[mythtv-users] mythtranscode: honorcutlist on a non-recording

[Brian Wood]

On Sunday 03 May 2009 12:18:08 UB40D wrote:
> I have a number of historical dvb-t recordings made on a non-mythtv
> box that I'd like to edit (chop head and tail, remove commercials etc)
> using myth because its editor is so much better.

I'm curious what you mean by "better".

There are a lot of options for editing video under Linux, ranging from 
simplistic solutions like gopchop to the full-blown Cinelerra. In between you 
have avidemux to the Open Movie Editor, with perhaps a dozen in between.

So I wonder what it is that makes the Myth editor "better" in your opinion.

Clearly the Myth editor is not suited to creating a feature film, but rather 
to cutting portions of an already created product. Inserting outside clips 
into a Myth recording is another matter, and not really what the Myth editor 
was designed to do.

Normally I'd assume you consider it "better" because if its integration into 
Myth, but since you are dealing with outside videos, this is probably not the 
case.

As I said, I'm just curious. What makes an editor "better"? Ease of use? 

BTW - just thought I'd mention that the "cut list" referred to a lot on this 
list is more commonly called an EDL (Edit Decision List) in the world of 
professional editing. It can contain many things besides "cuts", and the use 
of that term shows what the Myth editor was originally intended to do.

I agree that the Myth editor is great for just cleaning up commercials and 
pre/post stuff you don't want, but it will never be a replacement for Final 
Cut Pro.

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