[mythtv-users] using mythtranscode to keep commercials?

[Graham Stead]

Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 06/23/2008 02:11 PM, Marc Sherman wrote:
>   
>> Graham Stead wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>> Sorry if this was not clear. My hope was to transcode the recording in 
>>> such a way that only the commercials are left. I.e., if commercials were 
>>> 20% of the original recording, then the final transcoded recording would 
>>> be ~20% of the original size.
>>>
>>> Hope this makes more sense now.
>>>       
>> This thread comes up every February. Not many football fans on this list. :)
>>     
>
> If you're talking about one-time usage (i.e. for the bowl game whose 
> name I'm not licensed to use), it's easy--actually, it's ezi.
>
> Just start watching the recording and hit e (to edit), z (to import the 
> flag list), and i (to invert the cut list).
>
> Then, you can fine tune and hit x (might need to escape first to go back 
> to playback) to transcode and remove the program.
>
>
> _______________________________________________Mike
>   
This works great! I was not aware of the 'i' option to invert the cut 
list. As you say, the process requires manual intervention to 
accomplish, but at least it's possible. Now if I could only forge an 
automated version...

best regards,
-Graham