How do I have Markers from Movie Studio Plat. 14 transfer to DVDA 7?

Teagan wrote on 4/29/2017, 8:29 AM

I remaster tapes and put them onto DVDs and one very helpful thing is chapter markers on DVDA so I can make a scene selection.

Now I have been manually adding them in DVDA 7 and have switched over to knowing that Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 14 allows me to push 'M' and put a marker in the project and then I can render it.

My question would be How do I have those markers from VMS show up in DVDA 7 for scene selection without having to manually add them again (although I'll have timestamps that are very close)?

My video encoding format is MainConcept MPEG-2: DVD Architect NTSC video stream.

On the render prompt for this I already have "Insert I-frames at markers" checked (it was by default).

Is this even possible to store markers/chapter points in this video format (.mpg) or is the secret in one of the extra files created in the original directories of the project files? If so, how do I make markers turn into chapter points as making them in VMS is way easier than doing it in DVDA?

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Cornico wrote on 4/29/2017, 9:48 AM

Depends a little on the goal for your chapters.
Maybe the Help can help you.

After you saved the markers in VMSP 14 they show up in the video on the timeline in DVDA7 and you can manage them as you like to use them the proper way.

After inserting a scene selection menu the scenes show up as Chapters

Teagan wrote on 4/29/2017, 10:05 AM

Your first picture is only for DVDA. I'm adding markers in VMS and they're not showing in DVDA.

Am I confused? My markers were created in VMS.

Cornico wrote on 4/29/2017, 10:14 AM

How and where are you opening the VMS 14 mpeg2 in DVDA7?
Where do you look for the markers, you have to look in the videofile not the menu.

Cornico wrote on 4/29/2017, 10:27 AM

My markers were created in VMS.

And did you render them also in the videofile?

Teagan wrote on 4/29/2017, 10:32 AM

I first have the markers in VMS and export to MPEG2 and drag the file into DVDA to the main screen and I double click the video file, it parses the audio and then there are no chapter markers. See the pictures:

VMS Platinum 14 project timeline: (censored thumbnails for client's sake with white box)

When dragged into DVDA 7 and double-clicked to load waveform and to see the markers:

If I click the "load markers" button (folder with orange flag) it does nothing. And if I put any markers in, in DVDA, and then push that button again, it deletes all markers and goes back to the way it was when I put it in DVDA.

I have to manually add in the markers in DVDA again and the timestamps are useful and it makes things easier (have both programs open at the same time and use the timestamps of my markers in VMS to manually go in and add markers in DVDA at those points) but the timestamps are always a second or two off every time, so I have to go frame by frame, using thumbnails or wave form changes to find the real place I want the marker.

After that I go back to Main 1 and right-click the thumbnail or words and "insert scene selection", choose a number and it puts the scene selection in.

Teagan wrote on 4/29/2017, 10:33 AM

My markers were created in VMS.

And did you render them also in the videofile?


No I did not! Thanks for showing me that! I had it unchecked. Hopefully that will have them in the file. THANKS!!

 

EDIT: Just tested it with a small test file and the markers do carry over to DVDA 7 from VMS Plat. 14. THANK YOU!

VMS Platinum 14 timeline:

Rendered with the option you pointed out:

DVDA 7 timeline when dragged in:

DVDA 7 after "insert scene selection" (just plain template for the test, here)