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drtj
11th November 2006, 02:01
Is there a way cut out commercials from a .ts file using DGIndex without having to deal with multiple segments and .D2V files and basically demux the video that I want and skip over commercials? I see that you can sort of mark in and mark out, but when I try to mark an area in, and then go to the next part of the video that I want to keep, the first cut points disappear.

I have tried using HDTV to MPEG, which gives me problems with audio and video sync later on down the road when making an Xvid .avi. If I don’t use this ap, then the sync problem goes away in the final Xvid .avi. Then I just use VDM to cut out the commercials.

Mpeg2Schnitt requires an .m2v file. The only way that I can get a working .m2v that will work with Mpeg2Schnitt is by demuxing my .ts file with ProjectX, which I’d rather not use because a) I can’t find a guide that explains that ap well. I have found the Doom9 guide to Project X, but it looks nothing like the version of Project X that I am using, even after I changed to the com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows.Windows. The version that I have is 0.90.4. The guide on Doom9 was lasted updated on May 6, 2004. I don’t know if it is old or what. B) I like using DGIndex anyway to demux my video and audio.

The whole purpose to cutting out commercials is to avoid having 15 minutes of video that I don’t need slowing down the already time expensive process of capture to final product of a beautiful Xvid .avi with 5.1 surround sound. Any thoughts? Any help would be so appreciated. Thanks in advance.

I really hope I am not stuck with having to encode that extra chunk of information only to cut it out later.

Pookie
11th November 2006, 03:13
http://www.videoredo.com/

That app will do it without effort, but it is $50. Still a great tool for the $

A free way is to do the following:

1)Run the TS file through MpegRepair http://users.adelphia.net/~mwilczyn/mpeg2repair/mpeg2repair.zip

This will eliminate the extra PIDs in the file, resulting in a TS file with only audio and video.

2) Cut out the commercials from the fixed file with Mpeg2Cut2 http://rapidshare.de/files/33520497/Mpg2Cut2_6917.zip

jmac698
11th November 2006, 03:18
mpg2cut2 http://www.geocities.com/rocketjet4/ is very fast and lets you cut without demuxing.
streamclip http://www.squared5.com/ is a very reliable .ts->mpg2 and also x264 encoder. It can demux reliably too.

Pookie
11th November 2006, 03:20
Oh yeah, StreamClip is a good one :)

Note, you'll need to install QuickTime Alternative to make StreamClip work with Mpeg2.

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/QuickTime_Alternative.htm

drtj
11th November 2006, 03:44
Thanks for the info. Your time and knowledge is much appreciated. I’ll try these out and see how it goes. I am hoping that I’ll be able to cut out commercials without ending up with audio / video sync issues.

Thanks again Pookie & jmac698.