You will need to press "M" to add markers on the TL these will then export when you render to DVD-A as chapters ( its actually an additional file you will see in with your MPEG)

Just use Edward Troxel’s (i.e., jetdv) excellent AddMarkersToEvents script. It will add a marker at the beginning of each new event. (i.e., where you split with the 'S' key)

~jr

After looking at Ed’s script again, it is really great for generically adding markers but since you specifically wanted to add chapter markers I’ve modified it a bit to add the add the label "Chapter n" where 'n' is an increasing number. I also removed the restriction of not adding to the first event since you probably want your first chapter to the beginning of the movie. This way at least when you import it into DVDA the chapters will be labeled. I’ve posted it here for you to cut and paste. I hope Ed doesn’t mind.

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/**

 * Script:      AddChaptersToEvents.js

 * Description: This script will add chapter markers between all events

 *              on the selected track.

 *

 * Written By:  Edward Troxel  http://www.jetdv.com/tts

 * Modified By: Johnny (Roy) Rofrano  http://www.johnrofrano.com/

 * 

 * History:

 * 04/02/2003 - (ET) Original script

 * 03/21/2004 - (JR) Add the text "Chapter n" where 'n' is an increasing

 *              number. Also removed the restriction of not adding to 

 *              the first event.

 *              

 **/



import System;

import System.IO;

import System.Windows.Forms;

import SonicFoundry.Vegas;



try 

{

  var myMarker : Marker;



  //Find the selected event

  var track = FindSelectedTrack();

  if (null == track)

      throw "no selected track";



  var chapterNumber = 1;

  var eventEnum = new Enumerator(track.Events);

  while (!eventEnum.atEnd()) 

  {

    var evnt : TrackEvent = TrackEvent(eventEnum.item());



    //Put a marker at the start point

    myMarker = new Marker(evnt.Start);

    Vegas.Project.Markers.Add(myMarker);



    // Label the marker as a chapter and increment the chapter number

    myMarker.Label = "Chapter " + chapterNumber;

    chapterNumber++;



    eventEnum.moveNext();

  }

} 

catch (errorMsg) 

{

    MessageBox.Show(errorMsg, "Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, 

                    MessageBoxIcon.Exclamation);

}



/*

 * Finds the first track that is selected and returns it.

 * If no track is selected it returns null

 */

function FindSelectedTrack() : Track 

{

  var trackEnum = new Enumerator(Vegas.Project.Tracks);

  while (!trackEnum.atEnd()) 

  {

    var track : Track = Track(trackEnum.item());

    if (track.Selected) 

    {

        return track;

    }

    trackEnum.moveNext();

  }

  return null;

}



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~jr

JohnnyRoy,

This is pretty cool. Can this be done for regions also?
I went through all my videos and created regions so I can mix up my home videos a little. I see the green region lines in the time line but even trying to add markers to the exact region line is difficult. I would like to be able to add markers automatically with the same description I gave the regions

This is pretty cool. Can this be done for regions also?

I have some scripts at Sundance that do similar things for regions. I think they still appear on one of the first three pages.

OK, Here is one that creates markers at all the regions. It uses the region name if there is one, otherwise it uses the word “Chapter” + an incremental number. The numbers continue to increment so that if some of your regions are labeled and some are not, the chapter number will always be the Nth marker number.

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/**

 * Script:      RegionsToChapters.js

 * Description: This script will add chapter markers at the beginning

 *              of all the regions. It uses the region label if there

 *              is one. Otherwise it makes one up using the word

 *              Chapter + an incrmental number.

 *

 * Written By:  Johnny (Roy) Rofrano http://www.johnrofrano.com/

 * 

 * History:

 * 03/22/2004 - (JR) Original program

 * 

 **/



import System.Windows.Forms;

import SonicFoundry.Vegas;



try 

{

	var newMarker : Marker;		// new marker to place

	var chapterNumber = 1;		// next chapter number



	var regionEnum = new Enumerator(Vegas.Project.Regions);

	while (!regionEnum.atEnd()) 

	{

		var region : Region = Region(regionEnum.item());

		

		// Check to see if there is a marker already

		var newMarker = FindMarkerAt(region.Position);

		if (null == newMarker)

		{

			// Put a marker at the start point		

			newMarker = new Marker(region.Position);

			Vegas.Project.Markers.Add(newMarker);

		}

		

		// Label the marker the same as the region. If the region

		// has no label, make one up using Chapter + number

		if (region.Label != "")

		{

			newMarker.Label = region.Label;

		}

		else

		{

			newMarker.Label = "Chapter " + chapterNumber;

		}

		// increment chapter so it is always the Nth marker

		chapterNumber++;

		

		regionEnum.moveNext();

	}

} 

catch (errorMsg) 

{

	MessageBox.Show(errorMsg, "Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, 

					MessageBoxIcon.Error);

}



/*

 * Finds the marker at the timecode position.

 * If no marker is found it returns null

 */

function FindMarkerAt(time : Timecode) : Marker 

{

	var markerEnum = new Enumerator(Vegas.Project.Markers);

	while (!markerEnum.atEnd()) 

	{

		var marker : Marker = Marker(markerEnum.item());

		// test to see if the timecode is equal

		if (0 == marker.Position.CompareTo(time)) 

		{

			return marker;

		}

		// optimise: if we past the time stop looking.

		if (1 == marker.Position.CompareTo(time)) 

		{

			return null;

		}

		markerEnum.moveNext();

	}

	return null;

}

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I just submitted this one to Sundance as RegionsToChapters.js. It may take a while before it shows up.

~jr

JohnnyRoy,

I tried your script but nothing happened? I created my regions in the trimmer?
I'm not sure if that has an effect or not.

You have to create the regions on the timeline. The script is looking for regions in the project, not in any particular media.

~jr

Here's a link to the script I created a few months back. This may, or may not, work for your application:

Markers to Regions

This script creates regions directly from events. It makes a region for each and every event on the selected track:

Add Regions to Events

Thanks for your tips.
I guess I will have to do some more manual labor to get where I want.