Video Editing for AVI files - Commercial removal
I came across a video editor – not fancy, but it works.
The name is ‘cbreak’. It is a MS-Windows command line utility – no don’t be afraid. It has a manual mode that goes through the entire AVI file (only works on AVI files) and figures out where the black frames are. Then it can ask you to confirm each segment to remove or keep by showing you the segment in question. It knows about key frames, so your cuts happen on them.
Sounds dumb? It is. Get it here What do you want for free?
I’ll keep a local copy in case he decides to stop publishing it. It is available in C source code and is released under the GPL
If you’re looking for MPEG file commercial skip, check out ComSkip – not nearly as useful, but with more features for detecting commercials. Eh.
April 2007 Update: I’ve given up and purchased VideoRedo, yes, it was worth it to me. It uses the same commercial location methods that all the other programs use, but with the added TiVo file reading benefit.
