Editing commercials in Virtualdub and the end result

[moorthy]

I like editing commercials out of tv capture AVI files.

After doing so in Virtualdub, I save the AVI using direct stream copy for both audio and video.

BUT, I get a audio / video sync problem that seems to be accumlative. The beginning of the AVI is fine, but the end of it (usually 90 minutes later) is out of sync by about a half second or so.

Is there a better way to edit AVIs? Is this problem unavoidable?

Please don't jump down my throat. I've tried searching the forums for an answer already.

Thanks in advance.

[mgh]

Start capture when commercials end-stop capture when commercials begin. Trim off ends and then join. Then if you want, compress the file with codecs of your choice.