Good Way to Remove a Small Number of Frames?

[TheRiddler]

I apologize for what is likely a simple question, but I cannot find a solution. Maybe I searched for the wrong terms?

I have some TV shows recorded from divx and in a couple of cases not all of a commercial was removed. In one particular case, it's about 150 frames, just a couple of seconds. In VirtualDub I can easily mark this segment and delete, but when it is saved the frames are still in there. I think maybe because there no key frames in this segment?

I did successfully split the video into 2 pieces, one runs up to the commercial and the other starts at the commercial. The thought was maybe it's easier to trim a little from the beginning of a video instead of the middle, then I'd join the pieces I want. No luck there, either.

I've even tried a couple different "splitters" but no luck in those. Maybe I'm not using them correctly.

I did see on this forum how to make every frame a keyframe, but I would prefer to not increase the file size.

I appreciate your patience, and appreciate any guidance anyone can give me in this task.

[setarip_old]

Hi!

VirtualDub 1.7.6 (and newer) provide "Smart Rendering" capability (from the "Video" dropdown menu), which allows you to cut at other-than-a-keyframe> This is a quote from the dropdown "Help" menu:Smart rendering re-encodes the affected frames instead. The result is that, in exchange for a little degredation in those three frames, the edit occurs in the exact desired location and the rest of the frames are left intact.