Re-number chapter markers at DVinfo.net

Jeff Harper · April 21st, 2008, 03:51 AM

Is there a method of selecting all of the markers in a project and re-numbering them? I needed to add a chapter in the middle of a project and it is out of order.

Mike Kujbida · April 21st, 2008, 04:36 AM

I've been looking for a way to do this for a while myself so I decided to look through my collection of archived tips and guess what was in there :-)

1. Open the Edit Details view (Alt-6, or go to the View menu).

2. Select "Show: Markers".

3. Click on the blank space that is at the intersection of the row and column headings (in the upper left corner of the Edit Details window, just under the word "Show:". This will select everything

4. Press Ctrl-X to Cut everything. Immediately press Ctrl-V to paste everything back.

Jeff Harper · April 21st, 2008, 04:42 AM

Thank you Mike. What a handy dandy thing to know!

Edward Troxel · April 21st, 2008, 06:21 AM

Scripts can also do the same thing - they just retrieve a list of where they all are, delete them all, and add them back. However, the bigger question I would have is why this needs to be done? For example, when rendering out and creating chapter points for a DVD, it's the POSITION of the marker that matters - not the order in which they were created.

Jeff Harper · April 21st, 2008, 07:49 AM

Hi Edward,

Didn't know that. I thought I remembered that when they were numbered out of order that when choosing next that you ended up going to chapters in numerical order, I must be mistaken. Thanks for clearing that up.

April 21st, 2008, 03:51 AM	#1
Jeff Harper Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 8,425	Re-number chapter markers Is there a method of selecting all of the markers in a project and re-numbering them? I needed to add a chapter in the middle of a project and it is out of order.

April 21st, 2008, 06:21 AM	#4
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	Scripts can also do the same thing - they just retrieve a list of where they all are, delete them all, and add them back. However, the bigger question I would have is why this needs to be done? For example, when rendering out and creating chapter points for a DVD, it's the POSITION of the marker that matters - not the order in which they were created. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

April 21st, 2008, 04:36 AM	#2
Mike Kujbida Inner Circle Join Date: May 2005 Location: Windsor, ON Canada Posts: 2,770	I've been looking for a way to do this for a while myself so I decided to look through my collection of archived tips and guess what was in there :-) 1. Open the Edit Details view (Alt-6, or go to the View menu). 2. Select "Show: Markers". 3. Click on the blank space that is at the intersection of the row and column headings (in the upper left corner of the Edit Details window, just under the word "Show:". This will select everything 4. Press Ctrl-X to Cut everything. Immediately press Ctrl-V to paste everything back.

April 21st, 2008, 04:42 AM	#3
Jeff Harper Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 8,425	Thank you Mike. What a handy dandy thing to know!

April 21st, 2008, 07:49 AM	#5
Jeff Harper Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 8,425	Hi Edward, Didn't know that. I thought I remembered that when they were numbered out of order that when choosing next that you ended up going to chapters in numerical order, I must be mistaken. Thanks for clearing that up.