The EyeTV editor does have a nice interface but as others have said it can't be edited frame by frame but the fine edit is almost always enough anyway. MPEG Streamclip is a free editing program that will work on tv recorded from topfield but unfortunately you have to pay for the codec from Apple and the interface isn't as nice.
Ruben > 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> -- 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>
