How do I Exchange NEW for OLD Markers?

Grazie wrote on 1/14/2009, 1:52 AM
1] Did a project in Vegas, used UliS to create DVD files including markers. It works and I have 10 Makers/Chapters available in DVDA- Done!

2] Same project - different name - in Vegas but it now has 33 markers with 33 lumps of text.

I have used a script to extract just the NEW markers. How do I tell DVDA to swap over the NEW 33 markers for the OLD 10?

And yes I went to the Folder and changed the name of the newly generated NEW name file *.sfl file to mirror that of the original. Kept the old file and have proved it still is working with this by then re-renaming back.

All this comes about so that I DON'T have to re-render the MPEG and AC-3. No biggie if I have too, but it would be intelligent to use a facility that IS in place to do this and explore and learn something new - yeah?

TIA - as always!

Grazie

Comments

bStro wrote on 1/14/2009, 9:14 AM
An SFL file also has the name of the MPEG2 file embedded within itself and I believe that DVDA checks this information when reading the file. If the name within the SFL doesn't match the name of the MPEG2, DVDA won't import the markers. Renaming the file itself isn't enough because that doesn't change the contents of the file. (And I've tried editing the SFL manually, and that doesn't seem to fly. Maybe if I knew more about the SFL file format.)

Does the script ask for a video file name when you create the new SFL? If so, run it again and give it the name (including MPG(?) extension) of your new MPEG2 file. Then re-open your DVDA project and see if the new markers are there. If not, try hitting the Load Markers button.

Rob
MSK wrote on 1/14/2009, 9:45 PM
(Double post - other in Vegas Forums) Could open file in trimmer, make changes to any markers, then save markers/regions in trimmer (save button on top of trimmer). Re-import clip into DVDA project.