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

[belcampo]

Jay Foster wrote:
> 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).
> 
> Jay
> 
> 
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tsMuxeR/tsMuxerGUI has a 'Split & cut' function which will do it for you 
without recoding.