easy tools to remove adverts in recordings?

[V_J]

Hello,

Not really NPVR related... but which tools do people use here to edit recordings: trim front/back and remove ads? I don't need much more editing than that, so are there any simple tools for this?

Thanks,


Jörg

[Reddwarf]

Hello,

Not really NPVR related... but which tools do people use here to edit recordings: trim front/back and remove ads? I don't need much more editing than that, so are there any simple tools for this?

Thanks,


Jörg

I have found TSDoctor combined with ComSkip a very useful tool

[peejay]

I have been using the paid for version of VideoReDo for a long time. I save the output as a .ts file (so that I can extract subtitles) and then use Handbrake to create a mkv file which is usually a smaller file and playable on various media players.

Paul

[Jaggy]

I also use paid VideoReDo but before that I used "MPEG_Streamclip" which does a pretty decent job, the big downside is it won't do h264 recordings

[V_J]

Thanks for the suggestions!
I've started testing comskip, to see how well it manages to detect adverts here.

[joeags]

comskip + videoredo here also. I've shrunk with handbrake in the past, but generally just adjust options in videoredo these days if I need to save size (bitrate, 1080p to 720p), but even that's very infrequent.

[Ehrlichia]

Here I am again posting to an old post but I wanted let someone out there know what I do to convert the shows I record.
like the others I use Comskip + VideoReDo but there is a alot more free software out there to process front back and adverts, if that is all you need.
I personally on occasion use SubtitleEdit, VirtualDub64, AVSEdit Plus, MKV Chapterizer, CCExtractor, MkvToolnix, HandBrake, FFMpeg and last Audacity to process what I record Virtualdub64 is free and will do the cuts but saves to avi (old)
comskip outputs a avisynth file for your cuts so I edit and use AVSEdit Plus for that MKV Chapterizer just adds chapters to your file, CCExtractor, MKVToolnix, I just use for the command line extraction or conversion to MKV, Handbrake I use for the commandline if I want the container an MP4 for compatibility with my old mediaplayer Audacity just for audio.
the best tool I use is ffmpeg for everything cuts,filters,upscale and others. 
Give it a try
E.