[FFmpeg-user] I found the bugs

[MacFH - C E Macfarlane - News]

On 19/06/2024 23:40, Bouke / Videotoolshed wrote:
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>> On 20 Jun 2024, at 00:31, MacFH - C E Macfarlane - News <news at macfh.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> I've been following this list for a very long time, at least a decade I
>> think.  AFAICR, I have posted in the past, but not for a quite a while
>> as I've been busy with a huge project involving around 16,000 scans of
>> historical documents relating to my family's history and that of the
>> Chiefship, vacant for over a century, of Clan Macfarlane.
>>
>> My main interest is that FFMPEG is used in GetIPlayer, and I've had
>> problems in the past obtaining clean edits.  An example:  Every year I
>> download the Scottish Hogmanay show, which involves some chat and live
>> acts in the studio, the audience counting down, the firing of Mons Meg
>> (except they don't actually fire it now) on the ramparts of Edinburgh
>> Castle, a piper there playing once through a tune, followed by a
>> firework display, then a return to the studio.  Hardly ever can I obtain
>> clean cuts and concatenations of just the bits I want to keep.
>>
>> Also classical concerts need a lot of editing to get a listenable and
>> watchable result.
>>
>> So I am interested in anything that can be done to improve FFMPEG's
>> editing of video.
>
> Ah, I see.
> I’m sorry I let myself go into this totally uninteresting happening.

TRANSLATION:  I realise that I've made an arse of myself.