Looking for a precise mpeg editor, tmpgenc is not it

[lkimes]

I want to be able to edit an mpeg1 file to a precision of at least .1 seconds. I've had no success in getting tmpgenc to be that dependable. I love the program in all other respects.

I don't mean to be rude, but I'm not really interested in capturing in avi and then frame serving it , etc....

I want to be able to do a simple capture in MMC at 1950k, cut the commercials out and then have a 680M to 700M left to burn in nero. Its an available time thing.

From the behaviour I've seen in Tmpgenc, its not that its precise only to .5 seconds. The offset seems to be some percentage of the original file length. I say this because I've seen it be much more off in larger files than in smaller ones.


I'll gladly pop for M1-edit or myflix, but I want to know beforehand that they'll solve the problem.

Ideas? Experiences?

Thanks,
Lance Kimes

[Anonymous65]

Editing mpeg files without re-encoding is limited to the nearest I-frame, the complete frame in the mpeg stream. Cineplayer Editor does not cut on the frame you want, but MyFlix can cut on any frame. It will then re-encode until the nearest I-frame. Most other editors that are frame accurate will encode the whole file, a time consuming and lossy process. So, give Myflix a try. Another problem with editing mpeg files is that the audio goes out of sync as soon as you cut the file and save it.

[Christrati]

My suggestion would be Ulead VideoStudio. So far, I've had great luck in cutting and using "smart rendering" to cut out commercials.

Chris

[lkimes]

Thanks skittelsen, I knew someone would have some info to share on why this was happening. Do you have any experience with M1-edit? I read a post here awhile back that said the could set multiple source ranges, at least that what I think they were called, so that you could combine all the portions of the original mpeg on a single pass. That would be much simplier than cutting to pieces and recombining into a new mpeg.

Thanks,
Lance

[Morlock]

M2-Edit was what I used to use to edit out commercials. For in it you can do frame accruate cutting and also allows setting up multiple source ranges and then rejoining joins them back to 1 vcd file you can also set it up to be exactly frame

[lkimes]

Thank you to everyone who has replied. Help and information are always good things. I have been testing myflix, an mpeg1 editor that does multiple source ranges to a single output file. It's frame accurate and very fast. So far, I highly recommend it as a bargain. I have noticed 1 oddness though that may have more to due with nero than myflix.

The final mpeg is roughly 700M, the same size I got when editing it in tmpgenc. Nero however, shows that the file is only 600M in size and I can tell from the etched reflection on the burned VCD that only 600M was burned to the CD too. Yet, I'm not seeing a noticeable difference in quality either. Thus, I'm very confused.

If I demux/mux the output file from myflix in tmpgenc, the output file from tmpgenc is still roughly the same size. However, nero now sees it as a 700M file and the VCD is burnt to the 700M limit too.

Can someone please share some insight it this phenomena?

Thanks in advance,
Lance Kimes