Allan Gengler

Q: Is there a limit to how many chapter markers Final Cut X exports?

     I've videoing mutlple Dance recitals and I created chapter markers for each dance in one recital.

 

I share them ad dvd plus audio and the chapter markers imported fine into DVD Studio Pro......

 

Then next recital and at least 10 more markers and I've tried several ways of sharing them. I've sent them to compressor and they show up there, but when the files are saved and imported into DVD studio, there are no chapter markers...

 

At this writing I'm sending it to a straight movie to see if chapter markers are there.

 

 

If there's a limit. I don't like that.

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Posted on May 23, 2013 12:45 PM

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Q: Is there a limit to how many chapter markers Final Cut X exports?

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  • by Russ H,Helpful

    Russ H Russ H May 23, 2013 12:59 PM in response to Allan Gengler
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    May 23, 2013 12:59 PM in response to Allan Gengler

    There may be  a FCP limit but I haven't read about it or run into it.

     

    I believe there is a limit of 99 markers per track in DVDSP.

     

    Russ

  • by Allan Gengler,

    Allan Gengler Allan Gengler May 23, 2013 1:28 PM in response to Russ H
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    May 23, 2013 1:28 PM in response to Russ H

    Thanks...... well I have no where near 99 chapters...... but I didn't know DVDSP had a limit either...

     

    Thanks

  • by Allan Gengler,

    Allan Gengler Allan Gengler May 24, 2013 7:40 AM in response to Allan Gengler
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    May 24, 2013 7:40 AM in response to Allan Gengler

    For any who this happens too----

     

    I went and deleted all the CHAPTER MARKERS that originally were brought in as markers on the event.

     

    I put them back in manually and the exported OK.

     

    The only thing different I noticed was that one MARKER had an "&" in the title. I switched it to AND, so I'm just guessing with no eperical testing (since my work goes on) that the "&" may have been the problem.

  • by Karsten Schlüter,

    Karsten Schlüter Karsten Schlüter May 24, 2013 8:17 AM in response to Allan Gengler
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    May 24, 2013 8:17 AM in response to Allan Gengler

    Allan Gengler wrote:

    …  If there's a limit. I don't like that.

    there are standards.

    one says a max of 18 chapters per menu page.

    (which is, imho, too 'crowded').

     

    I'm not familiar with DVDStudio, how it handles it - does it automatically create a second/additional menu-page(s)?

  • by Allan Gengler,

    Allan Gengler Allan Gengler May 24, 2013 8:34 AM in response to Karsten Schlüter
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    May 24, 2013 8:34 AM in response to Karsten Schlüter

    Yes, it automatically creates additionl menu pages....... It's pretty slick.

     

    You can set up a template and it's do it for you automatically.....

     

    But I got it working.....

  • by stinjones412,

    stinjones412 stinjones412 Dec 10, 2015 9:44 PM in response to Allan Gengler
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    Dec 10, 2015 9:44 PM in response to Allan Gengler

    I'm having the exact same issue. We teach music lessons, and had a big recital. I've been testing it all day, i think the limit is somewhere between 29 and 39 chapters.

  • by stinjones412,

    stinjones412 stinjones412 Dec 11, 2015 7:07 AM in response to stinjones412
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    Dec 11, 2015 7:07 AM in response to stinjones412

    Just to let anyone know, removing the unintentional Enter Space resulted in the 2 hour show with 36 chapter markers, exporting successfully with a Table Of Contents. Obviously there are rules to what you can enter in chapter markers, but I can't find any documentation about it.

     

    Who would have thunk it?!