Splitting an mpg

[boing]

Hi guys, I have an mpg film of which I only require a specific sequence from, what is the best freeware tool for doing the splitting?

Basically, I want to take this section of mpg and burn it to disk without having to encode the section of the film again?

Thanks

[Baldrick]

Best, cuttermaran. But you must demux the video and audio first.
https://www.videohelp.com/tools?orderby=Type&s=107#107

If you think demuxing is too much work buy VideoRedo.

[boing]

Best, cuttermaran. But you must demux the video and audio first.
https://www.videohelp.com/tools?orderby=Type&s=107#107

If you think demuxing is too much work buy VideoRedo.

Cheers Baldrick, demuxing isnt a hassle, I just didnt need the time consuming encoding headache

If I have to demux the video/audio before splitting, how much of a pain is it to avoid much in the way of sync problems with Cutterman?

[boing]

Actually - and sorry for being a bit dim here - but couldnt I just use the merge/cut mpg tools facility in Tmpgenc?

[Baldrick]

Yep, you can first try it first...but it's not free for mpeg2 video and it's very buggy.

[Soopafresh]

Mpg2cut2 is pretty darned good, plus it has merge abilities.

[Cornucopia]

Yep, you can first try it first...but it's not free for mpeg2 video and it's very buggy.

While TMPGEnc does cost (after trial period) for MPEG2 encoding use, IIRC the cut/merge tool is still fully functional (along with MPEG1 encoding). And I neve had any difficulty with it at all for simple cuts (although I almost always would have been cutting on closed-GOP boundaries).

Scott

[Baldrick]

I just tried cut with tmpgenc 2.524 and it says the mpeg2 has expired.

[Cornucopia]

Wow.

Well, I've had the Plus (registered) version of TMPGEnc for quite a while now, so I guess I could be wrong. I am sure about the MPEG1 though, maybe it's just any MPEG2.

Even so, I'd still give my vote to Cuttermaran for these kinds of jobs. There are other muxer/demuxer utilities out there...

Scott