tp files - editing then welding . . . . ??

[poisson]

I'm using a Dvico Fusion HDTV card.

Until I get my head around the whole encoding thing, I'm happy watching the tp files (transport streams) mainly because with the little (obviously unskilled) encoding I've tried, I'm dropping too much quality but . . .
I'm wondering how, when I've recorded say, a 60 minute TV program and I have one long (rather large) file. I then cut out all the ads and find my one long file is now a bunch of shorter files.

How can I rejoin those smaller files so that I may watch the whole program ad-free and non-stop

OR . .

Is there a program I can queue up the smaller files in that will play them (smoothishly) back to back?

ALSO . . .

Is there a way I can strip away the sub-streams I DON'T want, (or is that what converting to Native Mpeg does?) with the intent of reducing the file size or would that make little difference? . . . .

Thanx!!

[GaveUp]

Ripping out the subs probably wouldn't save that much space in the grand scheme of thinks but if you want to give it a shot NullPacketStripper is that app that'll accomplish the task. For compining multiple TS files you can just "copy /b file1.ts + file2.ts combined.ts"

[SeeMoreDigital]

I'm wondering how, when I've recorded say, a 60 minute TV program and I have one long (rather large) file. I then cut out all the ads and find my one long file is now a bunch of shorter files.If your smaller streams are .TS files you could try joining them together using "HDTV to MPEG2" or "DGIndex"

If they are .MPG files, try DGIndex...


Cheers

[Pookie]

An easy way (but not free) is to cut, edit, save as 1 file in VideoRedo. $50US, but a real timesaver.

[poisson]

Actually . . . . I pulled the finger out a little and tried it using Dvico's own (software) suggestions. It was dead easy. Perhaps a little rough at the seems but given all the cuts were done at ad breaks, and that one then gets to watch the whole TV program "unbroken", the end result is worthwhile.

However, all suggestions and programs noted AND appreciated!

[frednerk]

I've a DVICO too, and am told 2 programs are quite useful and very very reliable on SD digital captures in particular (or even HD captures if you also want to post-process in some other way too):

1. first PVAStrumento 2.1.0.15 - I've found this recommended all over the place... fixing dud streams, demuxing multiple embedded audio, auto re-syncing streams, detecting/fixing scrambled packets, etc... it outputs mpv,ac3,mp2 files... (remember to rename the .TP into a .TS before running PVAStrumento or it won't work properly) http://www.offeryn.de/dv.htm

2. then mpeg2schnitt 0.8 to define/cut out the bits you don't want from the files produced by PVAStrumento... it can output consolidated mpv,ac3,mp2 files (ie not a snippet for each cut) ... http://world.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=de_en&trurl=http://www.mdienert.de/mpeg2schnitt/

3. if you want, then use the MUXer of your choice to recombine the mpv and audio into an mpg

What you do with the DVD-compatible mpv,ac3,mp2 from 1&2 (if an SD capture) or the mpg from 3, afterward, is up to you :)

Cheers mate