Generating Chapters for YouTube and Spotify via Markers

If you intend to upload your audio material to YouTube or Spotify, you can divide it into chapters so that your audience can select and play particular parts of the content.

Based on marker pairs, WaveLab can generate a text file that is compatible with YouTube and Spotify and that indicates the chapters in your audio material.

Procedure

  1. To define the chapters, set and name a minimum of three marker pairs in your active audio file or audio montage.
    Note

    • The minimum length for a chapter is ten seconds.

    • A marker is required at the very beginning of your audio material. If no marker is available, WaveLab automatically creates a chapter called “Introduction”.

  2. Open the Markers window by selecting Tool Windows > Markers. From the Functions menu, choose Generate Chapters .

    The Chapter Generator dialog opens.

  3. Make the desired adjustments in the Chapter Generator dialog, and click OK.

Result

A text file is created, which lists the chapters of your audio material.

Example

Text file listing the chapters:

Important

  • If the text file does not list your chapters as intended, verify the following:

    • You have assigned a name to each marker pair that defines a chapter.

      WaveLab ignores unnamed marker pairs and does not include them in the text file.

    • The name of every marker pair starts with a letter.

      WaveLab ignores marker pairs whose names start with a digit and does not include them in the text file.

    • You have not used any region end markers to define the chapters.

      WaveLab does not recognize region end markers as chapter identifiers and does not include them in the text file.