[vdr] Re: Cutting-tool for VDR-recordings

[Rene Bartsch <rene@bartschnet.de>]

Am Mit, 2002-07-03 um 22.22 schrieb Matthias Schniedermeyer:
> On Wed, Jul 03, 2002 at 09:09:31PM +0200, Rene Bartsch wrote:
> > Am Mit, 2002-07-03 um 20.07 schrieb Matthias Schniedermeyer:
> > > On Wed, Jul 03, 2002 at 07:39:07PM +0200, Rene Bartsch wrote:
> > > > Am Mit, 2002-07-03 um 18.43 schrieb Matthias Schniedermeyer:
> > > > > On Wed, Jul 03, 2002 at 05:14:06PM +0200, Clemens Kirchgatterer wrote:
> > > > > > Rene Bartsch <rene@bartschnet.de> wrote:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Is there any tool to directly cut VDR-recordings with X11/Xv on a
> > > > > > > linux-box with video-directory mounted on that box?
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > that would be a "great to have" program. i fear, we would have to write
> > > > > > one! :-/
> > > > > 
> > > > > "schnitt" is getting 2 years old in some month.
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > "mpeg2-movie"-Packet seems to be for displaying, but is there a
> > > 
> > > Right. Dumping single frames for displaying via "xli".
> > 
> > Is ist possible play/forward/rewind the recording like in VDR or only
> > single frames?
> 
> Dumping frames is only used for finding the cutting-marks.
> 
> > I've read about ISO-images. Is it also possible to do simple cutting
> > with VDR-/index-files after cutting?
> 
> VDR-index file is used for cutting. Via the Index-file the I-Frame is
> copied out of the XXX.vdr-files, then the first-frame of that file is
> dumped and displayed via xli.
> 
> If mark is "good" you can save the mark.
> 
> If ready then you call "cutall" and all recording-dirs are scanned for
> "cut"-mark-files. Then this mark-files are processed.
> "processing" ist plain simple. Just copy from start-offset until
> end-offset into a new file.
> 
> > > 
> > > > documentation for installing and using (Readme is very thin ...)
> > > 
> > > No. :-)
> > > 
> > 
> > And how do we get it running ...?
> 
> This is a bit complicated. As nobody has EVER asked me how, i've never
> made that system "general" useable. All Scripts are currently hardcoded
> for my environment.
> 

So, it's no real solution to play, forward, rewind, pause, set marks and
cut with sound?

Rene