[FFmpeg-user] Using ffmpeg to remove commercials from video file

[littlebat]

On Wed, 14 Aug 2013 01:09:30 -0700 (PDT)
jlundstocholm <j+ffmpeg at lundstocholm.dk> wrote:

> I am trying to use ffmpeg to remove commercials from films I have
> recorded on my DVR. I have used the guide at
> http://www.joeldare.com/wiki/video:cut_video_with_ffmpeg .
> 
> So I am using it like this:
> 
> ffmpeg -ss 213 -i MySourceMovie.m4v testoutput.m4v
> 
> Above I would like to cut the first 213 seconds away from the video
> 
> The result is good with really good quality.
> 
> However - is there any way to prevent ffmpeg to run thru the entire
> video when doing this? For a TV-show with 2-3 commercial breaks it
> would take a couple of hours to process a 25-minute TV-show.

Try -c:v copy -c:a copy , this avoid re-encode the streams.

> 
> And - the command aboce results in a testoutput.m4v-file that
> contains what I would like to cut out. Is there any way that I can
> "reverse" this such that it results in the original video /without/
> the cut-out piece instead? Otherwise I would end up with a number of
> video files that I would need to stitch together again.
> 

It seems no way to avoid re-jointing the videos after you cut some
parts if I have not misunderstanded your meaning.