[mythtv-users] [OT] ProjectX user guide

[Steve Adeff]

On Tuesday 22 November 2005 14:03, Milo wrote:
> On 11/22/05, Steve Adeff <adeffs at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Tuesday 22 November 2005 13:45, Milo wrote:
> > > [ warning: newbie speak ]
> > >
> > > Is there a command line tool available for slicing and dicing MPEG2-TS
> > > according to time without re-encoding?
> > >
> > > I tried using mpgtx at first but found it has timing issues with
> > > MPEG2-TS.  Then i poked around and have only been able to come up with
> > > projectx.  Is there not another command line tool for linux generally
> > > available?  ... is everyone just waiting for mpgtx next release or
> > > something else?
> > >
> > > Thanks for your input!
> > >
> > > --
> > > Milan Andric
> > > using hauppauge 250
> > >
> > > On 11/22/05, Andrew Close <aclose at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > On 11/22/05, Steve Adeff <adeffs at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > On Tuesday 22 November 2005 09:35, Nick Craig-Wood wrote:
> > > > > > On Sun, Nov 20, 2005 at 12:36:48PM -0500, Steve Adeff wrote:
> > > > > > > Once you have these set the next area of concern is the video
> > > > > > > display area. Underneath are some arrows (I don't have the
> > > > > > > program in front of me now, so I'm going by memory). The inner
> > > > > > > two are for moving one GOP frame at a time (the smallest jump
> > > > > > > you can make in an mpeg without transcoding), then next one is
> > > > > > > for a slightly larger jump, and then again a slighter larger
> > > > > > > jump, the furthest out ones are for jumping between cutpoint
> > > > > > > points.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'll just add that there are keyboard shortcuts for moving round
> > > > > > the edit window.  The cut window uses ->, SHIFT ->, CTRL -> and
> > > > > > ALT -> for skipping 1 frame, few seconds, ~ 15s, ~1 m - exactly
> > > > > > what you need for cutting commercials! (I had to read the source
> > > > > > code to discover this though ;-)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > p, n jump previous and next cutpoint
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Home, End go to start end of video.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Cutpoints. Next to the arrows for jumping around in videos are
> > > > > > > a + and - for adding and removing cutpoints. Adding two
> > > > > > > cutpoints will turn the area in between green, any green area
> > > > > > > area will be processed and output. Multiple Green areas will be
> > > > > > > output in one final output file. The right side along the video
> > > > > > > has two tabs, one shows the cutpoint images and IIRC the other
> > > > > > > tab shows a list of the cutpoints. Here you can also save your
> > > > > > > cutpoints to a file for later use (or like if you realize you
> > > > > > > screwed up, instead of redoing all the cutpoints you can load
> > > > > > > the file and easily make changes).
> > > > > >
> > > > > > My edit sessions go like this (all done with the keyboard), to
> > > > > > add one cut point.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > ALT ->, ALT ->, ALT ->, ..., CTRL <-, CTRL <-, CTRL <-, ...,
> > > > > > SHIFT ->, SHIFT ->, SHIFT ->, ..., <-, <-, <- , ..., <-, ->, a
> > > > >
> > > > > awesome! I was wondering if there were shortcut keys for that! I
> > > > > assume "a" adds a cutpoint?
> > > > >
> > > > > Is there a way to have myth rescan a file after commercial cutting?
> > > > > If I could rename the original, cut commercials, save the output
> > > > > file as the original name and have Myth rescan the new mpeg I'd be
> > > > > a happy camper.
> > > >
> > > > you could dump the new output in the /myth/video directory and then
> > > > in mythfrontend utilities go into your video manager and it should be
> > > > rescanned.
> >
> > project X is PERFECT for what your looking for. It is *meticulous* in
> > keeping video and audio output time synced. As well it runs wonderfuly
> > from CLI (at least it does on my system).
> >
> > Steve
>
> I didn't know that you could run it and give it options to execute on
> command line.  I don't think there's anyway around the GUI?
>
> (apologies about top posting.)
>
> Milan

yea, do a --help and you should get a list of *most* of the CLI options. I've 
found out there are more, but you either need to look at the source to find 
them or ask on their forum at 
http://forum.dvbtechnics.info/forumdisplay.php?f=16
its german, but they do english.

-- 
have fun!
Steve