Need a program to cut mpg and author VOB with DSC

[Barabba]

Hi everybody..
I'm using my new DVB usb dongle to save DVB-T streams direclty on my HD in the mpg2 format.

I would save them on dvd but without advertisement so I need to cut the source video. I would a program that doesn't recompress video (using direct stream copy), easy cutting unwanted parts (like virtualdub does) and produce directly VOB files ready to burn (no menu and chapter every 10 min could be good). In this way I could copy all record data just one time, without follow different steps (as cutting, then authoring, ecc.)

Does a softw like this exist? I tried some but they have no VOB output, some miss the easy cutting option (they "select", not cut) and most powerful do always recompressions..

Any ideas?
Thank you.

[Ghitulescu]

This is not Advanced authoring but something related to HDTV, DVB and so on, or even Newbies.

[manolito]

Ghitulescu is right, this hardly qualifies as "advanced", but I'll answer your question anyways...:)

The following procedure uses only free software, and I use it successfully for years. But of course this does not mean that there are no other methods to achieve the same result.


Software you need:

ProjectX
Cuttermaran
MuxMan free version


Workflow:

1. Capture your DVB stream on your HDD. If your capturing software allows it, capture to TS, not MPEG2. Converting a transport stream to a program stream on the fly during capturing is never a good idea IMO.

2. Demux and convert TS to PS using ProjectX. To save some time later you should instruct ProjectX to generate an index file for Cuttermaran.

3. Load the elementary streams generated by ProjectX into Cuttermaran and edit out the commercials. Cuttermaran can also generate a chapter file for MuxMan (Celltimes.txt) automatically.

4. Load the edited elementary streams into Muxman, load the chapter file, press "Start". The result will be a VIDEO_TS folder ready to be burned.


Cheers
manolito

[Barabba]

Hi thank you for your post and your testimoniance. So you wrote me a process that include a demux, and rejoin, that's what I would *avoid*. I don't like to spend time to "copy" gigabytes of stream and then copy them again for athor.. what a waste! Is that possible that in all internet there isn't a program "like virtualdub" that saves in direct stream copy and instead of save it into .mpg again it saves into .vob files?
Guys you would agree with me that's not so complicated software to make..
I can't believe nothing like this exist in the world surface, mpg2 format becomed too popular and now with DTT it's common problem to "save and burn" TV streams without adverisements and without recompressing.

I'll write to Virtualdub support team as maybe they can develope the same interface and save in VOB format.

At last, sorry to write in "advanced authoring" but it seams too me this easy thing I ask so complicated to find in internet.. so it's "advanced" :D omg :(

[Ghitulescu]

Try then Nero, Magix or Ulead, there are more but I don't [care to] remember.

Gee, why don't they air the whole programs as a ready-authored DVD, with no commercials at all? Damn bandits ... :p
You can program such a software if you say it's not that hard ... :devil:
Besides VirtualDub does copy gigabytes in "direct copy" because this is exactly a copy, not a replace...

[setarip_old]

@Barabba

Hi!

Try "MPEG2Cut2.exe" (different than "MPEG2CUT.EXE") followed by "DVDFlick.exe"...

[Barabba]

Hi guys, thanks for reply :)
It seams I found this: http://www.videohelp.com/tools/VideoReDo

I'm going to test it deeply but it seams to work as I ask. Work with DVB streams, cut and save result to VOB files.

Also TmpegDVDauthor3 copy video in direct stream mode if the result is less then a DVD size.. but it's hard to achieve with that program the total size after cutting.

Ghitulescu sorry about my english, I was referring to some simple features of the program, not the fact that it has to cut automatically unwanted parts or that the TV should broadcast movies without advertisements.
Anyway thank you..