Free plugin: YouTube Video Chapters Plus

Obviously this is a bit too late. I wasn't expecting BMD to add this to Resolve but I'll just put my version here since it has some more features.

At least I learned some stuff while making it.

Key differences where you might find my version more flexible:

• No rendering required. You can view the user interface any time and copy the chapters or save to disk. You can also trigger it when rendering to have a text file saved next to the video file. This means you are no longer required to use the YouTube preset (in fact you can't, since the YouTube preset currently can't trigger scripts).
  
  
• No upload required, no need to enter YouTube credentials into Resolve.
  
  
• Customizable chapter title prefix. In Resolve the chapter titles are always prefixed with a hyphen. In my version the default prefix is empty. I also support two variables, % is the current chapter number and # is the total number of chapters. To add leading zeros just repeat the variable. A prefix like "Chapter %%/##: " would result in the title "Chapter 01/10: Your Title"
  
  
• Warn if there are invalid chapters. YouTube requires each chapter to be at least ten seconds (although they don't seem to enforce this rule).
  
  
• Ability to use marker name, marker notes or any combination of the two with a customizable separator.

Installation

1. Download and unzip the file.
   

   YouTube Video Chapters Plus v1.01.zip

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2. Put the unzipped file in the Deliver folder.
   • Windows
     In File Explorer, paste this path to open it:
     %AppData%\Blackmagic Design\DaVinci Resolve\Support\Fusion\Scripts\Deliver
     
     
   • macOS
     In Finder, press Shift+Command+G to open "Go to Folder" and paste this path to open it:
     ~/Library/Application Support/Blackmagic Design/DaVinci Resolve/Fusion/Scripts/Deliver
     
     
   • Linux
     ~/.local/share/DaVinciResolve/Fusion/Scripts/Deliver

Usage
DaVinci Resolve v17 or later is required. Add timeline markers where you want your chapter breaks. There are two ways to use this plugin.

• From the Workspace > Scripts menu
  If you're on the Deliver page the YouTube Video Chapters Plus option will be in the root of the menu. If you're on any other page it will be in the Deliver sub menu.
  
  Selecting it opens the user interface and you can copy the chapters to the clipboard or save them to a text file.
  
  Clicking OK saves the settings.
  
  
• Triggered script
  When setting up a render job on the Deliver page, expand the Advanced Settings and check the Trigger script option, select YouTube Video Chapters Plus in the dropdown menu.
  
  Now when you render, it will use your settings (or default settings) and place a text file with the chapters in the same folder as the rendered file.

Great work!

Thanks!

I just remembered one "hidden" feature. When you hover over the chapter details a tooltip will show the offset between the YouTube chapter time and the timecode (if any). Chapter time is truncated to whole seconds.

I don't think it's tool late because many people don't use the Youtube preset (which is not that great because there is no control of the quality of the video exported).

Your tool is more flexible.

I always used https://billjustice.com/youtube_chapter_generator for youtube chapters (from a EDL file)

Thanks to the bug report by Maxwell in another thread I have added a workaround for an issue in Resolve where it reports fractional frame rates without decimals in some cases. The file in the first post has been updated.

I don't think it's tool late because many people don't use the Youtube preset (which is not that great because there is no control of the quality of the video exported).

Your tool is more flexible.

I always used https://billjustice.com/youtube_chapter_generator for youtube chapters (from a EDL file)

Chapters from Markers does not require using a Youtube preset.

If you want YouTube chapters with the Resolve implementation you have to use the YouTube preset. And you have to do the upload from within Resolve so it can add the chapter text to the description field of the video. Otherwise you just get QuickTime chapters embedded in the file and YouTube doesn't do anything with those at this time.

Thanks to the bug report by Maxwell in another thread I have added a workaround for an issue in Resolve where it reports fractional frame rates without decimals in some cases. The file in the first post has been updated.

No problem Installing the new version right now, thanks for your script.

Just wanted to give a massive thanks for this, it's been a lifesaver. Before this I was using a custom developed Python script to do the work externally with an .EDL.

Do you have anywhere to leave tips at all?

Thanks, I was going to put a PayPal tip jar in there but forgot about it when the v17.4 release came so suddenly.

Here's the link: https://paypal.me/rogermagnusson

Part of the idea was to see if there is interest for this kind of stuff in Resolve. If people use it it will help me decide wether I should put in the effort for some bigger projects.

Thanks, I was going to put a PayPal tip jar in there but forgot about it when the v17.4 release came so suddenly.

Here's the link: https://paypal.me/rogermagnusson

Part of the idea was to see if there is interest for this kind of stuff in Resolve. If people use it it will help me decide wether I should put in the effort for some bigger projects.

Yes there will be interest but as soon as you get back the price of a coffe and a cake in costa/starbucks BMD will include their own version in Resolve for free. Both Microsoft and Apple are good at this sort of thing. If you are very lucky they will offer you a small token cash payment. They, like Apple and MS, know that legal action will cost you mre than the value of any win. However I might be unfairly tarring BMD with the same brush as Apple/MS.

If you want to do it either understand you will be doing it for free and the undying (for 12 months) love and respect from Resolve users or you may be lucky and strike gold, make some money that means you are working at minimum wage (but that is not the point). It is one in a million you will make a serious income at it. Though that is not why you were doing it in the first place.

Your best bet is probalby to have a youtube channel explaining how to install and use your extensions thus get the money from the videos rather than charging for the extensions. (more will watch the videos than download the SW anyway). You might even get something out of BMD to let them use the ideas (and or code) in resolve to save them coding it themselves.

Having poured buckets of cold water on your business idea please continue doing them. You will get a lot of support and it will build up you profile and provide indirect ways of gaining income. (I did this in another field)

What a time saver! Thanks!

Umberto

Great stuff Roger!
Thanks for sharing


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This is really a great tool and a big help.
Thanks a lot @roger.magnusson

Thank you for this! Helps alot!

Perfect. A lifesaver.
Thanks

Thanks, you are not only very kind to us here, but to every YT viewer who's intelligent enough to jump to the important parts…

Hey

Tested here too, looks great, thank you

Cant thank you enough for this! <3