A reeaaally stupid question

[schunn99]

hey guys,
I have been encoding for about four years or so and now I need to ask a stupid newbie question,

how do you trim an dvd(mpeg 2) file? with out having to re-code the dvd (mpeg 2) file?
I have several files that have a person's logo on the file for like 14 sec's and I want to remove it, so I will have more space on my dvd, what tool is best for this?

thanks for any help,
sincerely,
schunn99

[ZippyP.]

what tool is best for this?

Womble is the best (mpeg-vcr or video wizard) TMPGEnc can do it using the mpeg tools.

[schunn99]

thanks

[ZippyP.]

Just remembered...you can also do it in the authoring stage, depending on what program you use and if you're actually making a DVD. In TMPGEnc DVD Author you can edit and author (and burn) only the parts of the clip that you want.

Good luck.

[anzimike]

I agree TMPGEnc DVD author good for this. Also DVDShrink can do this for free. Use trim function.

[dea-orion]

All software are good to use. But I like to use Cuttermaran, because it gives a frame by frame of the video instead of knowing the clip location and typing it in. But the mpeg2 file must be in the format of "m2v" and "mp2". So the mpeg2 file must be demux to m2v+mp2, cut the frames, then mux it back. It has a couple of steps more to do, bot I dont mind, but you may. I found this software easy to use, so I used it.

[Garibaldi]

I've got the perfect answer for you because I have been doing the exact same thing! Like dea-orion said you can use Cuttermaran, which is great but it requires TMPGENC which is a problem if you don't want to buy it after the 30 day mpeg-2 trial runs out. An alternative is MPEG2Schnitt. It has the same basic features as Cuttermaran, its a little more complicated, but its pretty easy to figure out. You do need to demux the mpeg with can be done the fastest and easiest with demux, found at: http://www.geocities.com/ted_rossin/tools/Video/Video.html
Start a command prompt (with windows 9x go to start, run, and type commmand prompt, for windows 2000 and xp go to run and type cmd). Then copy demux.exe into the folder with your mpeg-2 file, preferebly a folder with a short filename like C:\Mpegs\. then type in the command prompt: cd C:\Mpegs\ -and hit enter. This will change the directory. Then type in the command prompt: demux.exe -after demux starts type (video.mpg is my generic term for your mpeg-2 imput video, same for out): demux.exe video.mpg out -and press enter. This will demulitplex your video into the native m2v (video) and mp2 (audio) files. If your audio is something other than mp2, download BeSweet GUI and run it through there to get it to mp2. Then import the mp2 and m2v files into MPEG2Schnitt, and cut out the parts you want and then export the new mpeg and your done!If you have another questions, I'm glad to help.

[freestyler]

You may run into some issues with Cuttermaran and Mpeg2schnitt.

Be wary if you get a green screen and an error in German with certain MPEG2 files. There's nothing I found that will fix this, it appears to be a bug with files from certain encoders.

Also, if your files are long (2 hrs plus from my experiences), Cuttermaran may not be able to interpret the timestamps of the file correctly and everytime you cut you will get a short video file and a long audio file, or the previewer will show a totally jacked time base saying the file is only 1 hr long or so. Resetting the timestamps using Restream hasn't fixed this for me.

Just some caveats I've run into.

[Gondor]

I found videoredo is the best among all and easy to use
http://www.drdsystems.com/VideoReDo/

[lordsmurf]

Womble MPEG-VCR