[VCD] How can U divide into chapters'

[MatFox]

I have a file ready to be burt as a 50mins VCD.

But if I create a VCD with this file, then I will end up with one
chapter lasting the whole 50mins.

Is there a way to make shorter chapters for a VCD, so I can decide to
skip a certain part of the file and go to the next?

TIA.

[sbt]

In article <1fy22pn.2sohuw12fwgx0N%MatteoXYZ1963@excite.it> , MatFox
<MatteoXYZ1963@excite.it> wrote:

> I have a file ready to be burt as a 50mins VCD.
>
> But if I create a VCD with this file, then I will end up with one
> chapter lasting the whole 50mins.
>
> Is there a way to make shorter chapters for a VCD, so I can decide to
> skip a certain part of the file and go to the next?
>
> TIA.

Use VCD Builder. Add your MPEG as a "sequence" and then double-click
it. VCD Builder will let you set chapter points with a slider in the
dialog it presents.

--
Spenser

[MatFox]

sbt <dogbreath@chaseabone.com.invalid> wrote:

> Use VCD Builder. Add your MPEG as a "sequence" and then double-click
> it. VCD Builder will let you set chapter points with a slider in the
> dialog it presents.

Cool, it works. I have divided the file in 5 sequences of 10 mins each,
so everytime I push the 'next track' button, it skips forward.
But when I put in the VCD, the display on my dvd player shows: Track 1
and the total time.
Is this correct?
Shouldn't it show Tracks 5 and the total time?

[sbt]

In article <1fy29hd.1dwarj717m3lh2N%MatteoXYZ1963@excite.it >, MatFox
<MatteoXYZ1963@excite.it> wrote:

> sbt <dogbreath@chaseabone.com.invalid> wrote:
>
>

> > Use VCD Builder. Add your MPEG as a "sequence" and then double-click
> > it. VCD Builder will let you set chapter points with a slider in the
> > dialog it presents.

> Cool, it works. I have divided the file in 5 sequences of 10 mins each,
> so everytime I push the 'next track' button, it skips forward.
> But when I put in the VCD, the display on my dvd player shows: Track 1
> and the total time.
> Is this correct?
> Shouldn't it show Tracks 5 and the total time?
>

I don't know. It shows different things on each of my DVD players. The
level and style of support for chapters in VCDs and SVCDs on DVD
players varies widely.

When you advance to the second track, what does the display show? On
some of my players, it shows nothing, on the other one I see the
current track number and the time remaining on the disc.

--
Spenser

[MatFox]

sbt <dogbreath@chaseabone.com.invalid> wrote:

>
> I don't know. It shows different things on each of my DVD players. The
> level and style of support for chapters in VCDs and SVCDs on DVD
> players varies widely.
>
> When you advance to the second track, what does the display show? On
> some of my players, it shows nothing, on the other one I see the
> current track number and the time remaining on the disc.

I see: track 1 and the total viewed time.

[Steve Makohin]

In article <1fy22pn.2sohuw12fwgx0N%MatteoXYZ1963@excite.it> ,
[email]MatteoXYZ1963@excite.it[/email] (MatFox) wrote:

>I have a file ready to be burt as a 50mins VCD.
>
>But if I create a VCD with this file, then I will end up with one
>chapter lasting the whole 50mins.
>
>Is there a way to make shorter chapters for a VCD, so I can decide to
>skip a certain part of the file and go to the next?

Assuming you use Toast to burn your VCDs, Toast sees each file you
give it as a "chapter". Give it 3 files, it sees 3 chapters. Burn
that, and youyr DVD player (likely) displays total time when you load
in the VCD, but it will be able to advance to each "chapter", and if
it has a time display, it will display the correct time for each
chapter as it plays it.

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