[mythtv-users] OT: Mac OSX Simple Cutting

[belcampo]

Jon Bishop wrote:
> So, I have the opening ceremonies for the olympics, but I failed to  
> remove the commercials before copying it to my powerbook g4 1.33. I  
> already transcoded the 21gb HD video down to a 3.5gb xvid recording,  
> so quicktime pro won't open it. I was wondering if the mac users out  
> there have a good suggestion for a cheap, simple program to use to cut  
> the commercials (which I have to go in and manually mark) out, and  
> possibly break this file into several smaller files, so I can place it  
> on CDs (yea, I know, just use a DVD... too bad my dvd burner is in  
> storage, and inaccessible for the time being)
> 
> I have Quicktime pro, Final Cut Studio, ffmpegX, MPEG Streamclip and  
> VisualHub. I don't have iMovie (though I have the install disk  
> somewhere, also in storage) installed, so other suggestions are  
> welcome. Otherwise I'll be converting it to a Quicktime compatible  
> format and using QT to cut it apart. I'd rather not do that. Thanks.
> 
> ~Jon
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I'm no OSX user, but ffmpeg runs on OSX and could be used something like 
this.
ffmpeg -ss starttime -t till -i source.??? -vcodec copy -acodec copy -f 
??? resulting.???