fastest and easiest way to cut and remove commercials

[d_unbeliever]

what is the fastest and easiest way to cut and remove commercials from my recorded tv shows? what software to buy and/or use?

[guns1inger]

Comskip ?

[GMaq]

www.womble.com MPEG-2VCR

[trhouse]

It might help to mention what media ( VHS tape , dvd ) you are using, how it has been recorded ( VR mode, video mode ), and what was used to do the recording ( dvd recorder, DVR, tape deck, etc. ).

[ZippyP.]

If it's footage from a DVD recorder then what I do is re-author with TDA and use the edit function to cut the commercials.

[edDV]

I vote for commercial skip.
Very fast and easy.

[bits]

VideoredoPlus! Hands down 8)

[Fairhope]

I have to second VideoRedoPlus. The new version even has an "AdDetective" Commercial Detecting function.

[oldfart13]

That won't work with a lot of shows that go from commercial to program with only 1 frame of black between them or else they fade into like in many sports shows. I prefer the manual method myself. Much safer that way...

[jameshgross]

I agree with oldfart13, programming directors are well aware of the commerical skippers and design cuts to defeat them.
I use WOMBLE or TDA and have cut commericals from dozens of TV captures.
Manual method works best.

[bits]

oldfart13 wrote:

That won't work with a lot of shows that go from commercial to program with only 1 frame of black between them or else they fade into like in many sports shows. I prefer the manual method myself. Much safer that way...

VideoredoPlus is built for speed whether you do it manually or using Add Detective. I personally do most of the commercial cutting manually. However, occasionally I will have 3-5 shows to do so I do them as a batch through Add Detective and then I manually confirm the cuts. This is a good way to go because you do not see most of the show and therefore it is more pleasant when you actually view it.

Tech support for Videoredo is absolutely great!

BTW I used to use TDA for commercial cutting but you can only cut at 'I' frames. TDA is great but VideoredoPlus is frame accurate and will work on mpeg HD ts, dvr-ms, Tivo, tp ect... It also will re-sync audio and fix broken corrupted mpegs. I have cut commercials from more than a 1000 shows and videoredoplus is the way to go!

[masterpug]

tsunami mpeg dvd author PRO has transcoding so you can cut on ANY frame vs. the old tda 1.5 or 1.6 was I-frame only. now you can easily do all your cut scene editing right within your project and go...no need for mpeg video wizard or even better videoredo plus. tda pro always keeps the audio in sync too just like videoredo, whereas womble products are solid but mess up audio sync from time to time depending ono source material.

[mattso]

TSUNAMI MPEG DVD Author PRO or VideoredoPlus? Hmm, that is my predicament right now. Which to buy?

Videoredo is about half the price, and excellent support & forum, with loads of new features in the pipeline.

TDA Pro has the convenience of excellent authoring under the same hood as its frame-accurate mpeg editing. But twice the cost.

Dilemmas, dilemmas...

[Fairhope]

One of the items in the pipeline slated for the next release of VideoRedo is the ability to insert fades at each cut.

[bits]

mattso wrote:

TSUNAMI MPEG DVD Author PRO or VideoredoPlus? Hmm, that is my predicament right now. Which to buy?

Keep in mind that TDA, TDA Pro have a very different purpose than Videoredo. Videoredo will handle any kind of mpeg such as dvr-ms, High def transport streams from lots of different sources and so on. TDA is will only accept DVD compliant mpegs.

Videoredo's main purpose in life is for cutting/fixing mpeg streams of all types from all sources.

One reason TDA does not work for me is that I do NOT want to burn a DVD or video_ts folder when I am done cutting commercials. I have a network media player and therefore I play the commercial free mpegs directly off my HDD.

In the end, my recommendation is to have both TDA and VideoredoPlus in your video tool box. TDA/TDA Pro can NOT fix a corrupted/broken mpeg, VRD can.

[ronnylov]

I use MPEG2Schnitt and manually edit out the commersials from demuxed MPEG-2 streams before authoring to DVD.

