Removing adverts

[marker]

Hi can anyone advise on a good dvd editor when I record dvds I want to be able to remove the adverts as they annoy me so much and it ruins watching the program.

Also I have many discs already burnt from live tv that I would like to get the adverts out of any help appreciated

[autolycus]

VideoRedo is an excellent editor for this purpose for mpeg2 format recordings (.ts .vob .mpg). You can easily remove ads with frame by frame accuracy - or i believe it will do it automatically.



Avidemux is free and i think it handles mpeg2 but i haven't used it myself with this type of file. And it's not quite so easy to use as videoredo.

[Steve Crook]

name='autolycus']... or i believe it will do it automatically.

Be careful about any system that claims to remove ads automatically. The advertisers soon got wise to them and are now getting sneakier themselves.



They now often go into and back from the ads without anything that any automated system can pick up on. They also have the "sponsored by" slots which are mini-ads at the start and/or end of every advertising break



Steve

[autolycus]

Yes, i do all my editing manually rather than trust an automatic system. You're right, the discrete "end of part one - part two" breaks are largely a thing of the past and it's sometimes near impossible to edit seamlessly.



Channel five occasionally even stick a little ad in just after a film restarts after an ad break. And a huge "next" banner, near the end of a program - often during a dramatic moment - is now ubiquitous.



I digress....

[Howse]

In the main, I use Ulead Videostudio to edit anything I record from TV. Obviously, BbC programmes are easiest to edit as there are no adverts. It is a dedicated video editing programme which also allows to fade from/to at the beginning and end of a video. There are a multitude of freeware programmes available such as mentioned previously.



Howse

[Nick Dando]

Surely any hard disk recorder/DVD burner comes with these facilities? I have had a Panasonic unit for a number of years and have been able to do this manually before burning the programmes to DVD. It's not perfect, as each "frame" is about a 1/10th of a second - not as accurate as MiniDisc is for editing audio.



Nick

[wellpip]

Run your recording through DVD Shrink and remove them, very easy to do and unlike the others mentioned, it’s free!

[hhhhancock]

I record a lot of films from commercial channels and always use MPEG-VCR to remove commercial breaks. After a bit of practice you will find it very easy to use, I've tried lots of other programmes and I've found that this is by far the best.



if you can't find it on the net PM me and I'll send you the details.

[Carl V]

name='Nick Dando']Surely any hard disk recorder/DVD burner comes with these facilities? I have had a Panasonic unit for a number of years and have been able to do this manually before burning the programmes to DVD. It's not perfect, as each "frame" is about a 1/10th of a second - not as accurate as MiniDisc is for editing audio.



Nick

I would imagine all DVD recorders with built-in hard drives will have an editing feature, but how accurate it is will vary from model to model. On the Sony I use, you can actually move frame by frame and select your 'start point' to 'end point' with pretty good accuracy.



As to whether you can edit seamlessly will depend on the broadcaster too. I have noticed on Channel 4, they sometimes place a commercial break just when a scene is fading out, and then re-start as another scene is about to begin. This makes editing much easier. However, I have known broadcasters to suddenly stop a film part-way through some dialogue, or even commence the film again in the middle of a sentence.

[Bernardo]

name='marker']Hi can anyone advise on a good dvd editor when I record dvds I want to be able to remove the adverts as they annoy me so much and it ruins watching the program.

Also I have many discs already burnt from live tv that I would like to get the adverts out of any help appreciated

If you record on to a hard disc or RAM disc it is possible but once written on a DVD-/+R or RW then it is not possible to edit out chapters. One possible way would be to watch the piece as it is recorded and mark the unwanted bits as chapters/titles and delete them before finalising.

So record to a hard disc, edit then record to DVD-R.

[rjd0309]

name='hhhhancock']I record a lot of films from commercial channels and always use MPEG-VCR to remove commercial breaks. After a bit of practice you will find it very easy to use, I've tried lots of other programmes and I've found that this is by far the best.



if you can't find it on the net PM me and I'll send you the details.

I agree, MPEG-VCR is the easiest to use.



The problem with editing using your DVD recorder is that some recorders don't give you frame-accurate edits. This has to do with the way that video is stored on a DVD.



You need an editor which can cut the video, even in the middle of a GOP (group of pictures), then tidy up by re-encoding that GOP so that it's properly closed (all links recalculated). MPEG-VCR does this, giving you a nice clean edit.

[marker]

name='rjd0309']I agree, MPEG-VCR is the easiest to use.



The problem with editing using your DVD recorder is that some recorders don't give you frame-accurate edits. This has to do with the way that video is stored on a DVD.



You need an editor which can cut the video, even in the middle of a GOP (group of pictures), then tidy up by re-encoding that GOP so that it's properly closed (all links recalculated). MPEG-VCR does this, giving you a nice clean edit.

hi many thanks to everyone for all the info I has given me a insight to my problem also can anyone tell me which MPEG-VCR product would be best for my needs womble list 3 types

[rjd0309]

Go with MPEG-VCR (3.14.7.2) , the first and best (imho).



The others are overkill.

[Capture King]

I just record to my Panasonic's Hard Drive then fast copy to a DVD RW then import onto my Computer and into Nero Vision 4,where i'll edit the ad breaks out and create a professional looking menu with episode/chapter selection,then encode to Hard Drive in HQ,then run through DVD Shrink and burn to a DVD R.

[JohnB_Toronto]

name='rjd0309']Go with MPEG-VCR (3.14.7.2) , the first and best (imho).



The others are overkill.

I totally agree with this. I use Womble MPEG Video Wizard DVD (which is just the big brother with a few more bells and whistles but still bullt around the basic MPEG-VCR core - same process). The key to this software is that it only has to re-encode the frames you're actually editing - such as if you've taken out a commercial and want to do a fade-out then fade-in or a dissolve to make the transition smoother. The rest of the unedited movie is copied directly from the MPEG or VOB file with no conversion needed. The result is that it is very fast as well as being frame accurate. The PC uses a cache to get everything lined up and waiting whereas editing on a DVD player requires an uninterrupted video stream when it copies from the hard drive to a disc. Most players need to skip a little beat, in the form of briefly pausing on the last frame before the cut for a split second while it goes looking for the next frame after the cut. That little bit of hesitation will show in the edited version. To get a really clean edit with a DVD recorder you need to have adverts that can be cleanly cut right at a blackout. PC editing definitely gives you better control than editing out the commercials in the player.

[Film Man]

If it's a good film...buy the DVD once you have viewed the TV version...why mess about?

Film Man.

[marker]

name='Film Man']If it's a good film...buy the DVD once you have viewed the TV version...why mess about?

Film Man.

I would much prefer to do this but I would never be able to afford it !!! I like a lot of films , so most films would just have to be a copy off the tv have already this month spent £150 on dvds

[DB7]

TMPGenc DVD Author has a very user-friendly interface for editing.

[Fellwanderer]

name='DB7']TMPGenc DVD Author has a very user-friendly interface for editing.

Agreed - first rate