[mythtvnz] Editing/cutting

Robert Fisher robert at fisher.net.nz
Mon Aug 4 22:56:17 BST 2014


I was going to suggest Openshot too. If I can use it anyone can.

Robert Fisher
On 5 Aug 2014 07:51, "Duncan Kennington" <duncan.kennington at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On 4 August 2014 21:27, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I want to cut and re-encode some TV recordings from DVB-T Freeview.
>>
>> Last time I did this was with DVB-S Freeview and I used DVBcut
>> followed by avidemux.
>>
>> Now DVBcut does not handle h.264 and if I import the recordings direct
>> into avidemux the following happens:
>>
>> 1. avidemux will not allow me to 'scrub' through the file with the
>> slider to find the cut points, and
>>
>> 2. Even when I manage to get some cut points and re-encode, the audio
>> is out of sync.
>>
>> Tips?
>>
>
> I haven't tried any of the advice I am about to impart, but in
> *theory*.... :-)
>
> Myth has (had?) an inbuilt editor in the Internal player.  It's documented
> here http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Editing_Recordings
>
> If you transcode a recording with a cutlist it trims the cut parts out.
>  This definitely worked well on MPG recordings, so have a go at that.  I
> haven't tried it with h264 but it might work?
>
> Another option is OpenShot, reviewed here
> http://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/642577-making-movies-in-linux-with-openshot-
>  It's a proper NLE, so far more advanced than avidemux but supports h264
> http://www.openshotvideo.com/2009/07/avchd-h264-aac-and-mts-supported.html
>
> Hopefully one or the other will work for you!
>
> Cheers,
> Duncan
>
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