I've seen no reports of this or anything in recent change logs but I just tested BD Ripper and was happily surprised that when converting to mkv.h264.audiocopy that the chapter marks are being retained.
I tested the mkv with VLC and a WDTV player (1st gen) and both recognize the chapter marks
General
Complete name : A:\My Movies\Jonah Hex\Jonah Hex.mkv
Format : Matroska
File size : 1.49 GiB
Duration : 1h 21mn
Overall bit rate : 2 611 Kbps
Movie name : JONAH_HEX.Title100.BlurayRip
Encoded date : UTC 2010-10-16 22:22:00
Writing application : DVDFab
Writing library : libebml v0.7.8 + libmatroska v0.8.1
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L5.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 1 frame
Muxing mode : Container profile=Unknown@5.1
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 1h 21mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 1 049 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 1 650 Kbps
Width : 704 pixels
Height : 294 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.35:1
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.211
Stream size : 612 MiB (40%)
Audio
ID : 2
Format : DTS
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Codec ID : A_DTS
Duration : 1h 21mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 1 510 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 24 bits
Stream size : 880 MiB (58%)
Menu
00:00:00.000 : en01)00:00:00:000
00:10:24.832 : en02)00:10:24:832
00:21:43.385 : en03)00:21:43:385
00:31:52.702 : en04)00:31:52:702
00:40:15.079 : en05)00:40:15:079
00:50:28.442 : en06)00:50:28:442
01:01:28.267 : en07)01:01:28:267
01:11:08.264 : en08)01:11:08:264
01:21:27.883 : en09)01:21:27:883
I checked a converted mkv made by DVD Ripper and this hasn't been implemented yet but hopefully soon. Thanks Team Fab!!!
I tested the mkv with VLC and a WDTV player (1st gen) and both recognize the chapter marks
General
Complete name : A:\My Movies\Jonah Hex\Jonah Hex.mkv
Format : Matroska
File size : 1.49 GiB
Duration : 1h 21mn
Overall bit rate : 2 611 Kbps
Movie name : JONAH_HEX.Title100.BlurayRip
Encoded date : UTC 2010-10-16 22:22:00
Writing application : DVDFab
Writing library : libebml v0.7.8 + libmatroska v0.8.1
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L5.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 1 frame
Muxing mode : Container profile=Unknown@5.1
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 1h 21mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 1 049 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 1 650 Kbps
Width : 704 pixels
Height : 294 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.35:1
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.211
Stream size : 612 MiB (40%)
Audio
ID : 2
Format : DTS
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Codec ID : A_DTS
Duration : 1h 21mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 1 510 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 24 bits
Stream size : 880 MiB (58%)
Menu
00:00:00.000 : en01)00:00:00:000
00:10:24.832 : en02)00:10:24:832
00:21:43.385 : en03)00:21:43:385
00:31:52.702 : en04)00:31:52:702
00:40:15.079 : en05)00:40:15:079
00:50:28.442 : en06)00:50:28:442
01:01:28.267 : en07)01:01:28:267
01:11:08.264 : en08)01:11:08:264
01:21:27.883 : en09)01:21:27:883
I checked a converted mkv made by DVD Ripper and this hasn't been implemented yet but hopefully soon. Thanks Team Fab!!!