[mythtv-users] cutlist

[Osma Ahvenlampi]

On Sun, 2006-01-29 at 22:55 -0500, Claude Gélinas agr. wrote:
> Ok I've added some setup for unused button in the .lircrc file to get
> the function I needed to edit the cutlist. As I understand, the cut
> position are inside the .nuv file produced by myth.

No, they're in the database, and MythTV will take that in while using
the video file - ie during playback or transcoding.

> When I edit the cut list to cut the stuff recorded before and after the
> program I needed to record I can see that the commercial are already
> gone. are they removed during recording and is there a way to keep them
> to check the accuracy of myth on flagging commercial and is needed to
> fine tune the cutting.

You haven't actually removed anything before the file is transcoded.
Just try wiping the cutlist to see this (go to edit mode and hit c, I
think - that'll clear it and let you start over).