mpeg edits with VideoReDo

[Anole]

I did a search and didn't find any reference to the editor, VideoReDo here on the forum.
I found and started using it almost three years ago, and have been hanging out on their forum ever since.

I use it with mpeg recorded from a pay-TV PVR, an FTA PVR , as well as an FTA PC card (Twinhan).
My goal is to cut out commercials and trim the video for making DVD.
In the beginning, I used DVD Labs Pro to make the DVDs, and found it quite spectacular, if a little costly.
Now, the VideoReDo guys have released TVSuite, which is the editor with low-end DVD-making capability.
It's certainly more than adequate for most, but if you read their forum, many users want more, More, MORE features. -
Isn't it always so?

I am a volunteer moderator on their forum to help combat spam, but have no other connection with the outfit.
They also have a distributor in Oz, operating under the name hyperreality , with the usual domain name format.
He also hangs out on the forum offering help, as do the company men and many friendly users.

[Ocean]

I have used the basic VideoReDo program, and it certainly fixes MPEG file glitches/errors, as you can get with MPEGs recorded from imperfect/noisy satellite streams.

Editing out adverts down to the frame where adverts start/stop works well.

I will look for the TVSuite.

[Colin 2905]

I use ProjectX to demux, edit out unwanted bits, and add chapter points if I'm going to create a DVD.

[Bodø Glimt]

As a rule works well but occasionally my conversions fail because of too many Buffer underflows or some other error. Unfortunately I never know what they mean or why it happens.

[mfahey]

All the videos at www.satdirectory.tv are converted from the transport stream to mpg2 via VideoReDo. I then do the editing in Videostudio and then run the result into a On2 VP6 Flash encoder for the video served from the site.

I love VideoReDo - however at the moment it wont convert the H.264 streams on Asiasat 3 (9x, 9XM, B4U Music, B4UMovies etc). I have not found an application that will convert these H.264 transport streams (.rec files) to something I can edit - has anyone found a solution?

VideoReDo are working on a new version supporting H.264, I guess I may just have to wait.

Cheers,
Mark

[Bodø Glimt]

Aren't .rec files files topfield files?

[mfahey]

Originally Posted by Bodø Glimt

Aren't .rec files files topfield files?

Yep, VideoReDo opens the standard definition Topfield .rec files OK.

The new HD range of Topfield receivers save HD and the new SD MPEG4 channels in a updated version of the .rec file, it is these new .rec's that I am having trouble finding an application to open. MPEG Streamclip which is another favorite for Topfield users wont handle the new version files either.

Cheers,
Mark

[Bodø Glimt]

Originally Posted by mfahey

Yep, VideoReDo opens the standard definition Topfield .rec files OK.

The new HD range of Topfield receivers save HD and the new SD MPEG4 channels in a updated version of the .rec file, it is these new .rec's that I am having trouble finding an application to open. MPEG Streamclip which is another favorite for Topfield users wont handle the new version files either.

Cheers,
Mark

My toppies (sat 6000 and terrestrial 5000) don't play HD but they do record it. I find I can VideoReDo a recording to a dvd file and then reformat that back to .rec and it comes the SD and I can play okay.

However, last week I recorded the Newcastle v Melbourne A league match and VideoReDo wouldn't do it. I could only convert it to movie clip. Everything else came up with errors, but I'm not sure why.