[mythtv-users] Commercial cutting & DVD burning

Tue Mar 8 05:58:13 UTC 2005

How long does it take to cut the commercials say for a movie? I did 
exactly what you mentioned and avidemux2 did not exit after 11 hours. 
Don' t know what happened?

Praveen

Fa Yoeu wrote:

>I am using avidemux2 with nuvexport.  I am using it under X, but is is
>fully automatic.
>
>
>1.  In myth load up your cutlist.
>2.  then launch nuvexport.
>3.  choose mpeg2->mpeg2 (cutlist or commercial).
>4.  Watch it.. it should run then launch avidemux2.
>
>On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 16:05:27 -0800, Praveen Shenoy <pshenoy2 at comcast.net> wrote:
>  
>
>>Thanks to everybody for the replies. David, thx for the steps. A few
>>question though. I installed avidemux as you suggested and opned one of
>>my 30 minute clips. Maybe I missed something or didn't do it right. Here
>>is what I came across....
>>I also read some docs about cutting. The only way I could do was jump to
>>the next black frame or the keyframe and then having marked the point a
>>mark point b and cut it. But clicking on find next black frame, it kind
>>of was going thru the video at the same pace as it would play, maybe a
>>little faster but definitely did not finish in 5 mins. So, I am thinking
>>I am missing something. Are you using the cutlist when you start
>>avidemux? Can you give me some more info on cutting the clips once I
>>open it in avidemux?
>>
>>Thx a lot
>>Praveen
>>
>>David wrote:
>>
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>>>It's a doddle to do if you have a PVR350
>>>
>>>I have about 60+ DVDs of Farscape, Stargate, Buffy, Films etc etc
>>>All have proper DVD menus, no commercials, proper printed covers
>>>All done 100% in linux
>>>Mostly by my non-linuxy wife (who now enjoys linux and gimp)
>>>
>>>Basically:
>>>* record using DVD profile on PVRx50
>>>* move the nuv file to your editing space
>>>* use avidemux (2.36, not 2.38) to index and cut out commercials (5 mins)
>>>* optionally use avidemux to save screenshots (press 'j') (1 min - 20
>>>mins depending on fussiness)
>>>* save as mpeg (A+V) into show.VOB (5 mins)
>>>* use qdvdauthor to create menu (5 mins)
>>>* save as VIDEO_TS (10 mins)
>>>* burn to DVD (15 mins)
>>>* optionally use gimp to create cover (hours and hours if you get
>>>fancy!!)
>>>
>>>
>>>David
>>>
>>>
>>>John Williams wrote:
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>The answer to this is, you didn't find it in the archives because it
>>>>doesn't exist. The copy to Windows is about the best answer I'v run
>>>>across, and I agree too much work so I haven't done it. The next
>>>>answer you'll get is the devs don't burn shows so they won't code it
>>>>because they don't want it. You'll also get and this one rightly so If
>>>>it is too much trouble for you to copy to a windows box and burn then
>>>>it is way too much trouble for someone else to code this for you.
>>>>
>>>>I'm just repeating most of the things you'll hear based on old posts.
>>>>I'd like this to be easy, but it seems the editing is not an easy task
>>>>to keep sound in sync. The last few days have had a few good step by
>>>>steps, but they are still pretty drawn out. I'm waiting for a while to
>>>>get a DL burner until I have time to work on this particular problem
>>>>myself or someone else comes up with a good answer.
>>>>
>>>>Sorry, but I think you are out of luck,
>>>>John Williams
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>On Fri, 04 Mar 2005 14:19:42 -0800, Praveen Shenoy
>>>><pshenoy2 at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>>After spending a few hours digging thru the archives on this topic, I
>>>>>still didn't find any discussion that had concise steps to cutting
>>>>>commercials and burning dvd. I am sure people out there are doing this.
>>>>>I have a PVR-350 and I want to burn the movies I record to a dvd after
>>>>>cutting the commercials.  I don't want to lose any quality. I want the
>>>>>resulting mpeg after cutting the commercials to be still mpeg-2 and not
>>>>>mpeg-4. I can copy the file to windows and use pinnacle studio or
>>>>>something like that to dtect scenes and then edit out the commercials,
>>>>>but that is too much work and takes time. I don't much time to spare on
>>>>>this given that we have a 1 year old who keeps us busy and then work
>>>>>too. I would appreciate if anybody out there is already doing this and
>>>>>share a mini-howto of cutting commercials out of the mpeg2 files output
>>>>>by the pvr-350 and then burning them to a dvd.
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks in advance
>>>>>Praveen
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