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Questions tagged [chapters]

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How to rip a DVD with multiple titles into a single MKV

I have a digital backup of a concert DVD consisting of several VOB files and on that DVD each title corresponds to an individual song. When i tried to convert it to an MKV with Handbrake i could only see the option of converting each title into a…
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MS Word: Chapter number always showing 1 (but zero in Figure) througout document

I am trying to include Chapter number before Figure numbers for each Chapter in MS Word 2007. Every new Chapter would start with Figure number 1. For example the caption for first figure of Chapter 4 would be: Figure 4-1:.... However, Word is…
user42307
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Updating mp4 chapter times and names with ffmpeg?

I'm trying to add custom chapters with ffmpeg to an mp4 file by extracting the metadata file and following this guide. However, when I edit the metadata file to change any of the chapter names, the second command to re-add the metadata ignores…
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How to add “chapters” or “bookmarks” to movies?

Is there an easy way to add chapters to existing movie files? Note: Actually, I’m not 100% sure if they’re called “chapters” in video files, but it’s the same concept as DVDs. I assume this differs with the video encoding, but any help at all is…
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Add chapter title as header only for current document section

I am using MS Word 2010 and I am trying to create section headers using styles as described here how to create chapter titles in document headers. However, my first chapter starts on page 10 of the document. Before that, there is only introductory…
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reset numbering in Word 2010 heading style?

I have defined a custom multi-level list to automatically number chapters, sections, subsections, etc. of a large document, where each chapter is a separate file at the moment. The automatic list works fine, except that it always and ONLY starts at…
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Can I add chapter metadata to a video file using only the FFmpeg CLI?

I've recently gotten into using FFmpeg and was wondering if there was a way of adding chapter markers entirely through the command line interface? I have had success with first writing out a metadata text file, then manually editing it and then…
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Word 2017, How to Create a Book from individual Chapter Files

Back in 2005 I finished my Masters thesis. For that thesis, each chapter was it's own file. The master document was essentially an outline where each chapter was a link to an external Word file. With all the data and equations in each chapter this…
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yt-dlp: ffmpeg working for some videos, but not for the others

I started using yt-dlp a few days ago, so I'm new to the whole thing. I needed to download some videos from youtube, but have them split into chapters. The command: yt-dlp --split-chapters URL seems to be doing the right thing. However, running…
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Are Master Documents still unreliable in Word 2016?

In previous versions of Microsoft Word, many expert have reported that Master Documents can easily corrupt the linked documents. Is this still the case in Word 2016. I have separate documents for each chapter of a book I am writing. I would like to…
Rodolfo Oviedo
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Merge MP4 Files and Add Chapters For Each One

On Windows, I'd like to merge a group of MP4 files and add a chapter marker for each file in the resulting MKV/MP4. Does anyone know how to do this? I've tried using mkvtoolnix but I'm not sure if it's possible with the GUI
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MKV Sub and Chapter removal

I am trying to remove subtitles and chapters from all my mkv files. I've been trying to find a way to add the below batch file to also look for chapters and remove them but haven't been able to figure out how to edit the find line. Any help is very…
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Need table captions and list of tables in Arabic, not roman numeral in Word 2010

I presently have Word 2010 properly incrementing chapter numbers using multilevel lists. When I insert a table and caption it, it is properly named, i.e. Table Chapter#.Table#. The problem is that because I have the chapters being numbered using…
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How to add chapter marks to MP3, MP4, and Ogg files via the command line (without FFmpeg mangling metadata)?

I want to be able to add chapter marks to all major audio file formats, which FFmpeg does (using the -map_chapters option) – but FFmpeg always mangles the other metadata. Any tags it doesn’t recognize, it strips/drops from the target file. How do I…
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Loading chapter data in VLC from external file for any video format

I have a number of video files (in various formats: mp4, webm, mkv, etc.) and I'd like to add chapter information to them (similar to how Youtube shows links into parts of videos). I'm not terribly familiar with video formats and I know of some…
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