[MEncoder-users] skipping/jumping in video when cutting sections

[Reimar Döffinger]

On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 11:59:25PM +1100, Adrian wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to use mencoder split a clip up and join
> sections of it together out of order.  Wherever a
> join happens in the video,  I get a skip or jump in
> the footage.
> 
> For example, The resulting video from the syntax
> below will skip at the 20s mark.
> 
> mencoder \
>  file1.avi -ss 10 -endpos 20 \
>  file1.avi -ss 30 \
>  -o output.avi
> 
> #  file1.avi [10..30] + [30..end] will end up in output.avi
> 
> Can anyone suggest a way to avoid the skipping in the output?

edl file and -hr-edl-seek. But mencoder was never really designed
for that kind of thing.