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I would like to be able to view the markers that I place on quicktime 

tracks from FCP 5. If I export a video track from my sequence that 

has markers, I am given the option to include all of my markers with 

the saved out QT file. When reading this exported quicktime with 

Jitter, I am able to see there is a timecode track, but I have not 

been able to decipher how to get the frames the markers are on from 

Ive checked the Jitter tutorials, and the Docs, and don't see 

anything specifically about this, or how to get data from other 

tracks that dont necessarily contain video/audio data.

Essentially, id like to use the markers as metadata for "interesting 

temporal points in a movie", and synch them to BPM, so for example, 

if I have a somewhat cyclical movie of someone walking, or some 

process like a glass breaking, I can add a marker at that point, save 

the file, read it in with Jitter and be able to interpolate the 

proper speed to always land on these interesting points.

If I use a quicktime track, the metadata stays with the QT as well, 

which is the most preferable and portable way of doing it.

I would like to be able to view the markers that I place on quicktime  
tracks from FCP  5. If I export a  video track from my sequence that  
has markers, I am given the option to include all of my markers with  
the saved out QT file. When reading this exported quicktime with  
Jitter, I am able to see there is a timecode track, but I have not  
been able to decipher how to get the frames the markers are on from  
this extra track.

Ive checked the Jitter tutorials, and the Docs, and don't see  
anything specifically about this, or how to get data from other  
tracks that dont necessarily contain video/audio data.

Essentially, id like to use the markers as metadata for "interesting  
temporal points in a movie", and synch them to BPM, so for example,  
if I have a somewhat cyclical movie of someone walking, or some  
process like a glass breaking, I can add a marker at that point, save  
the file, read it in with Jitter and be able to interpolate the  
proper speed to always land on these interesting points.

If I use a quicktime track, the metadata stays with the QT as well,  
which is the most preferable and portable way of doing it.

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quicktime-track-markers-from-fcp-jitter

FCP markers are stored, not in the Timecode track, but rather in a 

Text (Chapter) track. At this time, there's no way to get the data 

out of a Text track using Jitter; neither the text nor the time 

positions of the samples in it. This sort of thing has been on my to- 

do list for a while, though, and will hopefully get added at some point.

You may be able to do some fancy exporting and parsing of the Text 

track using Jitter or AppleScript. From QT Player, I turned my Text 

{QTtext}{font:Geneva}{bold}{clipToTextBox:on}{size:12}{textC olor: 0, 

0, 0}{backColor: 65535, 65535, 65535}{justify:center}{timeScale:2997} 

{width:720}{height:20}{timeStamps:absolute}{language:0}{text Encoding: 

You could do similar using Jitter's export message, use regexp or js 

to parse the data into time code values, and then convert these to 

frame #s using the movie's timescale information.

Sorry it's not the easy solution I'm sure you were hoping for. I'll 

see what we can do for a future release of Jitter.

> Essentially, id like to use the markers as metadata for 

> "interesting temporal points in a movie", and synch them to BPM, so 

> for example, if I have a somewhat cyclical movie of someone 

> walking, or some process like a glass breaking, I can add a marker 

> at that point, save the file, read it in with Jitter and be able to 

> interpolate the proper speed to always land on these interesting 

FCP markers are stored, not in the Timecode track, but rather in a  
Text (Chapter) track. At this time, there's no way to get the data  
out of a Text track using Jitter; neither the text nor the time  
positions of the samples in it. This sort of thing has been on my to- 
do list for a while, though, and will hopefully get added at some point.

You may be able to do some fancy exporting and parsing of the Text  
track using Jitter or AppleScript. From QT Player, I turned my Text  
track into this file:

 {QTtext}{font:Geneva}{bold}{clipToTextBox:on}{size:12}{textC olor: 0,  
0, 0}{backColor: 65535, 65535, 65535}{justify:center}{timeScale:2997} 
 {width:720}{height:20}{timeStamps:absolute}{language:0}{text Encoding: 
256}
[00:00:00.0000]
Markierung 1
[00:00:01.0903]
{textEncoding:256}Markierung 2
[00:00:02.1206]

You could do similar using Jitter's export message, use regexp or js  
to parse the data into time code values, and then convert these to  
frame #s using the movie's timescale information.

Sorry it's not the easy solution I'm sure you were hoping for. I'll  
see what we can do for a future release of Jitter.

> Essentially, id like to use the markers as metadata for  
> "interesting temporal points in a movie", and synch them to BPM, so  
> for example, if I have a somewhat cyclical movie of someone  
> walking, or some process like a glass breaking, I can add a marker  
> at that point, save the file, read it in with Jitter and be able to  
> interpolate the proper speed to always land on these interesting  
> points.
>
> Make sense?


Its nice to know im at least pushing some boundaries. ;)

On Oct 4, 2005, at 7:41 AM, Jeremy Bernstein wrote:

> FCP markers are stored, not in the Timecode track, but rather in a 

> Text (Chapter) track. At this time, there's no way to get the data 

> out of a Text track using Jitter; neither the text nor the time 

> positions of the samples in it. This sort of thing has been on my 

> to-do list for a while, though, and will hopefully get added at 

>
> FCP markers are stored, not in the Timecode track, but rather in a  
> Text (Chapter) track. At this time, there's no way to get the data  
> out of a Text track using Jitter; neither the text nor the time  
> positions of the samples in it. This sort of thing has been on my  
> to-do list for a while, though, and will hopefully get added at  
> some point.
>
>


i was wondering how far the borders have been pushed in this matter

is there a 'getchapters' message in the pipeline, or did anybody find a nice way to automatically pull movie chapter information out of a movie into max?

i was wondering how far the borders have been pushed in this matter 

is there a 'getchapters' message in the pipeline, or did anybody find a nice way to automatically pull movie chapter information out of a movie into max?  

I'm having the same question now: get the marker from fcp to jitter.

Hi,
I'm having the same question now: get the marker from fcp to jitter.
Any progress ?

would be lovely to get these into [coll];

or even address them via a 'go to' message ...

would be lovely to get these into [coll];
or even address them via a 'go to' message ...


Quicktime Track - Markers from FCP->Jitter