Any way to make a playlist of chapters in a video, like songs in an album?

I have searched but cannot find a way to do the following: I have a bunch of music video files or concert movies that have a collection of songs. I was thinking of adding chapters to those that designating the beginning of each song or feature in the file. I would like to then make a playlist or randomly shuffle through these chapters so that these snippets of videos would play like songs, sort of like a MTV playback.

Is this possible without dividing the video file into each song (which would be so laborious it is impossible)?

Are you looking for something that is visible in the video, like in this YT example?


Unfortunately, I have no idea how these chapters are technically created and displayed as individual songs.

Here is a thread about chapters in video files:

The combination MKVToolnix and video files in Matroska MKV format supports chapters.

In VLC such added/modified chapters would look like this:

In the GUI for mkvtoolnix the chapter manipulation looks like this:

On the commandline you can also use external chapter files - for example in XML format:

Or if you prefer a standalone chapter creating tool, you could try:
chapterEditor

chapterEditor v1.45 (2024-10-20) in its Windows version looks like this:

Thanks for the suggestions. I have a grasp of how to create chapters, I am now trying to figure out if there is a player that will play only specific chapters or a random selection of chapters. I am also trying how to make a playlist of vido chapters. I will lock at ohrenkino's suggested thread for more clues.