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Another method for lossless MPEG-1/2 edits - MPEG Streamclip
Authored by: victory on Feb 14, '05 11:54:04PM
I realize that Mitchell posted his hint over a year before this reply, but I thought I might share a nice (and free) MPEG video editing app I've just become aware of. I thought I'd mention it here for the benefit of others who arrived at this page in search of a similar solution.

The app is MPEG Streamclip and was at v1.2 at the time of this writing. Reading through the online-help guide, you get the impression that this is a fairly serious app. There's an extensive list of functions it performs, but what caught my attention is that thus far, it's the only OSX-based lossless MPEG editing app that *just seems to work*.

In my case it allows me to open standard multiplexed MPEG-1 files from my PVR, chop out unwanted sections, and re-save the edited content as another MPEG-1 file, all without re-compressing any of the data. (NOTE: Be sure to read the online documentation on the difference between just 'trimming' a clip and actually 'cutting' it). There have been lossless MPEG editors out for quite some time on the PC -- I'm really glad to see a usable (and freely available) one for OSX.

Congratulations and thanks to the developer (of whom I have no connection with)

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