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Best Linux software for editing recordings.

Added by A L over 7 years ago

I have quite a lot of recorded HD films (in .ts format) that I would like to tidy up and archive.

When I play them in VLC, they often have two sound tracks (usually a narrative and a regular 2 or 5 channel track) and a subtitle track.

I also want to be able to edit out all the adverts from the beginning, middle and end.

Is there a single piece of software that will edit the video and let me strip out any audio tracks that I don't want? It would be useful if I had the option to preserve subtitles but this is not critical.

One other thing - what container should I use for the resulting video file? e.g. MKV, MP4, leave it as .ts


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RE: Best Linux software for editing recordings. - Added by Robert Cameron over 7 years ago

I haven't found a single piece of software that does it all. For commercial tagging, I use comskip. For format/codec conversion, ffmpeg.

As far as containers: mkv has greater flexibility for the codecs it can store; MP4 is limited to only MPEG based audio codecs and a single text/subtitle format.

RE: Best Linux software for editing recordings. - Added by A L over 7 years ago

Thank you - totally agree that it makes much more sense to use MKV for archiving.

Not the end of the world if I have to use two bits of separate, if they get the job done.

So it is pretty much a case of using Openshot or Avidemux to trim the video down and then Handbrake or ffmpeg to strip out the unneeded audio, transcode video/audio and change the container?

Just out of interest, do all four of the recommended programs allow me preserve soft subtitles?

RE: Best Linux software for editing recordings. - Added by saen acro over 7 years ago

Hanbrake can include soft subtitles as stream to MKV,
but there is a tricky moment with time synchronisation.

RE: Best Linux software for editing recordings. - Added by Gert Jansen about 7 years ago

I know you asked for Linux software. I can't help you with that, sorry.

If you do have a Windows machine, I can recommend TS-Doctor.
I use it to cut adverts, the previous program and the next program (I always schedule my recording with a lot of pre- and post-padding)
It can also removed Audio tracks, Teletext etc ...

I for one keep my files in .ts format, as I have a few devices than can play .ts but not .mkv
Besides, I don't really know what I'd gain by converting it to .mkv ?

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