[MEncoder-users] Edit Decision List - exact frame cut problem.

[Bill Crockett]

I am trying to remove advertisements from an MPEG-TS video using the 
Edit Decision List commands.

mplayer  -edlout cut.dat videoTS.mpg

mencoder -edl cut.dat -ovc copy -oac copy -noskip -mc 0 -of mpeg 
-mpegopts format=mpeg2:muxrate=9088:interleaving2:tsaf:adelay=160 
videoTS.mpg -o cut_test.mpg

Using -edlout, if I cut right on where the film starts, it cuts out 
approximately 30 seconds off the start of the film.  If I cut slightly 
before the film starts, it then shows too much of the ad.  The same 
happens when cutting out the advertisements from their start to their 
end during the film.  I just can't get it to cut exactly on the black 
spots where the film or ad fades out.