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September 18, 2024

Chapter markers not appearing in Marker Panel

  • September 18, 2024
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I have added several chapter markers to my timeline.

I would like to export them (that's what PP Help said to do) and use a 3rd party tool to add them as bookmarks to my MP4, so users can skip to relevant topics while watching the video. 

However... my Marker Panel is completely blank! I tried switching the type of marker, and the colors in the panel... it's still empty. What should I do?

6 replies

Participant
September 19, 2024
Hi Stan,

For the record: in my original project, I was able to successfully create markers that showed up in the Marker Panel by selecting a clip first. For whatever reason, timeline markers did NOT show up, but clip-level markers DID. So I'm in business!


Regards,



Sharon Ra’anan | Technical Content Creator

sraanan@opentext.com | https://www.cloudally.com<>

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Stan Jones
Community Expert
Community Expert
September 19, 2024

Sharon,

 

Interesting.

 

I would do this by starting PR without opening any projects, creating a new project, then in the Project Panel, right-click, import, and go to your previous project and select it.

 

A variety of methods may work. Or not.

 

For example, when I upgrade to a new version, I always reset preferences and clear the cache. (Hold Shift down when opening PR and pick the options.) And I create a new project without opening any old ones.

 

Or another possibility (that is already addressed by creating a new project) in your old project, turn OFF Windows -> Workspaces -> "Import workspace from Project" - to make sure a corrupt workspace is not brought in.

 

Stan

 

 

 

Participant
September 19, 2024
Hi Stan,

VERY helpful. Yes, in my test project, I see Markers - but in the clip, not on the timeline. As soon as I added my 2 test markers, boom, they appeared in the Markers panel! I successfully exported them to a csv file.

So... Either copy-paste my real project to a fresh one? Or reset preferences? I'll copy over to a test area, so I don't mess anything up. But thanks so much!


Regards,



Sharon Ra’anan | Technical Content Creator

sraanan@opentext.com | https://www.cloudally.com<>

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Stan Jones
Community Expert
Community Expert
September 19, 2024

How are you getting that "Search by marker keyword" window? I was just referring to the search item in the Marker panel.

 

In any event, the fact that Export -> Markers is greyed out points to something else. Even if nothing shows in the Marker because of a random search entry or selecting the wrong markers, it still has the option to export if there are markers in the Sequence.

 

I would first reset the Workspace or just try a different one.

 

If that does not work, create a test project/sequence.

1 Close all projects and close and reopen PR.

2 Create the new project on a local drive.

3 Don't add any files via the create project/import window.

4 Add one clip and create a new sequence from that using the new icon.

5 Add a marker and see if it is working correctly.

 

If that test works, create a new project and import the old project (all or select sequences).

 

If that does not work, I would then reset preferences. If you reset preferences without being prepared, you can lose customization. See this page to avoid those problems:
https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/using/reset-preferences.html

 

Stan

 

Participant
September 18, 2024

Stan Jones
Community Expert
Community Expert
September 18, 2024

That is odd. In my test Chapter markers do show.

 

First confirm that you have All Markers (or Sequence markers) selected in the 3 line menu.

 

Second, make sure you don't have a space or similar in the search box.

 

Third, click in the timeline, and File -> Export -> Markers and see if they export. They don't have to show to export.

 

Stan

 

Participant
September 18, 2024
Hi Stan,

Thanks for answering!

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All Markers is definitely selected.
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Nothing is in the search box at all. (I closed it and reopened it just in case: Window > Marker, right? )
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When I selected the sequence and tried File > Export, Markers were greyed out. It thinks I don't HAVE any markers. But why not?? I have a bunch of them showing up on the timeline. I created them like this:

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Why doesn't it think I have markers?

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Thanks,
Sharon Ra'anan