Conclusions:
(Updated as of 2014-03-20)
- H264 supports chapter markers (in some form) in principle,
but Adobe Premiere is unable to utilise this (at least as of 2012, and I can’t see a way of doing it in February 2014).- If the H264 is encoded into a QuickTime [.mov] wrapper/file (as opposed to a [.mp4] one), and that [.mov] file is played in a QuickTime player, then those chapter markers will appear in (the bottom-right corner) of that player.
- Apparently FCP (both 7 and X ) can also do this.
- Presumably
Experiments:
- The results of my experiments supersede those of the websearch.
- In Adobe Premiere CC, I created a Sequence with a number of chapter markers. I then exported/rendered/encoded that Sequence to QuickTime (wrapper-file) containing H264.
- Chapter-selection for the resulting QuickTime [.mov] file:
- When played in a QuickTime player (even on Windows), presented the chapter-selection, at bottom-right of that player.
- When played in VLC Player, the chapter-selection was available (“hidden”) under Menu:Playback.
- In Windows Media Player I was unable to see any chapter-selection features.
WebSearch:
- Google:[adobe premiere chapter markers export h264]
- http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1055889 (Aug-Dec 2012)
- Chapter markers are for DVD or Blu-ray only.
- H.264 doesn’t support cue points as used in FLV. It can have marker information in the file header but very few applications take any notice of it.
- {Rhetoric Request}: Adobe ADD chapter marker export in h264 its been missing too long, in FCP its easy to add them.
- http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1055889 (Aug-Dec 2012)
- Bing:[fcpx h264 chapter markers]
- http://www.larryjordan.biz/technique-adding-chapter-markers-to-h-264-files/
- FCP 7: Adding Chapter Markers to H.264 Files
- http://www.larryjordan.biz/fcp-x-create-chapter-markers/
- FCP X: Create Chapter Markers
- http://www.larryjordan.biz/technique-adding-chapter-markers-to-h-264-files/