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    Default "Chapter <#>" displayed on-screen throughout .mp4 videos

    Hey all,

    New to the forums, and was hoping I could get a little assistance. I've taken several DVDs and decrypted them using MakeMKV, and I've packaged them as .mp4's using Handbrake. I've set up Mezzmo as my DLNA server on my Windows 7 PC, using an external 3 TB WD USB hard disk. In trying to stream these mp4's to a Sony Blu Ray player (BDP-S590), they appear for playback, no problem (FINALLY... after screwing with a few other DLNA server apps). My problem is, the .mp4s have "Chapter One" across the bottom of the screen (kind of, subtitle style). The thing is, this doesn't appear when I playback the videos directly on my computer, and, when I got playback to intermittently work via another DLNA server, I didn't see this either. I'm hoping that there is a setting I can apply to drop this. I found in Handbrake, that I can "turn off" Chapter Titles, I'm just not sure if this will work (and I know, this isn't a Handbrake forum). Regardless, I just really don't want to waste the time re-packaging the content as .mp4.

    Any ideas?

    Thanks in advance,

    - Vern

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    Hi Vern,

    Let's see if this "Chapter" information is stored as text metadata inside your MP4s. Right-click on an MP4 in Mezzmo and click 'Get FFmpeg Information'. Have a look at the FFmpeg information (and/or post it here and we'll take a look as well) to see if you can see the chapter information you are seeing on your device.

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    Yep... It looks like it does:

    ffmpeg version N-66094-gbb8b752 Copyright (c) 2000-2014 the FFmpeg developers
    built on Sep 4 2014 16:23:51 with gcc 4.8.2 (GCC)
    configuration: --enable-memalign-hack --arch=x86_64 --target-os=mingw32 --cross-prefix=x86_64-w64-mingw32- --enable-static --disable-shared --enable-zlib --disable-postproc --prefix=/home/peter/ffmpeg/build/gpl64 --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libx264 --enable-gpl --extra-libs='-lx264 -lpthread' --enable-runtime-cpudetect --extra-cflags=-I/home/peter/cc32/include --extra-ldflags=-L/home/peter/cc64/lib --pkg-config=pkg-config --disable-w32threads --enable-libvpx --enable-libvorbis
    libavutil 54. 7.100 / 54. 7.100
    libavcodec 56. 1.100 / 56. 1.100
    libavformat 56. 4.100 / 56. 4.100
    libavdevice 56. 0.100 / 56. 0.100
    libavfilter 5. 0.103 / 5. 0.103
    libswscale 3. 0.100 / 3. 0.100
    libswresample 1. 1.100 / 1. 1.100
    Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'H:\Movies\8_Mile.mp4':
    Metadata:
    major_brand : mp42
    minor_version : 512
    compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41
    creation_time : 2036-02-06 06:28:16
    encoder : HandBrake 0.10.2 2015060900
    Duration: 01:50:23.94, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1806 kb/s
    Chapter #0.0: start 0.000000, end 192.392000
    Metadata:
    title : Chapter 1
    Chapter #0.1: start 192.392000, end 608.391000
    Metadata:
    title : Chapter 2
    Chapter #0.2: start 608.391000, end 892.291000
    Metadata:
    title : Chapter 3
    Chapter #0.3: start 892.291000, end 1191.974000
    Metadata:
    title : Chapter 4
    Chapter #0.4: start 1191.974000, end 1411.193000
    Metadata:
    title : Chapter 5
    Chapter #0.5: start 1411.193000, end 1641.423000
    Metadata:
    title : Chapter 6
    Chapter #0.6: start 1641.423000, end 2081.029000
    Metadata:
    title : Chapter 7
    Chapter #0.7: start 2081.029000, end 2340.121000
    Metadata:
    title : Chapter 8
    Chapter #0.8: start 2340.121000, end 2810.040000
    Metadata:
    title : Chapter 9
    Chapter #0.9: start 2810.040000, end 3174.788000
    Metadata:
    title : Chapter 10
    Chapter #0.10: start 3174.788000, end 3708.321000
    Metadata:
    title : Chapter 11
    Chapter #0.11: start 3708.321000, end 3962.909000
    Metadata:
    title : Chapter 12
    Chapter #0.12: start 3962.909000, end 4304.533000
    Metadata:
    title : Chapter 13
    Chapter #0.13: start 4304.533000, end 4428.657000
    Metadata:
    title : Chapter 14
    Chapter #0.14: start 4428.657000, end 4605.217000
    Metadata:
    title : Chapter 15
    Chapter #0.15: start 4605.217000, end 5071.299000
    Metadata:
    title : Chapter 16
    Chapter #0.16: start 5071.299000, end 5276.888000
    Metadata:
    title : Chapter 17
    Chapter #0.17: start 5276.888000, end 5899.510000
    Metadata:
    title : Chapter 18
    Chapter #0.18: start 5899.510000, end 6211.155000
    Metadata:
    title : Chapter 19
    Chapter #0.19: start 6211.155000, end 6329.940000
    Metadata:
    title : Chapter 20
    Chapter #0.20: start 6329.940000, end 6623.942000
    Metadata:
    title : Chapter 21
    Stream #0:0(und): Video: h264 (Constrained Baseline) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p(tv, smpte170m), 720x362 [SAR 32:27 DAR 1280:543], 1191 kb/s, 23.98 fps, 59.94 tbr, 90k tbn, 180k tbc (default)
    Metadata:
    creation_time : 2036-02-06 06:28:16
    handler_name : VideoHandler
    Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: aac (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 160 kb/s (default)
    Metadata:
    creation_time : 2036-02-06 06:28:16
    handler_name : Stereo
    Stream #0:2(eng): Audio: ac3 (ac-3 / 0x332D6361), 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), fltp, 448 kb/s
    Metadata:
    creation_time : 2036-02-06 06:28:16
    handler_name : Surround
    Stream #0:3(eng): Subtitle: mov_text (text / 0x74786574)
    Metadata:
    creation_time : 2036-02-06 06:28:16
    handler_name : SubtitleHandler
    At least one output file must be specified

