[Smart Cutter 1.8.4] Questions from a new user (vob and mp4)
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 5:30 am
Hi, i really need to have a shareware able to cut at specific frame, at this time i'm still trying the demo version of Smart Cutter 1.8.4.
It's currently the best shareware i tried to cut at specific frame.
Basically, i listen to a lot of music videos.
I buy the original dvd of music videos, i rip them on my computer in .VOB with dvd decrypter, then i use Handbrake to get a high quality .MP4
The problem is that most of my videos have those "warning copyright" things in the beginning and the end of the video, that i'm obliged to extract with the .VOB
So this is why i need something to cut my videos, i need to remove these unwanted parts of my videos.
Basically, i tried Smart Cutter on different .VOB, some have lpcm audio, while others have ac3, it seems like Smart Cutter was able to do it's job for these .VOB
But i'm a little afraid, if i buy Smart Cutter, what will happen to replace the "Demo" thing ? Will i have a badly pixelated part of my video in the beginning and end of my video ? I know that Smart Cutter transcode these parts to make it possible, but i don't know about if this is visible or not, because the result is hidden by the "demo" thing. Also, i want to be sure the video will cut at the specific frame, because i don't want to see the "warning" messages, and i don't want to lose the beginning of my music video.
Basically, i plan to cut my .VOB before to use Handbrake to make my MP4.
But i think Smart Cutter support MP4 too. So i was curious to try it with my MP4 already trancoded by Handbrake, and the result was not as good as it was with a .VOB. Firstly, the sound got removed from my MP4 video
Info from VLC:
Type: Video
Codec: H264 - MPEG-4 AVC (part10) (avc1)
Resolution: 720x480
Frame rate: 23.975409 But the output MP4 was a little different: 23.958904 Not an important difference, but is it normal that it's not exactly the same ?
decoded size: Planar 4:2:0 YUV
Type: Audio
Codec: A52 Audio (aka AC3) (a52)
Channel: Stereo (this info only appear for the INput video)
Description: Surround (this info only appear for the OUTput video)
48000Hz
448kb/s (yeah i love high quality sound too)
And then, i realise that the output MP4 video doesn't have any sound, the audio track has been lost. Happily for me i plan to transcode my VOB videos in Smart Cutter, but i was curious to know why my MP4 from Smart Cutter lost it's audio track ?
Also, the new MP4 had some strange ugly gray things in the beginning instead of the "Demo" thing (sometime it was just a gray screen too), i guest that was only because i use very specific parameters when i transcode my videos with Handbrake ? Seems like my MP4 have problems with Smart Cutter, i wonder if this is due to the way i transcode my videos with handbrake.
Most importantly, i really want Smart Cutter to be perfect with my VOB file, and so i have high expectation from this shareware lol, since it's really important for me to keep the quality of my videos and to just remove these things, i already tried some other sharewares but they was just not working at all. For now, i'm still testing Smart Cutter with more VOB videos. From now, i only found one VOB with problem (new vob was freezing), but this vob was already very strangely made on the original dvd (and was even difficult to rip), so i don't know what to think about this vob.
It's currently the best shareware i tried to cut at specific frame.
Basically, i listen to a lot of music videos.
I buy the original dvd of music videos, i rip them on my computer in .VOB with dvd decrypter, then i use Handbrake to get a high quality .MP4
The problem is that most of my videos have those "warning copyright" things in the beginning and the end of the video, that i'm obliged to extract with the .VOB
So this is why i need something to cut my videos, i need to remove these unwanted parts of my videos.
Basically, i tried Smart Cutter on different .VOB, some have lpcm audio, while others have ac3, it seems like Smart Cutter was able to do it's job for these .VOB
But i'm a little afraid, if i buy Smart Cutter, what will happen to replace the "Demo" thing ? Will i have a badly pixelated part of my video in the beginning and end of my video ? I know that Smart Cutter transcode these parts to make it possible, but i don't know about if this is visible or not, because the result is hidden by the "demo" thing. Also, i want to be sure the video will cut at the specific frame, because i don't want to see the "warning" messages, and i don't want to lose the beginning of my music video.
Basically, i plan to cut my .VOB before to use Handbrake to make my MP4.
But i think Smart Cutter support MP4 too. So i was curious to try it with my MP4 already trancoded by Handbrake, and the result was not as good as it was with a .VOB. Firstly, the sound got removed from my MP4 video
Info from VLC:
Type: Video
Codec: H264 - MPEG-4 AVC (part10) (avc1)
Resolution: 720x480
Frame rate: 23.975409 But the output MP4 was a little different: 23.958904 Not an important difference, but is it normal that it's not exactly the same ?
decoded size: Planar 4:2:0 YUV
Type: Audio
Codec: A52 Audio (aka AC3) (a52)
Channel: Stereo (this info only appear for the INput video)
Description: Surround (this info only appear for the OUTput video)
48000Hz
448kb/s (yeah i love high quality sound too)
And then, i realise that the output MP4 video doesn't have any sound, the audio track has been lost. Happily for me i plan to transcode my VOB videos in Smart Cutter, but i was curious to know why my MP4 from Smart Cutter lost it's audio track ?
Also, the new MP4 had some strange ugly gray things in the beginning instead of the "Demo" thing (sometime it was just a gray screen too), i guest that was only because i use very specific parameters when i transcode my videos with Handbrake ? Seems like my MP4 have problems with Smart Cutter, i wonder if this is due to the way i transcode my videos with handbrake.
Most importantly, i really want Smart Cutter to be perfect with my VOB file, and so i have high expectation from this shareware lol, since it's really important for me to keep the quality of my videos and to just remove these things, i already tried some other sharewares but they was just not working at all. For now, i'm still testing Smart Cutter with more VOB videos. From now, i only found one VOB with problem (new vob was freezing), but this vob was already very strangely made on the original dvd (and was even difficult to rip), so i don't know what to think about this vob.