Mpeg2 cutting

[okesn]

Hi! I have recorded some movies in the mpeg2 format.
I want to cut off some pieces in the begining and in the end of each movie.
My question is; is it possible to make this without write a new file. I.e. only parts of each file should be removed (10 seconds in the beg. and 10 sec in the end). Hope you understand what I mean.
I have search for it on the Internet for a program but couldn't find anything.

Have a nice day! /okesn


P.S. I knew it is possible to cut pieces and write to a new file, but I don't want that solution because the files are so big (even if the movie don't have to be reencoded.)[/list]

[rkr1958]

Not possible (at least as far as I know).

Now if you want to author it and put it in DVD format then you do that in a program like TDA. However, TDA would still have to create a video output approximately equal in size to your MPEG file.

[Tom Saurus]

oksen: How large are the files in question? Is it hard drive space you are concerned with or the time it takes to get the file you want to have? I record stuff on a daily basis, where I start recording a minute or two before a show starts and shut it off a little while after the show is over. If you have no commercials to deal within the file itself, the act of trimming the beginning and ending is not all that difficult with the right tool. Usually the main concern is whether the file is re-encoded or not. Did you capture directly to Mpeg2 or did you have it in a large file format like .avi and then converted it to Mpeg2? If that is the case I can understand where your coming from because the length of time it takes to convert one format to another is a real turnoff. But if your file is already mpg2, it will not be as daunghting a task as you may believe it is?

Tmpgenc DVD Author offers one the ability to cut the parts out you don't want. Besides when you author a DVD it takes a while to do, and if your trimming the file a bit, it should be smaller anyway.

[okesn]

The files are about 4 GB each. And yes, I have not enough hard drive space.
I have no commercial within the file or similar. I have captured directly to mpeg2.

/okesn

[jman98]

It's impossible. The better editors, such as MPEGVCR, won't re-encode after you edit, but all of them have to write a new file with the edits. Maybe it's time to add another hard drive or clean up your current one. If you can't write one more 4 GB file, you won't be able to do anything useful with DVD video.

[Tom Saurus]

oksen: If you had some good quality DVD+RW or DVD-RW Discs, whatever type your DVD Burner prefers, you could use the InCD function and drag a 4mb file on one of those or burn the file as a Data Disc. If you sure it got over on that disc correctly, and it was intact, and could be put back on your computer. You could maybe put some of the files on such disc and then delete them from the hard drive and free up some space. Then once you get maybe 20 GB's free, so you have some breathing room, you could bring back in the files one at a time, edit them, author them and then burn them to DVD.

If at all possible it would be good to get atleast one more hard drive. Ideally you should have a hard drive that is soley for capturing to, one for your Operating System and programs and one for storage.