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occasionally if there`s several things on TV at one I want to watch, I use a USB DVB-TV card to record show, which records as MPEG-2.

I`d like to use something quick and easy to just edit the files to remove bits I record before the program starts, after it ends, and remove the adverts. I`m not bothered about converting it to another format, I`ve briefly played with Super to do that, just want to do some very simple editting.

Any recommendations, for XP or Linux.

Cheers

Al

Windows movie maker. If it`s a format the editor can recognize and edit, job`s a good-un. Clipping bits out is the easiest part.

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Problem is that Movie Maker won`t handle MPEG2 unfortunately.

Some forms of VirtualDub might be able to handle it, so worth googling for that + MPEG2.
Since you can set start & end frames and simply output video & audio streams as they are (ie no re-coding).

Apart from that, not aware of any other free MPEG2 editing software.

"Build a man a fire, and he`ll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he`ll be warm for the rest of his life."
-Terry Pratchett.

Cheers guys, tried the XP one, it will edit the mpg, but you can only output to .wmv, I want to keep as mpg (or could convert to avi, but want to keep it quick) as the idea is (I forgot to mention this bit earlier) I then copy the editted file to a memory card, or burn it as a file to disc to watch on my standalone divx dvd player.

Virtualdub has come up in my google searches, and I remember tinkering with that years ago. Someone else has mentioned kinodv (Linux) which i think I played with before before, I`ll give that a go to.

Cheers
Al

Looks to be more hassle than it`s worth!

virtualdub I couldn`t get it to output to mpeg, could out put to something else but want it done quick and easy.

kinodv won`t import mpeg

avidemux (Linux) did the editing and saving well, but playback audio started to go out of sync.

Cinelerra (linux) - couldn`t get that to work

Pitivi (Linux) kept crashing

Kdenlive - crashed a few times, looked promising too :(

tried some demos of some other Windows thing but had sound sync issues

I always use a free programme called Mpeg2Schnitt which is a very basic editor which will cut out sections such as averts etc. Because it only cuts and reassembles the content and does not re-encode the operation is very fast. Might be worth a try.

That name rings a bell, maybe I downloaded it and then didn`t round to trying it. I`ll give it a go cheers

Al

WOMBLE






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This item was edited on Monday, 24th November 2008, 17:17

oh yeh, womble gets mentioned lots, like Super, completely forgot about that one, I`ll give that a go to, cheers
ah, it`s not free

This item was edited on Monday, 24th November 2008, 20:52

sorry.. forgot the free bit.


But womble is EXACTLY what you need. It`s so easy to use too.

£42 it`s a steal for what it can do.


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This item was edited on Monday, 24th November 2008, 21:12