[Feature request] Support chapter timestamps from tags

2020-11-26 13:18:41

I think many users would find this useful. My idea is to allow the player to read CHAPTERxxx fields, which is a format that Vorbis comment uses: https://wiki.xiph.org/Chapter_Extension

Re: [Feature request] Support chapter timestamps from tags

Reply #1 – 2020-11-27 15:06:34

While it is not supported by fb2k natively, it is possible to use foo_input_ffmpeg that supports such chapters format instead of native decoder(s).

Re: [Feature request] Support chapter timestamps from tags

Reply #2 – 2020-11-27 15:58:28

I'm having trouble getting chapters to work on a Flac file with foo_input_ffmpeg. I added Flac to the format list and checked "support chapters". Finally I changed the decoder priority. Am I missing something?

Re: [Feature request] Support chapter timestamps from tags

Reply #3 – 2020-11-27 16:05:28

In File->Preferences->Playback->Decoding move "FFmpeg decoder wrapper" higher in list than "foobar2000 flac decoder". Also fb2k should be restarted after adding new format in foo_input_ffmpeg settings

Re: [Feature request] Support chapter timestamps from tags

Reply #4 – 2020-11-27 22:41:22

Followed the steps and set up the ffmpeg and ffprobe exe path. Could you perhaps upload a file that I can troubleshoot against?

Re: [Feature request] Support chapter timestamps from tags

Reply #5 – 2020-11-28 14:01:32

ogg - https://auphonic.com/media/blog/auphonic_chapters_demo.ogg
flac - https://www.dropbox.com/s/5hk6tyyumjtj2st/01.%20Auphonic%20Chapter%20Marks%20Demo.flac?dl=1
Demonstration that it works - https://youtu.be/uQhAaGvaVMY

Re: [Feature request] Support chapter timestamps from tags

Reply #6 – 2020-12-04 08:59:46

Thanks for thereference files.

A few limations I discovered:
m4a files don't work.
After saving chapeterXXX fileds they don't show up up the properties dialog until you untoggle the FFMpeg decoder.

Either way it works well enough for my needs. Thanks!

Re: [Feature request] Support chapter timestamps from tags

Reply #7 – 2020-12-05 13:35:56

I guess that support for vorbis chapters in m4a could cause conflict with native m4a chapters.