Cutting out intros and credits via avisynth

NeoQuixotic · Post by **NeoQuixotic** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 1:47 am

I've been trying to get a single script that will cut out the intros and credits from within one source, thus giving me only the episodes. I don't need to see them everytime I search for footage. I tried the trim command, but that only got me stuck to one clip range. I'm all for learning advanced scripting so sock it to me. I would love to be able to cut out the 10-15 minutes worth of intro/credits when searching through a DVD.

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 2:24 am

How many scripts per episode are you using?

If you're using one script per episode (like I do), then Trim() should work fine -- so I assume you're not.

If you're using one script per DVD, then I'd do something like this:

[load up the D2V and insert any pre-processing, IVTC, etc. here]
last.Trim([range of first episode])++last.Trim([range of second episode])++ [...] ++last.Trim([range of last episode])

where each range is with the opening and ending cut out.

JenCM18 · Post by **JenCM18** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 5:51 pm

You could just get rid of the intros and ending credits with ripping footage [if thats what your doing]. just have to know what chapters to rip off the episodes that are just the episodes. lol

NeoQuixotic · Post by **NeoQuixotic** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 10:53 pm

I suppose ripping only the chapters I needed would make sense, doh! The only problem is that a few rare DVDs don't use chapter marks much or at all. I tried the scripting way and it worked, but I think I'll just re-rip to make it easier, thanks a bunch.

JenCM18 · Post by **JenCM18** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 10:56 pm

Your welcome ^_^ yeah some dvds don't have chapters for instance the import dvds I have of SM stars it doesn't. I think mostly import dvds don't have chapters.

AMVfreak · Post by **AMVfreak** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 11:30 pm

anubisx00 wrote:I suppose ripping only the chapters I needed would make sense, doh! The only problem is that a few rare DVDs don't use chapter marks much or at all. I tried the scripting way and it worked, but I think I'll just re-rip to make it easier, thanks a bunch.

If you DO have chapters, rather than re-ripping the DVD all over, you can just add the non-opening/ending VOBs chapters you need into DGIndex and work from there.