Timeline-Marker-Exporter-Plugin

Overview

The Timeline-Marker-Exporter-Plugin exports the marker positions of the EDIUS-Timeline into a simple textfile. You can choose the format to export, either the Framenumber or standard SMPTE format ("hh:mm:ss;ff"). The exported list can be used with other programms like DVD-Authoring-Tools for example as Chapterpoints or similar.

EDIUS Timeline with markers

Screenshots

Plugin mainwindow

main-window of the Timeline Marker Exporter

EDIUS Exporter list

EDIUS's list of exporters

Import Chapters into DVDLab

This section shows how to import chapter points into the DVDLab-Authoring-Tool (Mediachance). Chapter points are used for quick navigation through the movie using the next/prev chapter keys on the viewer's DVD remote. Chapter points can also be used as reference for menu links.
Before you can set up chapter points, first import the corresponding movie into DVDLab. By choosing "Movie" and "Import Chapters..." a file-import dialog is shown, which allows you to select a text-file to import. In our case, select the exported text-file of the MarkerExporter.

DVDLab mainwindow

The exported text-file will be analyzed and imported by DVDLab by choosing "Movie" menu and selecting "Import Chapters..." or by right-clicking the movie and select Import Chapters from the context menu

DVDLab import chapters

When you click the "Proceed"-button DVDLab starts to scan the video file for the imported frame numbers and sets the chapter-points at that position - finished!

FAQ

With EDIUS I have the possibility to export the marker-positions into a textfile. Why do I need MarkerExporter?
EDIUS can export positions of the markers only in the framerate of the current project, a conversion into another framerate is not possible (for example from NTSC- to PAL-timecode).
Which versions of EDIUS are supported by the MarkerExporter?
The MarkerExporter is tested with: (it's possible that it will work with other versions too. Just try it!)
EDIUS 2.x
EDIUS 3.x
EDIUS 4.x
EDIUS Neo 1.01
EDIUS 5.x

Installation

Edius 2.x / 3.x: A Install-Shield-Pakage is used for installing the MarkerExporter. You can download it as a *.zip-file at the "Download"-section below. A single Plugin-DLL will be copied into the plugin-folder of EDIUS. By restarting the EDIUS-Application, the plugin is loaded and ready to go. You can completely uninstall the MarkerExporter-plugin through the windows software-list.


Edius 4.x / Edius 5.x / Edius Neo: Just copy the file 'MarkerExporter.tpi' into the PlugIn-directory of Edius. (usually C:\Program files\Canopus\EDIUS\PlugIn)

License

  • The "Timeline Marker Exporter" is Freeware.
  • The software may be copied and passed on for non-commercial-use.
  • The software may be passed on for commercial use only with a written declaration of consent of the author.
  • "commercial passing on" means to propagate the software in such a way to achieve financial benefit.
  • The author is not liable for defects and lost data in direct or indirect way due to the use of the software. Use at your own risk!
  • Its not allowed to decompile, disassemble or modify the Software to get access to the sourcecode.

Download

MarkerExporter 1.2 for Edius 2.x and 3.x (with installer) [1.109 kB]
MarkerExporter 1.2 for Edius 4.x and Edius Neo [24 kB]
MarkerExporter 1.2 for Edius 5.x [28 kB]

Specific problems

The Timeline Marker Exporter is ignoring the EDIUS export-setting "export between IN and OUT" because the current version of the EDIUS SDK doesn't allow to ask for that setting.

Contact

Questions, problems or improvements? Please write an E-Mail to the author.

Change log

Version 1.2
EDIUS 3 Style
Version 1.1
possibility to choose the framerate of the exported list.
adapted the plugin to the EDIUS SDK Ver. 1.87
Version 1.0
Initial Release