Arrr ok, my mistake ;o) Been a while since I looked at. But I generally found it reasonable enough to cut out the end of a segment and the ads without losing anything. So the frames must have been fairly reasonable. I think the last time I used it was about 7 or 8 months ago or more. Who gets time to watch tv anyway,...lol.
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 10:00 PM, Alan Smith wrote: > 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> -- 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>
