SVCD chapters

[doson]

I'm usually using VCDXbuild to create SVCD images using XML scripts. I'm allways having problems defining the chapters (entry points) in the XML. For example, I wanted to created a 5 min SVCD with 4 chapters at 1 min, 2 min and so on.. so I created entry points at 60, 120... and got chapters at completly different points. Well, I defined entry points in minutes so I may be wrong, can someone tell me how the create exact entry points in XML?

[doson]

A little correction... defined entry points in seconds, not minutes.

[vitualis]

The creation of chapters for SVCD works in the same way as for VCD... However, there are more things that can go wrong...

How did you make your MPEG-2 file?

Regards.

[Betamax]

Naturely, you could start using VCDwizard - then all is done FOR you.
But you remain head-master of the (S)VCD processing, while you still can customize the final XML.

[doson]

I'm using TMPG to encode the files, then I multiplex it with subtitles using WinSubMux. Finally, I'm creating the XML file and using VCDXBuild to create the disk images. Everything goes OK, the disk works and it's is good, only the chapters are not the way I like it because I don't know how to define them, I tried to use DVD2SVCD and other programs but still didn't found out what am I doing wrong, so here's an example of what I did in the XML(tried to create chapters every 1 min, just to try):

<entry id="entry-chapt-01">60.000</entry>
<entry id="entry-chapt-02">120.000</entry>
<entry id="entry-chapt-03">180.000</entry>

and then:

<selection id="chapter-01">
<bsn>1</bsn>
<prev ref="chapter-01"/>
<next ref="chapter-02"/>
<return ref="end"/>
<timeout ref="end"/>
<wait>0</wait>
<loop jump-timing="immediate">1</loop>
<play-item ref="sequence-00"/>
<select ref="chapter-01"/>
<select ref="chapter-02"/>
<select ref="chapter-03"/>
</selection>
<selection id="chapter-02">
<bsn>1</bsn>
<prev ref="chapter-01"/>
<next ref="chapter-03"/>
<return ref="end"/>
<timeout ref="end"/>
<wait>0</wait>
<loop jump-timing="immediate">1</loop>
<play-item ref="entry-chapt-02"/>
<select ref="chapter-01"/>
<select ref="chapter-02"/>
<select ref="chapter-03"/>
</selection>
<selection id="chapter-03">
<bsn>1</bsn>
<prev ref="chapter-02"/>
<next ref="end"/>
<return ref="end"/>
<timeout ref="end"/>
<wait>0</wait>
<loop jump-timing="immediate">1</loop>
<play-item ref="entry-chapt-03"/>
<select ref="chapter-01"/>
<select ref="chapter-02"/>
<select ref="chapter-03"/>
</selection>


Times are completely different: chapter 1 is at 1:14 (or something like that), chapter 2 is 3omething...

What's wrong?

[vitualis]

Chapters in SVCDs are defined in the same way as for VCDs... that is, the number is in seconds.

There is the possibility that your player can't handle SVCD entrypoints correctly... Does your SVCD play properly on your PC with a SVCD/DVD software player?


Regards.

[Wicked_Al]

Why not try using something like VCDEasy+VCDImager to define your entrypoints by seconds, frame, etc, then afterwards look at the XML so you can understand the format? VCDEasy works good enough for me so I dont bother with the XML.