[mythtv-users] Cutlist to ProjectX format?

[Jonathan Markevich]

> There was a lot of talk about using ProjectX a while back, and I am
> pleased with the way it is working.  THe only thing missing, is to get
> it to use the Myth cutlists.  I guess the basis is that I don't
> understand what units the cutlists are stored in...


I tried it as I posted before, and I got a pristine file of just
commercials! :)

I found one thing to make the issue better... I changed the sed syntax
to this:

sed -e "s/\\\n/\n/g; s/ - /\n/g; s/^0\n//g" cutlist.txt > cutlist2.txt

This does 3 things: remove the "\n"s, the dashes between the cut points,
and the first "0" entry.  This seems to flop the cutlist successfully,
provided I have a "0" at the first (a cutpoint at any point that deletes
all the way back to the beginning).  This is a fair expectation for me,
as I tend to start the recording a few seconds early, and want to
dispose of the satellite provider's OSD anyway.

Again, if anyone else is using ProjectX, with cutlists or not, speak
up.  I can see how this might be a good drop-in update to the flakey
MythBurn engine... but will probably need some help, at least people
with some know-how...!