[mythtv-users] Re: Possible bugs in TV Editing
Brad
mythtv at braddolman.com
Sat Aug 21 05:27:19 EDT 2004
Well, I've confirmed - at least on my system - one of the bugs I
mentioned earlier. I just edited a different recording and tried to
move forward to the end of the file using the right arrow. Upon
reaching the last frame, the editor hangs. Can anyone else confirm
this?
>
>I edited one of my recordings to remove commercials and convert it
>to MPEG4 to save space. It all went quite beautifully, however the
>last commercial break was not removed. I thought that it may have
>been because, although I marked the beginning of the commercial
>("delete after this point"), I don't think that I marked the last
>frame of the file for "delete before this point". I would suggest
>that Myth automatically assume that you mean to delete to the end of
>the file if there is no "delete before this point" marker after a
>"delete after this point" marker.
>
>Anyway, so then I thought I would just create a new cutlist for the
>resulting file and cut the last commercial by putting the markers in
>the appropriate location, and the end of the file. However, when
>attempting to put the final marker (a "delete before this point"
>marker) at the very end of the file, my computer hung. I believe
>that I have hung my computer in this exact same manner before, thus
>I thought a message to the list may be in order.
>
>Finally, while I'm on the subject, wouldn't it make sense to have an
>"undo" option after a transcoding? I know that the old file is still
>there, but the UI doesn't allow access to it. It would also be good
>to be able to delete these ".old" files from the UI (using the
>remote control) without haveing to ssh in.
>
>I hope this report is useful to someone. ;-)
>
>regards,
>Brad
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