mpeg splitting...

[Kanati]

I'm looking for something to split and join mpeg2 files (specifically sage files of course) without re-encoding them. I just want to remove commercials without having to sit through a lengthy re-encode. Just snip,snip,snip... ok... no more commercials. Spit the file out without them.

Ideas?


Kanati

[Ryokurin]

Most people here will recommend videoredo. http://www.videoredo.com/ it does exactly what you want. They have a beta now that has automatic commercial detection and chapters. Good stuff.

[Kanati]

That appears to be just the tool I was looking for. Just bought it. Thanks.

[boomstick]

Anyone know of good mpeg splitting software for MAC OS X?

[domc]

I don't think there is a software out there that is FAST in doing this. I use video redo and it still takes a good 30-40 minutes I think to do a 1hr show(depending on speed of machine). I think it's one of the fastest out there though and I'm satisfied with it totally.

[davephan]

Originally Posted by domc

I don't think there is a software out there that is FAST in doing this. I use video redo and it still takes a good 30-40 minutes I think to do a 1hr show(depending on speed of machine). I think it's one of the fastest out there though and I'm satisfied with it totally.

I bought VideoReDo about a year ago. I can edit and process a one hour show in about 10 - 15. The program is much quicker and more precise than my other editing program TMPGEnc DVD Author 1.6. VideoReDo version upgrades are free.

The downside to VideoReDo is that there isn't DVD burning software incorporated into the GUI. There is a way to burn DVDs that is mentioned in the VideoReDo forum.

VideoReDo for the editing, and TMPGEnc DVD Author 1.6.


Dave

[broderp]

VRD,,,

After doing it's thing, does SAGETV still recognize and play the file?

Is there an 'automatic mode' where it does it's thing in the back ground while the PC is idle? This would take comercial skip one better for me. I don't have a mouse or keyboard hooked thru my HTPC, so automation would be great!

The fact that it takes 10-30 minutes to do it's thing, is it not re-encoding, and what the original poster was trying to avoid? Or is the time frame a key issue here? I use PINNACLE STUDIO and it takes about 45 minutes to compile and burn a 1HR DVD.

[BobPhoenix]

Originally Posted by broderp

VRD,,,

After doing it's thing, does SAGETV still recognize and play the file?

Yes if you save to a format that Sage recognizes. So don't save to MCE2005 format DVR-MS format but regular MPG for sure will.

Is there an 'automatic mode' where it does it's thing in the back ground while the PC is idle? This would take comercial skip one better for me. I don't have a mouse or keyboard hooked thru my HTPC, so automation would be great!

Don't think so but alon24 has a utility function STVi that will launch it on a selection I believe.

The fact that it takes 10-30 minutes to do it's thing, is it not re-encoding, and what the original poster was trying to avoid? Or is the time frame a key issue here? I use PINNACLE STUDIO and it takes about 45 minutes to compile and burn a 1HR DVD.

DVD's I thought required the format to be SDTV format (480i/p) so if you have HD source(720p, 1080i/p) then PINNACLE STUDIO is reencoding them too - but that is just a guess. As to speed I get my SDTV files completed in VideoReDo in 5 minutes or less on average. Of course it then takes how ever long the DVD software authoring program takes to burn it so that could make total time > 45 minutes I guess. Or am I misunderstanding this?

BobP.

[broderp]

You are correct about DVD and pinnacle Studio. I use it to archive SDTV tv shows from discovery that are of interest (to get them off the HD). The 45 minutes I was refereing to included all the steps pinnacle does (encoding, rendering) the video and buring the product to a DVD. It does not include my manually editing out the commercials, which can add another painful 30-50 minutes to the 1 hour show being copied!

I'm really looking for an alternative comskip application, and video redo may fit the bill if I can use it within SAGETV itselve via a menu command or some other form of automatic mode where all recordings are gone thru during idle time (while I'm at work).

The key is the end result has to recognosiable by sage, as in being listed in the RECORDED SHOWS selection. I had a STV from V2.x that worked REALLY well, but I'm not a programmer and can't figure out how to incorporatew it into v6.