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[Altjx]

I'm trying to help a friend and we're just trying to divide an avi file into chapters, not files. We want this one 171MB avi file (20 minutes) to have 2 chapters in it. Not sure how to do this. I've tried and searched google almost all day at work when I wasn't doing anything, and never was able to come up with anything useful =(

[myguggi]

I'm trying to help a friend and we're just trying to divide an avi file into chapters, not files. We want this one 171MB avi file (20 minutes) to have 2 chapters in it. Not sure how to do this. I've tried and searched google almost all day at work when I wasn't doing anything, and never was able to come up with anything useful =(

Since you are posting in the Creator 2009 forum I assume you have this software and want to create a DVD of your video with 2 chapters.

Launch myDVD and select one of the menu styles. Then using "Add New Movie" navigate to the avi file and select it and then click "Add". The video will now appear on the menu screen as a title. Click on the title and then click on "Edit Chapters" in the Edit Window. Create you chapter points in the Edit Chapters window, checkmark the "Generate Chapters menu ..." and then click Go.
After it has finished creating the chapter menu, you can preview everything

Edited by myguggi, 12 August 2009 - 07:25 PM.

[Altjx]

Since you are posting in the Creator 2009 forum I assume you have this software and want to create a DVD of your video with 2 chapters.

Launch myDVD and select one of the menu styles. Then using "Add New Movie" navigate to the avi file and select it and then click "Add". The video will now appear on the menu screen as a title. Click on the title and then click on "Edit Chapters" in the Edit Window. Create you chapter points in the Edit Chapters window, checkmark the "Generate Chapters menu ..." and then click Go.
After it has finished creating the chapter menu, you can preview everything

What about replacing the AVI file I have (without chapters) with one with divided chapters?

[myguggi]

What about replacing the AVI file I have (without chapters) with one with divided chapters?

I don't understand what you mean . Chapters have only any meaning when you create the DVD. You cannot divide a file into chapters.

Exactly what are you trying to do? Perhaps some more details are necessary to help us understand what it is you want to do

[Altjx]

I don't understand what you mean . Chapters have only any meaning when you create the DVD. You cannot divide a file into chapters.

Exactly what are you trying to do? Perhaps some more details are necessary to help us understand what it is you want to do

Sorry, okay. My friend has 6 AVI files. It's a video they recorded for my job. Each of these movie files has parts in it like "Stop video in 10, 9, 8" all the way to 1. Each of these videos has ONE of these in about half of the length. When it gets to 1, we were going to put a chapter marker. After we did this to all of the videos, they were going to upload each file (with its chapters) to a website, AND create a DVD of it.

[myguggi]

Sorry, okay. My friend has 6 AVI files. It's a video they recorded for my job. Each of these movie files has parts in it like "Stop video in 10, 9, 8" all the way to 1. Each of these videos has ONE of these in about half of the length. When it gets to 1, we were going to put a chapter marker. After we did this to all of the videos, they were going to upload each file (with its chapters) to a website, AND create a DVD of it.

Perhaps I don't understand what you mean by Chapter Markers and what the purpose of them is supposed to be in a file.
You cannot create "chapter markers " as defined for video in a file. Chapters only have meaning on the DVD to allow you to jump to different parts of the video when viewing - they are the "scene slections" you see on commercial movie DVDs.

Edited by myguggi, 12 August 2009 - 08:31 PM.

[Altjx]

Perhaps I don't understand what you mean by Chapter Markers and what the purpose of them is supposed to be in a file.
You cannot create "chapter markers " as defined for video in a file. Chapters only have meaning on the DVD to allow you to jump to different parts of the video when viewing - they are the "scene slections" you see on commercial movie DVDs.

Hmm, that makes sense. Thanks.

Edited by Altjx, 12 August 2009 - 09:39 PM.

[ggrussell]

Depending on what you want to happen after each AVI.  Since you want the viewer to Stop after each count down,  I would add each AVI as a separate 'title' to the Main Menu in MyDVD.  BY DEFAULT, the viewer is taken back to the menu after each title is viewed.  That way the viewer will have to select the next 'title' when ready to continue.

When you add video to the Main menu, they are not chapters, but individual movies.  You can then rename each to button to something like Section 1,Section 2, etc.  that would make sense to the viewer.

Edited by ggrussell, 13 August 2009 - 07:13 AM.

[ALT]

Depending on what you want to happen after each AVI.  Since you want the viewer to Stop after each count down,  I would add each AVI as a separate 'title' to the Main Menu in MyDVD.  BY DEFAULT, the viewer is taken back to the menu after each title is viewed.  That way the viewer will have to select the next 'title' when ready to continue.

When you add video to the Main menu, they are not chapters, but individual movies.  You can then rename each to button to something like Section 1,Section 2, etc.  that would make sense to the viewer.

Thanks