[MPlayer-users] edl accuracy in mplayer vs. mencoder (lavc mpeg4)

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i guess edl support in mencoder is a recent addition, so maybe its 
buggy, but i thought i'd ask.

if i create a cutlist for a TV show (to get rid of the commercials), 
mplayer -edl foo skips the commercials accurately. however if i use 
mencoder -oac copy -ovc copy -edl foo to create a version of the file 
with no commercials, some of the cut-in points (where the content 
begins) happen a few seconds too late. changing the cutpoint to be 
progressively earlier has no effect until finally mencoder starts 
cutting in several seconds too early.

the files in question were produced with mencoder using the lavc mpeg4 
codec.

does anyone have any experience with this? thanks.

rob