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From: Florian Philipp <lists@××××××××××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Splitting .mov files
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 22:33:42
Message-Id: 1209249160.7510.32.camel@NOTE_GENTOO64.PHHEIMNETZ
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Splitting .mov files by luis jure
1 On Sat, 2008-04-26 at 18:43 -0300, luis jure wrote:
2 > El Sat, 26 Apr 2008 22:06:52 +0200
3 > Florian Philipp <lists@f_philipp.fastmail.net> escribió:
4 >
5 > >
6 > > mencoder -vf harddup -ovc copy -oac copy -of lavf -lavfopts format=mov
7 > > -ss 1:30 -endpos 3:00 -o output.mov input.mov
8 > >
9 > > explanation:
10 > [...]
11 > > -ss 1:30 -> skip the first 1 min + 30 sec
12 > > -endpos 3:00 -> end input at position 3:00 min of the original film
13 > > -o output.mov -> write to output.mov
14 > >
15 > > This command should result in a file containing a total of
16 > > 3:00-1:30=1:30 min of film [...]
17 >
18 > i think this is not entirely correct. according to the manual,
19 > "When used in conjunction with −ss option, −endpos time will shift
20 > forward by seconds specified with −ss."
21 >
22 > that means that if you want 90 seconds of film, you must use -endpos 90
23 > or -endpos 1:30, independently from the time given in -ss. see the
24 > example from the man page:
25 >
26 > EXAMPLE:
27 > −endpos 56
28 > Stop at 56 seconds.
29 > −endpos 01:10:00
30 > Stop at 1 hour 10 minutes.
31 > −ss 10 −endpos 56
32 > Stop at 1 minute 6 seconds.
33 > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
34 >
35 > best,
36 >
37 > lj
38
39 Thanks for the hint. Unfortunately, my method doesn't work anyway (I've
40 found a file on which I could test it).The video gets some really ugly
41 artifacts and seems to be damaged. Of course, your millage might vary if
42 you use another encoding than me.

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