i was wondering if there was anyone available to help me figure out how to add chapter markers in fcpx. All i can see in the Markers tab is create a marker, but it does not give me an option to say what it is for, i am new to final cut pro, and was watching some youtube tutorials on the previous version of fcp, thanks for you help
Final Cut Pro X-OTHER, Other OS
so far, the only way you can do it is in compresser, or some other 3rd party aplication, fcpx, from my knowledge dropped the ability to add it, i guess apple wants us to spend more time rendering/encoding our media, or to by a 49.00 program to add something that could be built right into their software. its weired tho that iMovie has that ability built right in, its just fcpx is much more faster, and has more features
Just downloaded a update for pro software... nothing changed in this matter. 😟
Your solution has almost worked. When I try to open the textedit file none of the available file types are compatible with compressor and .txt is not an option. What do I do at this point???
One response from the program reads: (this is exactly how the alert reads)
Invalid File
File must properly formatted DVD Studio Pro chapter file
(.chp) or timed text XML (.TeXML)
How do I save as these filetypes and from where?
Help please... Deadline soon approaching!
A bit late in the day, but, this may help you:
http://www.digitalrebellion.com/promedia/
Jump to 6.45 in timeline for the interesting bits - I think:
It sounds as though your file was rich text.
Make sure you format it as Plain Text in TextEdit. save it as .txt and try again.
Andy
I love this thread!
dallasgroot asks a perfectly valid question
- then everyone starts hurling insults at each other . . .
Meanwhile, dallasgroot comes back and answers his (or her) own question!
Andy
Attention: As I understand the hints on the DigitalRebellion page, the tools does not support the chapter functions on Avid and FCPX! 😟
the black sun wrote:
A bit late in the day, but, this may help you:
http://www.digitalrebellion.com/promedia/
Jump to 6.45 in timeline for the interesting bits - I think:
FCPX doesn't have 'chapter' markers, but, this software sounds like it can change the FCPX 'markers' into 'chapter' markers, and so can be use in compressor. Thats what it sounds like to me - I'll stand corrected if it doesn't. 😁
At http://www.digitalrebellion.com/promedia/ under section "Project Overview" you may clearly read "Not supported by Avid Media Composer or Final Cut Pro X".
But if you still think it works also together with FCPX, I do not hinder you to spend your money, buy it, test it and post the test results here...
However: The only solution is, Apple comes up asap with a FCPX update having chapter markers enabled.
Your right, I stand corrected. 😊
Cannot the markers FCPX generates be used in Composer? Could you not just replace these 'markers' with Chapter Markers in Compressor? I know that may be a pain but, until Apple decides otherwise, we twiddle our thumbs!
I found this: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3288217?answerId=16021550022#16021550022
Direct link: http://www.applesolutions.com/bantha/MH.html
It gives you access to the chapters after exporting. This helps a little bit.
It's worse on FCPX that the chapter list can not be saved to a txt file and then be imported to Compressor 4. This would save hours of additional work you have currently to do redundantly... Thank you Apple 😟😟😟😟
dallasgroot wrote:
i was wondering if there was anyone available to help me figure out how to add chapter markers in fcpx. All i can see in the Markers tab is create a marker, but it does not give me an option to say what it is for, i am new to final cut pro, and was watching some youtube tutorials on the previous version of fcp, thanks for you help
Have a look at this thread -
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3288217?tstart=0
According to engler519 Metadata Hootenanny is the answer!
Andy
Well spotted!
You can also do it in QuickTime Player 7, if you still have it. Here's the recipe from the original Help menu of QTP7:
1. In a text editor or word processor, type your list of chapters and save the document as plain text.
2. Make each item very short (preferably one word but no more than two or three words) and separate each item with a carriage return.
3. In QuickTime Player, choose File Open File, select the text file, and click Open.
4. Choose File Export. In the Export pop-up menu, choose "Text to Text." In the Use pop-up menu, choose "Text with Descriptors."
5. Click Options. In the Text Export Settings dialog, select "Show Text, Descriptors, and Time"; select "Show time relative to start of Movie"; and set fractions of seconds to 1/30 for NTSC or 1/25 for PAL.
6. Click OK, then click Save to create a text file with descriptors.
7. Open the exported list in your text editor or word processor, and open the target movie in QuickTime Player.
8. Choose Window Show Movie Info.
9. In QuickTime Player, drag the playhead on the timeline to find the first point in the movie where you want to begin a new chapter.
10. Use the Right and Left Arrow keys to step forward or backward a frame at a time as needed. Note the current time in the Properties window.
11. In the text file, find the first chapter title and change the timestamp just before that chapter title to the time you noted in the Properties window.
12. The timestamp might now read, for example, [00:01:30.15], meaning that selecting the first chapter title will jump the viewer 1 minute, 30 seconds, and 15 frames into the movie.
13. Repeat steps 9 through 11 until you've identified all the places in the movie that correspond to the chapter divisions and you've entered the proper timestamps in the text file.
14. Change the last timestamp (the one after the last chapter title in the text file) to match the duration of the movie.
15. Save the text file and import it into QuickTime Player.
16. QuickTime creates a new movie with just a text track.
17. Choose Edit Select All, choose Edit Copy, and close the movie.
18. Click in the main movie, choose Edit Select All, then choose Edit "Add to Movie."
19. QuickTime adds the text track to the movie.
20. Choose Window Show Movie Properties.
21. In the Properties window, select the video or audio track you want to associate with the chapter track, and click Other Settings.
22. Choose the main video or audio track from the Chapters pop-up menu.
23. If you have a movie with alternate subtitle or sound tracks, you can create multiple chapter lists in different languages and set the appropriate subtitle or sound track as the owner of each chapter list. The chapter list will change to match the selected language.
24. Select the text track, then select "Preload this track" (to make the chapter track load first).
25. Deselect the new text track so that it doesn't display on top of the video.
26. The new track will still function as a chapter track.
27. Save the movie as a self-contained movie.
28. You can now choose a chapter title from the pop-up menu to the right of the timeline.
Beeblebrox64 wrote:
At http://www.digitalrebellion.com/promedia/ under section "Project Overview" you may clearly read "Not supported by Avid Media Composer or Final Cut Pro X".
But if you still think it works also together with FCPX, I do not hinder you to spend your money, buy it, test it and post the test results here...
However: The only solution is, Apple comes up asap with a FCPX update having chapter markers enabled.
If Apple ever adds XML import/export to FCPX we'll add support for it in Project Overview.
But in the meantime you can use another tool in the suite, QT Edit, to add chapter markers to a QuickTime movie. The quickest way is to import chapters from text files, CSV, FCP marker lists, Avid locator lists and DVD Studio Pro chapter lists. It's also really easy to create chapters manually.
how do you add Chapter Markers in Final Cut Pro X
