Using chapter tracks

Like the chapters of a book, a chapter track subdivides a movie into segments that deal with the same topic. A chapter track provides basic navigation support for QuickTime movies that lets views go to selected points in a movie quickly. When viewed in a Web browser or the QuickTime Player, the QuickTime plug-in displays the chapter track as a menu in the standard QuickTime controller for the movie. It is recommended that you use one chapter track only per movie.

Note: The chapter track requires a movie to be at least 275 pixels wide in order to display the chapter menu.

To add a chapter track:

1. Drag a Chapter Track icon from the QuickTime set  of the Objects palette into the track list area of the Timeline Editor.
2. Select the chapter track in the Timeline Editor, and then display the Chapter Track Inspector.
3. From the Act as Chapter Track For menu, choose any track to associate with the chapters.
4. Select the chapter track sample in the Timeline Editor to display the Chapter Track Sample Inspector.
5. In the Chapter text box, enter a chapter title.
6. Add more chapters to the chapter track by using the Create Sample tool  to create chapter samples. (See Adding and editing samples.) Select each new chapter sample, and then enter a title in the Chapter Track Sample Inspector.

You can test your choices in the movie viewer window by choosing chapters from the chapter list on the controller. (You might have to resize the window to see the pop-up menu.)

Note: If you leave gaps in time between chapter samples, no chapter title displays during that section of the movie.