I created chapter markers in FCP. Exported with them. In QT Player I can access them. But I need to share this online. YT and Google Drive don't seem to support embedded chapter markers. And creating them all over from scratch is way too time consuming. Is there a way to share a video online that will maintain the chapter markers?
YouTube will use chapter markers that are placed in the video Description section in the format of:
0:00 Chapter One must always start at 0:00
1:23 Chapter Two
2:34 Etc...
You can just write the list and paste it into the video description and that's all you need to do. YT automatically "reads" that chapter list and applies it to the video.
I made a tool to help simplify the process — it will be free today only:
https://fcpxtemplates.com/sc-chapter-maker/
Set it up with a basic title or an adjustment layer spanning the entire video.
If you already have markers in place, you can use keyboard shortcuts to Go To > Next Marker to speed things up.
The effect tracks the chapter time in the HH:MM:SS format — you will have to type it in with your title text though.
You *won't* have to re-render the video - just apply the effect and extract the text, then you can delete title/adjustment layer with the effect after.
Watch the video for how to use it. (Turn on CC for the captioning — there's no actual speaking in the video.)
HTH
YouTube will use chapter markers that are placed in the video Description section in the format of:
0:00 Chapter One must always start at 0:00
1:23 Chapter Two
2:34 Etc...
You can just write the list and paste it into the video description and that's all you need to do. YT automatically "reads" that chapter list and applies it to the video.
I made a tool to help simplify the process — it will be free today only:
https://fcpxtemplates.com/sc-chapter-maker/
Set it up with a basic title or an adjustment layer spanning the entire video.
If you already have markers in place, you can use keyboard shortcuts to Go To > Next Marker to speed things up.
The effect tracks the chapter time in the HH:MM:SS format — you will have to type it in with your title text though.
You *won't* have to re-render the video - just apply the effect and extract the text, then you can delete title/adjustment layer with the effect after.
Watch the video for how to use it. (Turn on CC for the captioning — there's no actual speaking in the video.)
HTH
So the answer is get a third party app to do it. Great. You'd think FCP would export this data itself already...
Anyway, went to purchase Creators's Best Friend, seems I already purchased it when it first came out, used it once, and haven't needed it since. So, case closed. But still, FCP should do this itself.
Another option is to use the Creators Best Friend, https://www.intelligentassistance.com/creators-best-friend/, plugin for FCP. it is available on the Mac App Store.
For next time, export the index with CommandPost?
https://larryjordan.com/articles/export-chapter-marker-list-from-apple-final-cut-pro/
I'm using Creator's Best Friend. Works well. That's the solution. You'd think this would have been built-in a long time ago. Oh well...
How to keep FCP chapter markers when video is uploaded?
