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Guides > Edit > Remove Footage with Womble
MPEG-VCR
Removing
commercials from an MPEG is a really simple splicing process, and should not be
considered "editing" in the traditional video
sense. All that is required to remove
commercials is to cut and join the footage. This guide is
good for trimming MPEG files in general, not limited to just
cutting commercials.
This Womble product is nice, especially for those capturing
MPEG with ATI or Hauppauge cards, or from files made on DVD
recorders. The software is only $19 downloaded
from Womble. The interface strongly
resembles a timeline found in mainstream non-linear editors
(NLEs) like Adobe Premiere and Vegas Video.
Using
Womble
MPEG-VCR to Remove Commercials
1. Open the File. Either go to FILE-> OPEN MPEG
MOVIE or click the OPEN MPEG FILE button (which looks like
the NEW FILE button found in most other programs).
2. Color problems. If the video looks washed-out or has
incorrect colors, do not worry. The program comes setup in
8-bit color mode, not 24-bit true-color mode. Goto TOOLS
-> OPTIONS to change it.
3. The workspace. First it must be understood what each
tool does before proceeding to the editing phase. Though the
image below is small to save my bandwidth, try to open the
box up as large as possible, as it increases the timeline
area.
This is the PLAY button. It plays the video. Press it again
to pause. The reverse PLAY button plays the video backwards.
These are used to get the video close to the areas where the
cutting will take place.
These are the frame advance buttons. You can move
frame-by-frame to cut the video with great precision.
This is the MARK IN button. It selects the beginning of the
selected area.
This is the MARK OUT button. It selects the end of the
selected area.
This is a preview function. It zooms you to the MARK IN
frame.
Again, a preview function. This one zooms to the MARK OUT
frames.
This is the CUT LEFT button. It cuts all video on the LEFT
SIDE of the selection.
This is the CUT SELECTION button. It cuts out the selected
video between the MARK IN and MARK OUT on the timeline.
(FYI: Womble MPEG Video Wizard is missing this useful
button, and is why I do not plan make a guide for that
software. This button is too important.)
This is the CUT RIGHT button. It cuts all video on the RIGHT
SIDE of the selection.
4. How to edit. The best way to cut out unwanted
commercials is to select the area you want removed.
The video opened in this example is a capture for BIG O
episode #17. I started the capture a few minutes early, and
have X-MEN Evolution footage (shown in image above) and
commercials before BIG O comes on. First, I'll MARK IN the
very first frame, and select the black frame before BIG O
starts as the MARK OUT. I will then use the CUT SELECTION
button to remove that piece of unwanted footage.
5. Repeat as needed. Now that the beginning commercials
and extra footage are removed, I'll repeat this process
throughout the video clip, dragging the bar along the
timeline, scanning for commercials. When I find one, I play
the file, looking for the fade from show to commercial, and
use the FRAME ADVANCE buttons as needed to get that precise
cut.
6. When finished. When all the commercials an extra
footage have been removed, it is now time to save the file.
As long as you do not wander and change video settings,
WOMBLE MPEG2VCR will NOT re-encode the video, and
will merely save it as a new file based upon the cuts made
in the timeline. Unlike TMPGENC, it will only take a few
minutes at most, even for a 3-hour movie!
Be sure to SELECT THE ENTIRE TIMEFRAME, by applying MARK IN
on the first frame of the now edited video, and applying
MARK OUT on the last frame of the video. The SAVE function
saves the selected areas.
This is the SAVE button and once pressed it will reveal this
screen:
Do NOT change anything. The settings (FORMAT, VIDEO, and
AUDIO) have been acquired from your video, and altering them
will require a re-encode on the video. Choose a FILE NAME
and then merely press SAVE.
Congratulations. The video is now edited free of
commercials, and without the need of editing applications,
encoding, or conversions to the video file and hence quality
remains untouched.
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Last updated 12.2009
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