Re: Editing video to remove commercials (was: Why we can't record...)

[Ed Robbins]

Tom Buskey wrote:


On 3/26/07, *Ben Scott* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> wrote:


On 3/26/07, Bob King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>   Why not just do a one-time batch tivodecode of the .tivo files to
>> .mpeg files?  That's what I did.
>
> Anyone recommend a good mpeg editor once you have them converted
so I can
> take out the $#^%# commercials?

  I don't have any experience with this myself (yet), but I am told
MythTV can do post-processing on recordings to automatically mark
commercials, and skip them during playback.  So if you can get those
recordings into MythTV, you should be in good shape.


Hmmm..   Anyone know if this will work on existing mpeg files?  
Without the rest of MythTV?


Check out avidemux.  You can have it scan the mpeg file for black frames 
(commercials), then edit them out.  I currently do it by hand but it's 
supposed to be highly scriptable.  One suggestion...  If you edit by 
hand, start from the end and work your way forward, otherwise the frame 
numbers it determines for black will not align correctly.


Ed
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Re: Editing video to remove commercials (was: Why we can't record...)

[Tom Buskey]

On 3/26/07, Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


On 3/26/07, Bob King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>   Why not just do a one-time batch tivodecode of the .tivo files to
>> .mpeg files?  That's what I did.
>
> Anyone recommend a good mpeg editor once you have them converted so I
can
> take out the $#^%# commercials?

  I don't have any experience with this myself (yet), but I am told
MythTV can do post-processing on recordings to automatically mark
commercials, and skip them during playback.  So if you can get those
recordings into MythTV, you should be in good shape.



Hmmm..   Anyone know if this will work on existing mpeg files?  Without the
rest of MythTV?
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Editing video to remove commercials (was: Why we can't record...)

[Ben Scott]

On 3/26/07, Bob King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

  Why not just do a one-time batch tivodecode of the .tivo files to
.mpeg files?  That's what I did.


Anyone recommend a good mpeg editor once you have them converted so I can
take out the $#^%# commercials?


 I don't have any experience with this myself (yet), but I am told
MythTV can do post-processing on recordings to automatically mark
commercials, and skip them during playback.  So if you can get those
recordings into MythTV, you should be in good shape.

 (In response to off-list concerns: It's completely legal to record
programs yourself, if you're just going to watch them yourself.  That
falls under "fair use".  You can also edit said recordings however you
like.  So it's not illegal to edit out commercials -- much to the
displeasure of the TV industry, I'm sure.  So this is fair game for
discussion.)

-- Ben
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