How many chapter points

[northcat_8]

Let us say you are converting a VHS movie to DVD.

How far apart do you place your chapter points?

Or if someone knows...what is the standard length?

[mats.hogberg]

Is there a standard? I usually set them @ 10 minutes. If you should do it right, I'd say it's determined by scene changes and stuff, but who wants to go to all that trouble?

/Mats

[gadgetguy]

... but who wants to go to all that trouble?

I guess that would be me.
I usually set the chapter points by specific scenes, but sometimes I specify the number of chapters I want and let TDA figure out how long they should be. Depends on the video.
But I've never set chapters by specifying a time interval.

[mats.hogberg]

I specify the number of chapters I want and let TDA figure out how long they should be. [...]
But I've never set chapters by specifying a time interval.

Isn't that two ways to achieve the same thing? (Chapter points at fixed intervals.)

/Mats

[guns1inger]

Depends. Sometimes they are simply to make shifting through quicker, so I'll just drop in 28 chapters at equal intervals and be done. If it is a special project or client work, they are individually placed.

[jimmalenko]

Since I'm the only one who'll ever be viewing my own creations (TV caps et al.), for movie-length material I generally just tell TDA to set 10 points equi-distant from each other.

[non-linear]

For me, if I'm authoring a TV series, I place a chapter point at every segment change, so I end up with approx. 6 chapters for an hour long show.

It all depends on where you want chapter points in your projects.

[gadgetguy]

Isn't that two ways to achieve the same thing?

Kind of, but what I meant is that I've never defined a time interval (like every 10 minutes), but that I've only specified the number of chapters I wanted. If you specify a time interval, the last chapter is bound to be smaller than the rest. I know, it doesn't matter, but I prefer symmetry.