Chapter Thumbnails - iTunes and Apple TV

[Risco]

I need some help here. I am in the process of ripping my dvd collection to my Macbook. Everything seems to be going smooth ( this thing is fast! ) However while Quicktime seems to show the chapter thumbnails, iTunes does not.

I want to make sure that I can do this, as I am getting an Apple TV and don't want to find the chapters don't show thumbnails. I am using handbrake with the Apple TV 3 preset to encode and iDentify to add the meta data.

Suggestions?

[mic j]

Originally Posted by Risco

I need some help here. I am in the process of ripping my dvd collection to my Macbook. Everything seems to be going smooth ( this thing is fast! ) However while Quicktime seems to show the chapter thumbnails, iTunes does not.

I want to make sure that I can do this, as I am getting an Apple TV and don't want to find the chapters don't show thumbnails. I am using handbrake with the Apple TV 3 preset to encode and iDentify to add the meta data.

Suggestions?

Are you saying that when you watch a movie on the aTV and look go to the chapters tab that thumbnails do not show up there? The iTunes/Quicktime thing is a little confusing to me.

[Risco]

Originally Posted by mic j

Are you saying that when you watch a movie on the aTV and look go to the chapters tab that thumbnails do not show up there? The iTunes/Quicktime thing is a little confusing to me.

Nope, I am saying that the thumbnails are not showing in iTunes. I do not have the Apple TV yet, I just need something that will add chapter thumbnails.

[mic j]

Originally Posted by Risco

Nope, I am saying that the thumbnails are not showing in iTunes. I do not have the Apple TV yet, I just need something that will add chapter thumbnails.

Got it.

Although I use a different program for metadata tagging, iDentify should add coverart to the metadata. If you select an iTune movie (just select, not open), then do a Get Info (command-I), does the Artwork tab have anything in it?

[Risco]

Originally Posted by mic j

Got it.

Although I use a different program for metadata tagging, iDentify should add coverart to the metadata. If you select an iTune movie (just select, not open), then do a Get Info (command-I), does the Artwork tab have anything in it?

It does add the coverart, however checking on his site it does not add chapter images.

I have attached a picture to show what I mean.

[mic j]

Originally Posted by Risco

It does add the coverart, however checking on his site it does not add chapter images.

I have attached a picture to show what I mean.

Aahh. I don't use iTunes so I did realize it would show chapter thumbs. If iDentify doesn't add them Subler does. That's what I use. You can also go to a chapters database and add chapter titles as well. Did I mention it's free.

[Risco]

Originally Posted by mic j

Aahh. I don't use iTunes so I did realize it would show chapter thumbs. If iDentify doesn't add them Subler does. That's what I use. You can also go to a chapters database and add chapter titles as well. Did I mention it's free.

I cannot for the life of me get subler to work. It just won't launch. I followed this guide, but it does not help

http://www.techisky.com/how-to/solve....html#more-126

[mic j]

Originally Posted by Risco

I cannot for the life of me get subler to work. It just won't launch. I followed this guide, but it does not help

http://www.techisky.com/how-to/solve....html#more-126

Have you tried version 0.16? Mountain Lion mucked up Perian which was required for Subler (and several other apps). I am pretty sure in the new version, he has fixed the issue. Works beautifully for me, but I am still on Lion.

[Risco]

Originally Posted by mic j

Have you tried version 0.16? Mountain Lion mucked up Perian which was required for Subler (and several other apps). I am pretty sure in the new version, he has fixed the issue. Works beautifully for me, but I am still on Lion.

I got it working in the end. Also got my chapter images. Only thing now, is there a way to automatically get the chapter titles? Currently they are only numbered?

[mic j]

Originally Posted by Risco

I got it working in the end. Also got my chapter images. Only thing now, is there a way to automatically get the chapter titles? Currently they are only numbered?

download them from ChapterDB.org as a text file. In Subler, select the chapter track, do Import and import the text file you download. Be careful on the download, make sure you search by dvd or BR, time, and the # of chapters match.

[NiklasK]

You can also use MetaZ to lookup Chapter names and add if they are available.

Originally Posted by Risco

I got it working in the end. Also got my chapter images. Only thing now, is there a way to automatically get the chapter titles? Currently they are only numbered?

[Risco]

Originally Posted by mic j

download them from ChapterDB.org as a text file. In Subler, select the chapter track, do Import and import the text file you download. Be careful on the download, make sure you search by dvd or BR, time, and the # of chapters match.

Thanks, worked a treat. I still would like an program that has this built in, so it is more automated.

[The DRis]

I use Subler and I know that it adds the chapter thumbnails when viewing the movie on an iPad, never check while in iTunes.

I'm on Mountain Lion and haven't had any issues with the old 0.15b Subler. I don't remux often, and haven't tried since I installed ML, I just use Subler to add metadata.