Recorded video on a DVD recorder to DVD

[dqtus]

Ok so I recently recorded this 2 hour program with my DVD recorder onto a DVD-Ram. I want to eventually burn this program onto a DVD-video but I don't want the commercials. I have the original DVD-RAM and transfered the mpeg-2 file onto my comp. I just want to filter out the commercials with as little encoding that I will need to do. The only way I can think of is to make an avi in virtual dub w/o the commercials and then reencode into a dvd mpeg-2 and then author but that seems like a lot of work. Is there any easier way for this that can preserve quality?

[lordsmurf]

http://www.digitalfaq.com/edit/recorderedit/recorderedit.htm

[gshelley61]

Cuttermaran and MPEG2Schnitt can do that without re-encoding, and they are free. Cuts are made at I frames only, which should be sufficient for removing commercials. You also need to demux your .mpg into separate .m2v video + .ac3 audio files. VOBEdit and several other freeware programs can demux for you.

If you need frame accurate edits, look at Womble MPEG-VCR and MPEG Video Wizard. They don't re-encode, either.

[elkfir]

You can author your DVD-video with TMPGEnc DVD Author and it will allow you to cut out any bits you want, and there will be no re-encoding.

[dqtus]

cool, how exactly can I do this with tmpgenc dvd author? I usually use that to author dvd-videos but I'm not sure what to do in order to remove commericials

[gshelley61]

After you select the .mpg you want to load into TMPGEnc DVD Author, the "Add Clip" box opens. There is a button near the top called "Chapter cut edit". Click on that and the editing window will appear. It's pretty easy to figure out from there.

[elkfir]

Use the "Edit" function for the particular track you want to edit:



Here's add'l guide for TDA:

https://www.videohelp.com/guides.php?guideid=571#571

[dqtus]

cool! I got it now, thanks