Quick question about H264 and editing

[fuzzypants]

is there a way to cut commercials from a video that is already compressed to h264 without having to re encode it?

[edDV]

is there a way to cut commercials from a video that is already compressed to h264 without having to re encode it?

Yes, you can cut on I frames (half to several seconds depending on GOP length) or use a "smart render" editor like Womble that re - encode the affected GOP only.
http://www.womble.com/products/index.html

[Ventolin]

Hi fuzzypants,

If you have a transport stream, then try TSPE which will not re-encode any frame and will cut on I or P frames.

While Womble is a "smart" MPEG2 editor, I don't think it edits H.264 yet.

Regards,

Vent