How do I get chapter markers defined in a compound clip to show up in the DVD menu?

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How do I get chapter markers defined in a compound clip to show up in the DVD menu?

I have created a timeline to burn a DVD/Blu-Ray. The timeline contains 3 compound clips. Each compound clip contains roughly 25 chapter markers.

When I open the Share > DVD dialog, it shows the Chapter button in the preview, but the DVD itself doesn't have the chapter markers.

Expected Result: When I define Chapter markers in a compound clip, they should show up on a DVD burned from a timeline that used the compound clip.

Actual Result: The DVD does not contain the chapters button, nor do the chapter skip buttons do anything. It's as if the chapters were never defined.

Workaround: Redefine all the chapter markers in the new timeline over the compound clips - Annoying!

Is there a simple way to get FCPX to recognize the chapter markers defined in the compound clip when I burn the project? It would save me quite a bit of time!!

Thanks, all, for your help!

Final Cut Pro X, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)

Posted on Sep 20, 2013 6:16 AM

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Answer 1

Sep 20, 2013 6:36 AM in response to baldwinmedia

Are the chapter markers place *inside* the compound clips? If so, they will not appear.

You should get a hint to that fact you just look at your timeline: there are no chapter markers there...

You need to set them on the compounds themselves in the project.

In case I am not clear: say you create a compound clip, edit it in its own timeline and place 3 markers in it.

You will see the markers in the compound clip's timeline. Now create a project and drag the compound clip to your project. Do you see these markers there, in the *project* timeline? No.

AFAIK there is no way to have these markers "bubble up" to the project level.

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Answer 2

fox_m

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Sep 20, 2013 3:14 PM in response to baldwinmedia

Break Apart Clip Items (Command Shift G) will expose those markers in the project.

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Answer 3

baldwinmedia Author

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Sep 24, 2013 8:28 PM in response to Luis Sequeira1

The chapters are inside the compound clips. The thing that tripped me up, though, is that the "DVD Share" menu has a toggle to show the Chapter menu. I though this was a live preview of what my chapter menu woudl look like, but at closer inspection, it's just dummy data. This is why I was expecting the chapters to be included.

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baldwinmedia Author

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Sep 24, 2013 8:34 PM in response to fox_m

Thanks for the tip. I was looking for this feature, but it was not included in the context menu. It can be found in the "Clip" menu.

I think the best workflow for me would be this:

Edit in a master timeline
Select the entire master time line, send to compound clip.
Create a new project, add the compount clip
Add the chapter markers to the new project
Select everything in the new project, create a second compound clip.
This makes the chapter markers portable.
Open up the "burn" project, insert the second compount clip.
Select the newly inserted compound clip, and select "Break Apart Clip" from the "Clip" menu
The result is a managable compound clip with chapter markers.

Thanks for taking the time to answer my question!

db

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