[mythtv-users] Save clips

[David Schmidt]

On 10/9/07, Craig Treleaven <ctreleaven at cogeco.ca> wrote:
> Hi:
>
> My wife and I watch some how-to shows (cooking, woodworking) and
> sometimes we would like to save parts of the show.  I think I see how
> to use transcode to set markers so that everything but the one bit of
> interest is deleted.
>
> What do I do if I want to save two or three bits out of one show;
> each into their own file?  I suspect the answer is to use an external
> app to edit the video file but it would be nice if there was a
> built-in way to do this with Myth.
>
> Craig
> _______________________________________________

I haven't bothered doing it to separate files, since the cooking shows
I watch the recipes are usually intertwined, anyway, but what I do is:

- Mark portions you *don't* want with cut marks, like Gary said.
- Select "transcode."
- Wait a bit for the transcode to complete.
- Note the date, time and channel of the program.
- On a command line, move (or copy) the file from your TV storage
directory (the name will contain the data/time/channel) to your videos
directory, giving it a more obvious name.
- Go into Video Setup to re-scan for videos files.

Good luck!!