[mythtv-users] OT: Mac OSX Simple Cutting

Rodney Myers rdmyers at mtpalomar.net
Wed Aug 13 13:59:11 UTC 2008


On Aug 12, 2008, at 9:29 PM, Jon Bishop wrote:

> So, I have the opening ceremonies for the olympics, but I failed to
> remove the commercials before copying it to my powerbook g4 1.33. I
> already transcoded the 21gb HD video down to a 3.5gb xvid recording,
> so quicktime pro won't open it. I was wondering if the mac users out
> there have a good suggestion for a cheap, simple program to use to cut
> the commercials (which I have to go in and manually mark) out, and
> possibly break this file into several smaller files, so I can place it
> on CDs (yea, I know, just use a DVD... too bad my dvd burner is in
> storage, and inaccessible for the time being)
>
> I have Quicktime pro, Final Cut Studio, ffmpegX, MPEG Streamclip and
> VisualHub. I don't have iMovie (though I have the install disk
> somewhere, also in storage) installed, so other suggestions are
> welcome. Otherwise I'll be converting it to a Quicktime compatible
> format and using QT to cut it apart. I'd rather not do that. Thanks.
>
> ~Jon

I do use a Mac and I third the use of Avidemux. I use it all of the  
time to remove commercials from the in the recordings I edit & burn to  
dvd.
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