[d_unbeliever]

im recording my tv shows and favorite mtvs from cable tv with a capture card in my pc so i can view them later in my pc at work during my break time.
im only saving them in mpeg1 format since i want them to be small so i can fit them all in my 1gig flash drive.

what format will i use? mpeg1? mpeg2? avi? so i can fit alot in my 1gig flash drive.

i was trying virtualdub last night and i got this big avi file. also tmpeg express.

ill try your suggestions this night...

anymore suggestions?

[edDV]

VCD (MPeg1) format
At least you can save it later without extra effort.

[erik1958]

what is the fastest and easiest way to cut and remove commercials from my recorded tv shows? what software to buy and/or use?

I use comskip with comclean in a always automatically cut mode.
No user intervention, results are not always perfect but acceptable by the family.

Configuration:
GBPVR to automatically record favourite shows from multiple tuners based on keyword search.
Comskip/Comclean to automatically deleted commercials from recordings.
TVersity to serve these recordings on the network.
Any networked mpeg2 player to playback the recordings when one of the family members wants to watch TV.

[mattso]

And now MPEG Video Wizard has DVD authoring! Sheesh more dilemmas...

I've used TDA Pro (trial), VideoRedo (trial) and Video Wizard (trial). I like them all, but VideoRedo topped my list for its sheer rock-solidness & ease of use & speed (& low cost). Video Wizard is too convoluted IMO - and I read that its transitions don't work with interlaced mpeg footage. Seems to be a bit buggy too, eg it's "GOP fixing" tool. TDA Pro is just TDA - with frame-accurate editing. And twice the price. Or so it seems to me. If they made it simply an update to the old (great) TDA, and sold at the same price, I would've snapped it up in an instant. Silly business sense...

I could never get Cuttermaran to work, it rejected everything I fed it. Some fault of mine no doubt, but good enough reason for me to abandon it (sorry). I got too much other stuff to do than waste time coddling fussy software...free or not.

Haven't tried MPEG2Schnitt, I thought it was GOP level only?

[The_Doman]

At the moment I use TMPGEnc MPEG Editor for removing unwanted stuff from my MPEG2 recordings.
Works also very good for joining recordings together.
It is not the fastest tool but never problems with A/V sync issues.

[erik1958]

MPEG2CUT2 is also a VERY fast MPEG editor.
Very robust, GOP based cutting.
Although I have not yet been able to create Comskip output to feed it.
The cutlist format contains a lot of redundant information.

[ronnylov]

And now MPEG Video Wizard has DVD authoring! Sheesh more dilemmas...

I've used TDA Pro (trial), VideoRedo (trial) and Video Wizard (trial). I like them all, but VideoRedo topped my list for its sheer rock-solidness & ease of use & speed (& low cost). Video Wizard is too convoluted IMO - and I read that its transitions don't work with interlaced mpeg footage. Seems to be a bit buggy too, eg it's "GOP fixing" tool. TDA Pro is just TDA - with frame-accurate editing. And twice the price. Or so it seems to me. If they made it simply an update to the old (great) TDA, and sold at the same price, I would've snapped it up in an instant. Silly business sense...

I could never get Cuttermaran to work, it rejected everything I fed it. Some fault of mine no doubt, but good enough reason for me to abandon it (sorry). I got too much other stuff to do than waste time coddling fussy software...free or not.

Haven't tried MPEG2Schnitt, I thought it was GOP level only?

MPEG2Schnitt set it's IN-marks only on I-frames and OUT-marks on I-frames or P-frames. It's accurate enough for me, don't care if I miss <0.5 seconds right after the commersial break and the out frame is normally in steps of 3 frames which gives an accuracy of 0.1 s. The good thing is there's no re-encoding involved (compared to frame accurate editing which may need to re-encode around the cut points).

[mattso]

I just paid AU$65 to unlock my VideoReDo and am glad I did, I really like this software.