[mythtv-users] How to make a clip from a recording

[Bobby Gill]

>
> I have some HDHR recordings that I would like to make some short clips
> from.  I don't want to do any re-encoding, just clip a specified portion
> out.  I tried mencoder with -ss 01:43:00 -endpos 00:01:00 -oac copy -ovc
> copy, but can't get it to work.  After some experimenting, I think it is
> because mencoder can only seek by an amount that will fit in a 32-bit
> integer.  The file is 2 hours and 14GB in size.  mencoder will work if I
> keep the -ss value small enough, but the part I want is well past that.
>
> Is there some other simple way to do this.  I would like to be able to
> specify the starting point of the clip (relative to the beginning of the
> program) and how long (or the end point).
>

Dunno if it's as "simple" as you may want, necessarily, but I do this fairly
regularly with avidemux. I don't know of any means to do up clips in the
myth editor...

Bob
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