chapters in a video

oneelios wrote on 8/14/2009, 1:28 PM

How can I set the chapters on a video to be equal parts? I would like to make a chapter at every 5 minutes or whatever time I choose and I am wondering how to do that if I even can?

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Steve Grisetti wrote on 8/14/2009, 2:54 PM

Probably the easiest way is to double-click on the video in the Project Overview window so that it opens in the timeline. Then, to position the playhead precisely, double-click on the timecode and manually type in the timecode for exactly 5 minutes/ Click on the Insert Scene/Chapter Marker button to add a scene marker -- and repeat as needed.

oneelios wrote on 8/14/2009, 8:17 PM

Thanks for the info. That certainly works but would be very time consuming on an hour video. I will continue to eyeball it for now. It really doesnt matter I just thought that it would be more professional to have them at the same interval since they dont point to any specific part of a video. Thanks again.

ScorpioProd wrote on 8/15/2009, 12:15 AM

If you're doing your editing in Vegas, it's very easy to have a script to jump 5 minutes at a time, then you can just lay down a marker there. Actually, it's probably possible to write a script to actually place the markers as well, but I like watching where they are going, so I'm happy with my script just to do the 5 minute jumps for me, then I can hit "M" or not as appropriate. And markers become chapter points in DVD Architect.

Actually, it's literally a two line script:

import Sony.Vegas;
Vegas.Cursor = Vegas.Cursor + Timecode.FromSeconds(300);

That's all there is to it. Just save this little JavaScript code in a file called "5 minute jump.js". Put that in your scripts menu folder in your Vegas folder. Then you will see it in your scripts, and you can make a tool bar icon for it, and you can make a keyboard shortcut for it, and you'll be zipping through your project 5 minutes at a time whenever you want.

As you can see, you can change the "300" in the script to any positive or negative number of seconds to jump however far you want.