# Any way to make a playlist of chapters in a video, like songs in an album?
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/any-way-to-make-a-playlist-of-chapters-in-a-video-like-songs-in-an-album/67388
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**Created:** [February 4, 2025, 4:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/any-way-to-make-a-playlist-of-chapters-in-a-video-like-songs-in-an-album/67388 "2025-02-04T16:15:07Z")
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### Author:  [@esumsea](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/esumsea)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2025, 4:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/any-way-to-make-a-playlist-of-chapters-in-a-video-like-songs-in-an-album/67388/1 "2025-02-04T16:15:07Z")
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)?
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2025, 4:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/any-way-to-make-a-playlist-of-chapters-in-a-video-like-songs-in-an-album/67388/2 "2025-02-04T16:43:17Z")
Are you looking for something that is visible in the video, like in [this YT](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdeYkT7DEJQ) example?
Unfortunately, I have no idea how these chapters are technically created and displayed as individual songs.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2025, 4:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/any-way-to-make-a-playlist-of-chapters-in-a-video-like-songs-in-an-album/67388/3 "2025-02-04T16:57:02Z")
Here is a thread about chapters in video files:
> [@Adding chapter markers to audio and video files](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-chapter-markers-to-audio-and-video-files/62009):
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> I'm currently researching how to embed chapter information inside audio and video files, so that they still work when playing a file standalone. Can a chapter index be written to the ID3 metadata?
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2025, 5:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/any-way-to-make-a-playlist-of-chapters-in-a-video-like-songs-in-an-album/67388/4 "2025-02-04T17:20:08Z")
The combination [MKVToolnix](https://mkvtoolnix.download/) 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](https://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=169984)
chapterEditor v1.45 (2024-10-20) in its Windows version looks like this:
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### Author:  [@esumsea](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/esumsea)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2025, 4:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/any-way-to-make-a-playlist-of-chapters-in-a-video-like-songs-in-an-album/67388/5 "2025-02-06T16:06:28Z")
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.