ChapterGrabber software for extracting chapters

ChapterGrabber will extract chapter times from DVD, HD-DVD, and BluRay discs and combine them with chapter names from the internet. It produces chapter text that are useful when muxing mp4, m4v, and mkv files. It is particularly useful for those who like to convert their movies to a portable format for on the go watching.

Features

• Read chapters from DVD, Blu-ray, HD-DVD
• Search for names from online database
• Load names from clipboard
• Adjust framerate and language
• Add delay (shift) to all chapters
• Save in multiple formats: XML, TXT, CSV, and more

Install

You must have .NET Framework 3.5 available from WindowsUpdate.

What's New?

2013-02-09 : 5.4

• Bug fix for opening chapter files

2013-02-08 : 5.3

• Force usage of new database API key
• Added support for delaying all chapter times (time shift)
• Improved search results

2011-12-23 : 5.2

• Small bugfixes to database and searches
• Added link to new database website

Directions

1. Open your IFO, MPLS, or text file containing chapter times
2. OR Open your BluRay, HD-DVD, or DVD disc
3. Type in the title of your movie
4. Click search to download chapter names
5. Choose the best result
6. Save your new text file

Discussion

Doom9 Forum New and alternative a/v containers

Chapter Grabber Discussion Thread

Thanks to

• OpenMediaLibrary - http://code.google.com/p/open-media-library/
• BDInfo - http://www.cinemasquid.com/Tools.aspx
• tagChimp - http://tagchimp.com/
• ChapterStripper code by zulu (no longer in use) - http://zuludev.de.vu
• metaservices by Kristian - http://www.e-home.no/metaservices/

Feedback

• Feedback: load CSV and save as CSV
• Bug: preferences are lost after upgrade
• Feedback: need to explain x and checkmark on search result
• Feedback: poor quality data example: "For Your Eyes Only" and other bond films (BRs only have 32 chapters)
• Feedback: force local chapter count to match database
• Feedback: show chapter count on local set
• Bug: add delay doesn't work with negative value
• Bug: ampersand sometimes shows as &
• Feedback: "Bad Title" is not reliable so get rid of it and incremental search
• Feedback: need more granular control over database sync (don't upload)
• Feedback: should remember window locations and size

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