A better mpeg cutting tool than TMPG

[fmctm1sw]

I made a giant mpeg file and needed to cut tv shows out of it. TMPG seemed to chop off the last few seconds after editing when I selected the source range. Is there a better way?

[fingernailX]

Not a better mpeg cutting tool but a better mpeg file! In order to keep everything in sync mpeg files must be cut on the I frame. In "standard" mpeg mode that means one of every 15 frames or the potential for a half second offset with 29.97 fps video. If you are capturing why not capture in Mpeg 2 I frame only where every frame is a key frame giving frame accurate editing. This is what the Pinnacle DV500 and Matrox 2500 do. Once everything is trimmed you can quiclky convert to 15 gop DVD compliant Mpeg 2 with the encoder of your choice. Every frame a key frame for editing - 15 GOP for best picture with best compression for final product.

[fmctm1sw]

Well mpeg-2 is overkill for what I am doing and takes too long on my current setup. I'll just keep this in mind next time before I hack out all the commercials and leave myself with no room for error

[P@iNKilleR]

leave about 1 second after the end clip & this should be okay as when U burn a vcd or svcd U will lose a little once burnt. Do a test as this should work & if not try adding some seconds, burn to a rewritable though.

Kev!

[SLK001]

To successfully use the MERGE/CUT feature, there are some things that you need to know. Primarily, the preview of the video uses MS's DIRECTSHOW - which, cannot properly show MPEG files with VBR encoding. This means that if you are using the TMPG preview to set the cut points, then you are doomed to failure. However, there is a workaround, as the TIME function to setting the cut point is very accurate (exact?). Create a DVD2AVI project of your MPEG file, then frameserve it into VirtualDub. Find the TIME that you want to cut using VD. Input these TIMES into TMPG, then perform the cut.

This method takes more time, but all will finally be as you desired.

[fmctm1sw]

[quote="SLK001"]Find the TIME that you want to cut using VD. Input these TIMES into TMPG, then perform the cut.
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I guess that's another thing I could have done before converting the file from avi to mpeg ....