[mythtv-users] How to make a clip from a recording

[Jay Foster]

I have some HDHR recordings that I would like to make some short clips 
from.  I don't want to do any re-encoding, just clip a specified portion 
out.  I tried mencoder with -ss 01:43:00 -endpos 00:01:00 -oac copy -ovc 
copy, but can't get it to work.  After some experimenting, I think it is 
because mencoder can only seek by an amount that will fit in a 32-bit 
integer.  The file is 2 hours and 14GB in size.  mencoder will work if I 
keep the -ss value small enough, but the part I want is well past that.

Is there some other simple way to do this.  I would like to be able to 
specify the starting point of the clip (relative to the beginning of the 
program) and how long (or the end point).

Jay