Inserting chapter stops...

[Nilfennasion]

I've tried using IFOedit, and I am damned if I can do the simplest operations with it, so I guess I am at a loss. I want to back up a DVD that has no chapter stops whatsoever, but I also want to insert stops in scene transitions or just at random time codes. Is this possible? If so, how?

[johns0]

To insert chapters in infoedit open notepad and make frames:
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so if your dvd is 29.97 fps, 9,000 is 5 minute intervals(29.97x60secondsx5minutes) and then keep adding the frames such as i did till it adds up to the total time of the movie,the frames i showed go over 4 hours,then save the frames as a text file and insert it into the chapter entry in infoedit.

[Nilfennasion]

Okay... I've created the text file using PAL frame values for every 2.5 minutes. Problem is, I have no idea how to use it. I've been searching IFOedit for some time and to call the thing counter-intuitive is putting it nicely.

I know I'm being lazy, by the way.

[johns0]

Open ifoedit and then click on dvd author on the top,choose author new dvd and then you will see where you insert video,audio,chapters and subs.

[Nilfennasion]

Maybe I should have made this clear from the beginning. I am trying to insert chapters into a backup of a DVD that has none. From this point forward, I honestly feel that anyone in a professional studio who authors a DVD without chapters should be shot. Repeatedly. The difficulty I am having, however, is getting IFOedit to let me insert the values and then produce an output file I can use in DVDShrink or DVDDecrypter. I'm giving up for the time being.