Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Simple video editing

[Neil Bothwick]

On 6 February 2016 12:32:54 GMT+00:00, Meino.Cramer@×××.de wrote:
> Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> [16-02-06 13:12]:
> > I'm looking for a simple video editor to remove commercials from
> recorded
> > videos (MP4 format). I don't need fancy effects and I would prefer
> not to
> > transcode the video, just drop the bits I don't need. MythTV does
> this
> > very nicely with MPEG-1 videos, does anyone have any recommendations
> for
> > newer formats?
> >
> > Note: I have used eix before, I'm looking for recommendations not
> search
> > results.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Neil Bothwick
> >
> > I doubt therefore I might be.
>
>
> Hi Neil,
>
> exactly for the same purpose I use avidemux:
> media-libs/avidemux-core
> media-libs/avidemux-plugins
> media-video/avidemux
>
> Before doing something serious with it, make a copy
> of any video you have and figure out, where the 'A'
> and 'B' marks start and end...its annoying to have
> one GOP of a commercial left in the middle of an action
> scene... ;)
>
> Last thing:
> You need to cut this way:
>
> The stream:
> Start of the GOP...delta image...delta image...delta image...delta
> image
> Start of the next GOP...delta image...delta image...delta
> image...delta image
>
> You can put the 'A' mark anyway between the start of the GOP and the
> end of the GOP. BUT you need to put the 'B' mark exactly at the start
> of the next GOP.
> By switching between the 'A' mark and the 'B' mark before cutting, you
> can see whether the images will fit together...
>
> Sometime you have to move the 'A' mark a delta image forth or back...
>
> Often a couple of GOPS are repeated after the commercial has ended.
>
> Good luck!
> Best regards,
> Meino

Thanks Meino, and everyone else who suggested avidemux. I've used that before but forgot all about it. It seems to do the job nicely. 
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