I am reposting this feature request because it was previously mistaken as a duplicate audiobook request and closed. This is not an audiobook support request.
I would like chapter and metadata support for mka files. I think this should be fairly easy to accomplish since this is already supported in mkv files, which are very similar.
Just FYI, not certain that its the same, but support for m4a is kind-of there. I can’t speak for mka, but m4a is the same as mp4, there is no difference in file structure, its just the name. (saw your other thread saying you were converting your m4a to mka)
In PMP I can use the keyboard shortcut to skip chapters in a movie library. If I rename my audiobooks as an mp4 (no conversion necessary) and add them to a movie library I get the same chapter access all other movies get.
What I’m saying is they are probably already “supported” just not exposed to control.
So the feature you are asking for is the UI to control m4a/mka chapters in a specific player(s).
@Nathan005 said:
Just FYI, not certain that its the same, but support for m4a is kind-of there. I can’t speak for mka, but m4a is the same as mp4, there is no difference in file structure, its just the name. (saw your other thread saying you were converting your m4a to mka)In PMP I can use the keyboard shortcut to skip chapters in a movie library. If I rename my audiobooks as an mp4 (no conversion necessary) and add them to a movie library I get the same chapter access all other movies get.
What I’m saying is they are probably already “supported” just not exposed to control.
So the feature you are asking for is the UI to control m4a/mka chapters in a specific player(s).
Thanks for the info. I had previously read about people using mp4 for this sort of thing. When I tried that I had issues with album art, etc. My main use case for this was on my phone, which doesn’t benefit from keyboard shortcuts (that I’m aware of). I believe I tried m4a on my Nvidia shield, which usually does chapters, and they weren’t present. I hear what you’re saying that it’s probably possible with mp4, it just requires more file manipulations than I would like for an active library.
Early 2021 clean-up:
