A Decent MPEG2 Editor / Cutter / Joiner

[rock_king_my]

Hi.

I just bought Hauppague WinTV PVR 150.

It only records TV in MPEG 1 & 2, not AVI (I think).

I want to do some MPEG-2 editing and need recommendations for good/decent MPEG-2 editor that:
- doesn't degrade the quality of original MPEG 2
- that doesn't give video/audio synch problems

These are the kind of editing I want to do:

a) Cutting/Trimming off the beginning and ending of a MPEG 2 file
b) Cutting out the middle bits in a MPEG 2 file (such as cutting out commercials)
c) Joining together MPEG 2 files

I always set the record mode to "DVD Standard Play" quality. This is the highest it can do I believe, at about 50MByte per min. The specs of the files are usually:
Video: MPEG2 Video 720x576 (4:3) 25.00fps 8000Kbps [Video]
Audio: MPEG Audio 48000Hz stereo 384Kbps [Audio]

I hope this is PAL DVD compliant.

I tend to use NERO / Vision Express to make my DVDs. If you there are any other good ones with menu making function, let me know.

Cheers!

[KnowEyeDear]

Have a look at VideoReDo (plus)

http://www.VideoReDo.com

This does most of what you are looking for

[olyteddy]

I use the uLead DVD Movie Factory app that came with my Hauppauge USB2 PVR. It ain't the 'best', but I didn't pay extra for it and it can be set up to re-encode only at cuts.

[rock_king_my]

Hi.

When you say "re-encode only at cuts", does this give you sync probs or degrade pic quality?

[olyteddy]

That means it only re-encodes at the transition. The rest of the video remains unchanged.

[paglamon]

Videoredo Plus is one of the very best for simple editing like cutting,joining mpeg files and cutting out commercials.For more advanced editing of mpeg files, Womble MPEG Video Wizard DVD seems to be excellent.It also accepts vob files.

[anonymez]

Another vote for VideoRedo.