[MEncoder-users] copy a section of an avi file

[Nico Sabbi]

how do u wrote:

>I want to be able to copy a range, say at the 5 minute mark to the 6
>minute mark, of an avi file.
>
>I was hoping to be able to do something like...
>
>mencoder movie.avi -ovc copy -oac copy -endpos 60 -o scene.avi -startpos 300
>
>...with the '-startpos 300' being the fictitious option that I am wanting.
>
>Does mencoder have anything like a "start at" option?  Do I need to go
>find an avi editing application instead?  If so, can someone point me
>to a Linux edit app?
>
>  
>

with avi -ss + -endpos should work, but I didn't test them a lot.
Hint: man mplayer
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