Chapters with avi or mpg files?

[drwho]

Is it possible to set chapters in avi or mpg full length movies?
One thing I hate is to load the cd/dvd and not able to get to a point
got to watch the whole movie or restart again
Thanks

[Baldrick]

avi or mpg containers doesn't support any chapters. You need to make for example a dvd-video or use another container like mp4,mkv(but you would need a player that support chapters also).

[drwho]

Ah! Is mp4 extension mostly handled by quicktime player?
Think I will encode some file to test on my dvd player

[Baldrick]

standalone dvd player? i haven't seen any such with support for mp4 with chapters.

[drwho]

hmm not even at JB's?

[guns1inger]

There is the Divx format, however you need a Divx Ultra certified player, not just standard Divx certified, and you then need to author with something like DivxBuilder.

By JB's do you mean JB HiFi ? If so, most of the players refer to mp4 erroneously, as they really mean mpeg4 variants such as Divx/Xvid and very occasionally WMV.