edit video from S3

[doewie]

I just transferred my first video from my TivoHD to my Mac Mini using TivoTransfer that is part of Toast 8. I cannot seem to find an easy way to edit the video before sending it along. What I did so far is:

1. export to PSP (mpeg-4 format)
2. import into imovieHD (yes, the old one)
3. edit video - export from imovie

So basically this means a long wait for the transfer, followed by a long wait for the transcode to mp4 followed by a long wait to import into imovie.
Without paying for a license for QT-pro is there an easier way?

Before this I was using EyeTV which has a build-in editor...Toast seems to be lacking this?

Many thanks for any help!

[Dan203]

Any chance you have Parallels and Windows installed? If so you should give VideoReDo a try. It can edit TiVo files without even transcoding them, so it's really quick and easy. Unfortunately it's Windows only. (for now)

Dan

[jaredmwright]

Also check out VMWare Fusion, it may do the trick and be simpler than Parallels for VMWare for the Mac.

http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=205014717&adid=17653&dcaid=17653

[doewie]

Thanks for the replies. So if I understand correctly, folks with Macs boot to Windows to edit their tivo streams?
(by the way, my steps above do work, it just takes 4ever and seems to be the only way to do it on a Mac?)

[qz3fwd]

Yes-VideoReDo is a godsend for editing any mpeg files.
I use it daily, primarily for HD material.:up:

[Dan203]

Thanks for the replies. So if I understand correctly, folks with Macs boot to Windows to edit their tivo streams?

A lot of them do. Mainly because there is nothing like VideoReDo available on the Mac. (that's why we're considering porting VRD to the Mac*)

Dan

* I'm actually one of the developers of the VideoReDo software

[jtkohl]

If you're recording Digital OTA signals on an S3 or HD, give MPEG StreamClip a try. For me, I can use it to remove commercials without transcoding--just a tivodecode step first.
But for me it can't deal with FiOS encoded channels, just the OTA channels.

[doewie]

I'll give mpeg streamclip a try. Tivodecode transcode to MPEG-2 requires a $20 donation to Apple and MPEG-4 does not work (mencode unexpectedly quit).
So looks like I need to try and see if mpeg streamclip can work with the streams that Toast spits out...

[jtkohl]

Tivodecode transcode to MPEG-2 requires a $20 donation to Apple and MPEG-4 does not work (mencode unexpectedly quit).

I don't actually use TDM in its full glory. I use Galleon to transfer the shows, then the tivodecode binary from inside the TDM application bundle to unpack the file into an MPEG-2 stream.

But you did point out something I forgot, MPEG StreamClip uses QuickTime so you will need the $20 QT MPEG-2 plugin to use it.

[doewie]

Sounds like I paid for the wrong tool(s). Instead of buying Toast I should have used the (free) TDM and pony up $20 for the QT plugin...With the latter 2 I don't see why I would need Toast...