Help with editing 2-pass VBR Mpeg-1

[menace]

I have just finished a 24 hr encoding marathon of 352x 240 mpeg-1 in Tmpgenc. I used the 2-pass VBR method and aside from being a bit too large it works great. Now in order to squeeze it onto a CD (its VHS source after all) i want to edit it but every time I do the sound disappears?? I have tried M2-edit, Tmpgenc, mpeg2vcr and all do the same thing--edit the movie, drop the sound.

Anyone have any luck and can pass on how to edit a 2-pass Mpeg-1 VBR file? oh ya--I DO NOT want to reencode this thing unless I have no choice!

Thx

[menace]

I guess as a follow up question--is anyone out there editing their 2-pass VBR Mpeg-1 movies? If so what programs are you using. If not--why am I the only one doing this

[ZippyP.]

Unless I am putting a whole video on one disc, I use the source range settings in Tmpgenc to define the portion of the source file used. As well, I use the batch encode method which allows multiple encodes in sequence. In other words, I have no need to edit my Mpegs. Depending on your source file, there are other editors (such as Vdub for AVI's) which might help.

[menace]

Thanks for the input but Vdub is out of the question--since I might just as well edit the original and then re-encode for the same amount of time (if there is a VCD god then he/she/it won't make me do that)

I just want to cut 5 minutes off the end of the file and preserve the sound and video quality.