editing with dcut results in wrong duration of programme?

chemoul · **6th March 2007, 06:15 PM**

I just tried dcut on a dvrms file and removed about 20 minutes of commercials from a 1:30 hour program without compressing the file.

When watching the file, MCE still displays the file duration of the original file, when fast forwarding I can see the original duration of the file in the progress bar, with the actual duration highlighted.

Is this normal? I'm afraid that this might be a problem when trying to burn files because MCE will think it won't fit on a DVD?

pssturges · **6th March 2007, 07:01 PM**

Yep, That's normal. And no, it won't affect burning to dvd

. Sonic encoders only encode the video that is actually there.

Phil

chemoul · **6th March 2007, 08:01 PM**

oh good, that'll make my wife happy.. happy wife, happy life :-)

darkmenace · **14th April 2007, 07:30 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by pssturges

Yep, That's normal. And no, it won't affect burning to dvd

. Sonic encoders only encode the video that is actually there.

Phil

Do the Sonic encoders actually work on our digital recordings in Aus these days? I remember they were very slow/unsuccessful in the early days but haven't heard anything recently.

Darky

pssturges · **18th April 2007, 02:31 PM**

They work fine so long as you have all the mce updates from windows updates. There are still some issues with aspect ratios when burning from HD content, but work fine with SD. They still can be a little slow...

Phil