[MEncoder-users] Problem with EDL

[Trent Piepho]

On Sun, 24 Jun 2007, Fluxid wrote:
> > I also tried using EDL while encoding, but here is other problem: I want to skip first 6 mnutes, then encode 2 minutes, and skip all

Your mails would be a lot easier to read if you wrapped your lines at 80 columns.

> 	mencoder -nosound -noskip -noaspect -hr-edl-seek \
> 	-o ppr2.v -ovc x264 -x264encopts \
> 	subq=7:partitions=all:8x8dct:me=umh:frameref=2:bframes=3:b_pyramid:weight_b:qp_min=5:qp_max=30:\
> 	qp_step=8:pass=2:direct_pred=auto:nofast_pskip:chroma_qp_offset=-2:bitrate=4000 \
> 	Ppr.mkv -edl test.edl -endpos 900 -sws 1 -vf scale=1280:688:0:0:6 \
> 	Ppr.mkv -edl test.edl -endpos 900 -sws 9 -vf pp=ha:128:7/va/dr,unsharp=l13x11:1:c7x7:1,denoise3d,scale=1280:688:0:0:6
>
> It's other case. I'm comparing different filters and downscaling, but problem is the same.
> -endpos doesn't work at all (both skipping and encoding doesn't stop at 900 second. it doesn't stop at all)
>
> EDL file:
>
> 	0	778	0
> 	794	5440 	0

I think you should use this as an edl file:

0     360 0
480 99999 0

That will skip the first 6 minutes (6*60 seconds), and skip from minute 8
to the end of the file, assuming the file is less than 99999 seconds long.
The two minutes between seconds 360 and 480 will be encoded.