[mythtv-users] MPEG-2 GOP editing

[Joseph A. Caputo]

I know someone on the list has been looking for a way to edit the 
commercials out of their PVR-x50 recordings without reencoding, and 
still end up with a compliant stream for burning onto DVD/CVD.  Just 
saw this on Freshmeat this morning:

http://freshmeat.net/redir/lve/44195/url_homepage/gmo18t

>From the Freshmeat description:

	About:
	LVE provides frame and GOP accurate editing of MPEG1/2 elementary 
	("ES") and program streams ("PS"), including VOB format. The cutting 
	engine is based on a frame server (demuxer), which guarantees exact and 
	fast seeking to every frame. The GUI is based on libSDL. Video scenes 
	are handled as thumbnails movable by drag and drop. Final videos can be 
	build with or without re-encoding. Tools for shrinking and DVD 
	authoring are also available. 

	Release focus: Major feature enhancements 

	Changes:
	While producing the final edited video, the output can be written as a 
	multiplexed MPEG stream directly. The result will be accurate to use as 
	input for creating a video DVD filesystem.


Don't know if it really works; I'm just the messenger :-)

-JAC