Don't think so. Quote from the EyeTV Manual (p32) "When Fine is chosen the thumbnail is at the beginning of groups of pictures, usually around 15 frames, which represent approximately half a second of video."
Regard Alan On 11/10/2011, at 9:06 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Correct. Not that I've used it for a while, but you could get it right down by changing the type of editing. I think it was either a slider or a "flick switch" or similar. Bottom left of Window I think from memory. Kind regards Daniel Sent from my iPhone --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: <daniel AT macwizardry.com.au> Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> **For everything Macintosh** On 11/10/2011, at 9:03 PM, Brian Risbey wrote: > Hi Alan, > > Last time when editing there was a 'fine setting' that was frame by frame and > you could see the blank frame between the advert ending and the first frame > of the show, very simple and accurate. > Anyway off to improve my poor hills tv reception, with a couple more antenna > amps and use my MacMini Server and my EyeTv and maybe an extra one. > Thank you everyone for your input. > > Brian > Sent from my iPhone > > On 11/10/2011, at 19:37, Alan Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> "The EyeTv Editor allows for frame by frame editing very effective. >> >> As a very new user of EyeTV I don't think this is true. Certainly a very >> effective editor but it seems to only select within 0.5 second which is say >> 12 frames. Probably not a significant issue in most cases! >> >> Cheers, Alan >> >> >> >> On 11/10/2011, at 6:34 PM, Brian Risbey wrote: >> >> Thank you Ray, >> >> I do use a MacBook Pro as my main computer and a Mac Mini Server for the Tv. >> We live in a dodgy signal area in the hills and my next excuse is it is >> easier …to use the Toppy... >> >> So I may look into a third splitter and separate the aerial to a third and >> fourth and use the MacMini for important shows. >> >> The EyeTv Editor allows for frame by frame editing very effective. >> >> Thank You again, Ray. >> >> Brian >> >> >> >> >> On 11/10/2011, at 1:53 PM, Ray Forma wrote: >> >> Brian, >> >> just out of interest, if you have eyeTV, why do you then use a Topfield to >> record TV? To me that's a bit like using Windows to create files to merely >> view on a Mac. >> >> You don't mention what type of mpg file the Topfield stores, but I assume >> it's mpeg-2, which is the native transport stream Australia uses for DVB/T. >> >> The files that eyeTV creates when it records a broadcast are not really >> files; they are packages containing about 6 files. If you open such an eyeTV >> package, you will find the actual recording is a file named something like >> '000000001226787d.mpg', and it's an mpeg-2 file. >> >> If you use eyeTV to open and play such a bare file it will, but it won't >> offer to edit it. >> >> I therefore suggest the following solutions: >> >> 1 Use eyeTV to both record and edit your videos and put the Topfield in the >> Quokka. >> >> 2 Use the video editor in an app like Toast or iMovie >> >> 3 Play the video out of the Topfield and into the analogue port of an eyeTV >> hybrid. Then edit it. As this will take 'real time' I wish you luck with a 3 >> hour movie from commercial TV. >> >> Our one-and-only TV is a MacMini with an eyeTV stick, so I do everything >> with eyeTV. Others therefore may have brighter ideas. >> >> On 11/10/2011, at 12:54 PM, Brian Risbey wrote: >> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> Has anyone used EyeTv's editor to edit other video formats? >>> >>> I use a Topfield to record tv and would like to edit out the ads, Topfield >>> makes mpg files and the EyeTv editor won't edit them. I could my copy of >>> MPEGStream Clip, but it is not as accurate. >>> >>> I can convert them to other formats, but which one? >>> >>> Thank you for your thoughts, >>> >>> Brian >> >> Regards, >> >> Ray Forma >> Mob +61 (0) 428 596938 >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
