Editing video to remove commercials (was: Why we can't record...)

[Ben Scott]

On 3/26/07, Bob King <bob.king.1138 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>   Why not just do a one-time batch tivodecode of the .tivo files to
>> .mpeg files?  That's what I did.
>
> Anyone recommend a good mpeg editor once you have them converted so I can
> take out the $#^%# commercials?

  I don't have any experience with this myself (yet), but I am told
MythTV can do post-processing on recordings to automatically mark
commercials, and skip them during playback.  So if you can get those
recordings into MythTV, you should be in good shape.

  (In response to off-list concerns: It's completely legal to record
programs yourself, if you're just going to watch them yourself.  That
falls under "fair use".  You can also edit said recordings however you
like.  So it's not illegal to edit out commercials -- much to the
displeasure of the TV industry, I'm sure.  So this is fair game for
discussion.)

-- Ben