smart copy for H.264 videos

[sowosamma]

Hi,

I am recording movies on my computer and use avidemux for cutting the commerial breaks. With DivX it works very well. But smart copy isn\'t available for H.264. Are there any plans if and when avidemux will be able to do smart copying with H.264?

/Andi

[LoRd_MuldeR]

I guess we need frame-accurate access to H.264 first, before we can think about \"Smart Copy\" for H.264 streams

The upcoming Avidemux 2.6 may offer some improvements here...

[sowosamma]

and when will 2.6 be available?

[DarkZell666]

and when will 2.6 be available?

When it\'s available. :lol:
Like most open-source software, there\'s no schedule, it just happens when it\'s ready

[chrispitude]

Just another vote for this feature - I would love to see Smart Copy for H.264 videos!

We are re-encoding kid's shows from our TiVo to H.264 (in MPEG4 containers) for our son to watch on an Android tablet. The transfer program batch-transfers the files, doing H.264 encoding on the fly to save space. I want to trim the beginning and end off the encoded files, but I want to avoid the runtime hit and quality loss of doing a full reencoding. Smart Copy would be perfect for my application.

Edit: just tried the Avidemux beta (2.6.0 r7907) and it "works" in that it no longer requires the A marker to be on a key frame, but the resulting video does not play in Windows or on my tablet. I'll follow up in the 2.6 section.