    <MEZZMO>: Child process ended with code: 109, ExitCode=1


    ---> DB Level Info: 30, 578
    ---> Frame rate: 23.98
    ---> Aspect ratio: 1280:543 PAR=32:27
    ---> Duration: 01:50:23

    Is there any way to update the metadata to remove the "title" lines?

    Thanks!

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    The only way to remove this text metadata is to re-encode them using (in your case) Handbrake. Try re-encoding one MP4 and then adding it into Mezzmo and getting FFmpeg information again to make sure it has been removed.

    Another possibility: Check if your Sony Blu-ray player has an option to turn off these chapter display marks. Press Settings or Options button on your Sony remote control and browse the various settings to see if you can turn them off.

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    I really appreciate all of your help, and the quick responses, as well! Unfortunately, there is no setting I can find on the Blu-Ray player that disables the chapter display marks. I don't know which is more odd in my opinion... That Handbrake throws them in there by default with the "Normal" preset, or that Sony thought it was a good idea to force display of those titles! (BTW, I just got Mezzmo up-and-running with my Roku 3 player on a separate TV, and sure enough... it doesn't display the chapter display marks, either!)

    Guess I'm off to re-encode those MKV files (fortunately, there are only 5 of them!)

    Thanks again!

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    OK - let us know if you come across any other problems and we'll try to help.

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    Maybe just running them through MKV Merge & removing all but the video & audio streams , plus any global items , might do the trick. Less than 30seconds per video probably.

    MKV Merge is part of the MKVToolnix suite (free btw)

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    FWIW ... I have the same problem. I use HandBrake to convert the video. When I tried playing with Mezzmo it displays the chapter info. But when I played the same file with TVersity it does not display the info. Seems to be more Mezzmo related than the player. FYI.

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    Hi,
    Handbrake may be encoding the chapter info as a subtitle stream, please try going to the properties of the file in Mezzmo and on the subtitles tab uncheck the box for the subtitle and this should prevent the chapter info appearing.

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