[MPlayer-users] mencoder frame-based selection on MPEG2 files

[Nico]

Bruno Harbulot wrote:

> --- Nico <nsabbi at tiscali.it> wrote: > Bruno Harbulot
>wrote:
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>>>Hello,
>>>
>>>I'm trying to convert an MPEG2 file (recorded from
>>>DVB) using mencoder. I've been looking for an
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>>option
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>>>similar to transcode's "-c" (at least with start
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>>and
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>>>end). So far, "-ss" doesn't set the position
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>>anywhere
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>>>near where it should be. For example, "-ss 10:00"
>>>makes it start a bit after 13 minutes, both in
>>>mencoder and mplayer.
>>>Is there any way to select only part of a video
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>>based
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>>>on time or preferably frame position ?
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>>not from frame, but you approximate the start point
>>using -sb 
>><BYTE_POSITION>
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>Ok, thanks. But it doesn't seem very precise.
>Actually, I've tried, and it also position the
>begining further than expected (using the bitrate
>given by tcprobe). Any other suggestion?
>
>Bruno.
>
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you can remux the stream as DVD using replex or dvb-mplex and GOPchop  / 
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