, Position, and Frames info for my new added cell in IfoEdit are wrong. :(

I feel like with both AddChapter and VobBlanker successfully adding a multiple cell VOB at the least, it's just a matter of tweaking and testing to get both to accept multiple cells VOBs. Well, it's just me wishful thinking again.

[jsoto]

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1.- How about an option to add more than one chapter in a single process? This would be helpful when I have to replace a set of single cells (1 for 1) in VobBlanker. Seems feasible and not too complex.
2.- With #1 in mind, also having separate cells afterwards. So if you implemented #1 for adding 3 blank/custom cells, you would get 3 three appended cells. Do you mean to have different custom cells?
3.-Like it's namesake, the possibility to add cell/cells at any point in a PGC. Beginning, End, or in-between. Hmm, not so easy...
4.- I'm confused on Auto_Select button. Clicking on this "deselects" all my checks in PGC List. I'm almost convinced it's a "Auto_Deselect" button.
Autoselect selects the PGCs with the last chapter longer than 1 second, and de-selects the PGCs with the last chapter shorter than 1 sec. You can see the last chapter duration in the main list.
5.- Can we have custom cells with still times of zero? Yes, I think so.
6.-Just like my testing with VobBlanker, I´ll answer in VobBlanker thread. I saw a long post from you....

jsoto

[jsoto]

Check my web sites:
AddChapter 1.2.0.1 is out.
Not all you've requested, but the most of. Adding chapters at the beginning is not easy due the internal logic (currently, a little bit "illogic") of the program.

Vers 1.2.0.1 (24-10-2004)
- Added: Multiple chapters at the time
- Added: Custom cells can have still time 0.
- BugFix: PGC Duration time was not updated
- BugFix: Custom cell duration time was not updated
Note: A custom cell must have only one VOBU. AddChapter does not check
this requirement, but IFOs are updated accordingly. That means, if the
custom cell has more than one VOBU, the DVD will be unplayable. Use VobBlanker to replace a blank cell with a cell with more than one VOBU.

jsopto

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@jsoto

Thanks for the new version but why is the Backup folder button disabled?

Update: OK, I found out why isn't now. We now have a checkbox to enable it.

[jsoto]

@2COOL
Seems you were running an old version. Backup checkbox has been introduced in the previous one

Vers 1.1.0.5 (29-07-2004)
- BugFix: Now, IFOs can be lowercase
- Added: Checkbox to do not do IFOs backup

jsoto