Message: 12 Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 09:36:29 -0500 From: James Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Trim a file To: Discussion about mythtv <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"
watch recording -> choose file -> menu -> edit recording -> add/remove cutpoints -> menu -> begin transcoding Cheers, James On Tuesday 01 November 2005 8:35 am, Mike Daugird wrote: > during the daylight savings time swap, my recording that should have been > 30 min turned into 1hr 30 min. I want to keep the show, is it possible to > trim the file and cut out commercials while I am at it? thanks > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- James Grant Lightbox Technologies Inc. http://www.lightbox.org 613-294-3670 OK I did this last night and I cut a lot out of the program, I think.~! here is the log bit that deals with the transcode:2005-11-01 20:22:37.275 Transcoding from /mythtv/video/1053_20051101130000_20051101133000.nuv to /mythtv/video/1053_20051101130000_20051101133000.nuv.tmp 2005-11-01 20:22:37.981 Fast-Forwarding from 0 to 915 2005-11-01 20:32:05.099 Finished recording Mission to Mars on channel: 1051 2005-11-01 20:32:05.174 Changing from RecordingOnly to None 2005-11-01 20:32:05.174 Reschedule requested for id 0. 2005-11-01 20:32:10.369 Scheduled 477 items in 5.2 = 0.00 match + 5.19 place 2005-11-01 20:32:36.222 Starting Commercial Flagging for "Mission to Mars" recorded from channel 1051 at Tue Nov 1 18:00:00 2005. 2005-11-01 20:32:36.523 New DB connection, total: 1 2005-11-01 20:32:36.596 New DB connection, total: 2 2005-11-01 20:36:38.798 Fast-Forwarding from 19125 to 23355 2005-11-01 20:40:17.393 Fast-Forwarding from 30495 to 35595 2005-11-01 20:45:14.953 Fast-Forwarding from 45315 to 54047 2005-11-01 20:45:16.857 Transcoding /mythtv/video/1053_20051101130000_20051101133000.nuv done now here is the problem, that transcoded file is slightly bigger then when it started. I have not watched the video as it took some time to finish, but could someone explain what transcoding is? I have a PVR-350, and I get about a gig per half hour show. thanks _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
