I use Xmedia Recode for remuxing, but as far as I am aware itâs functions are manual in nature, but can handle manually created queues staggering in volume.
Hereâs how to fix MCEBuddy:
Find Budâs âconfigâ folder - usually: C:\Program Files\MCEBuddy2x\config\
Reference: https://mcebuddy2x.codeplex.com/discussions/542787
To correct this you need to make 2 changes:
Open mcebuddy.conf, under the section ffmpegbackupremux remove the -ss 5 from all the lines
Open profile.conf, find your profile and remove -ss 3 and --start-at duration:3 from the appropriate lines
5+3=8
For most folks theyâre using Bud for Recorded TV and have (hopefully) set their recording devices to start at least a minute before and end at least a minute after the exact scheduled time to account for start and end times that might not happen exactly on time and to give you a little âleaderâ to work with. Theyâll never notice 8 seconds missing and this gives Bud stable video in which to do itâs work - in case your recording device takes a few seconds to âsettle downâ from a cold start. Unlikely, but possible.
Most of my work (and yours I assume) will be done in pre-edited material. If I intend to permanently add a Recorded TV item to my library I use VideoReDo TV Suite 5 for frame accurate editing of said material and there is no foolishness at the start or ends of items Bud has to work with. When Iâm watching/deleting other, more disposable items that are handled automatically Iâm unconcerned if a glitch shows up in the beginning (never seen one actually) 'cause Iâm bumping through that leader to the start of the program anyway. We donât need Budâs safety net, so remove it.
These config files are also where you can make changes to the ffmpeg routines if you want to customize how Bud is doing itâs work and if one of the many presets doesnât do exactly what you want done.
Handbrake is my all time favorite for encoding and my self-taught skills (is there any other way? I am unaware of the location of Handbrake University) allow me to tip-toe through those confusing settings with ease - and that didnât happen overnight I can tell you.
BTW: MCEBuddy is technically free. I have been a long-time supporter because it does so much for me so that 30 dollar gift was cheap at twice the price. I canât say I benefit by having access to the latest releases as a sibling uses Budâs free version and from what we see they both are doing the same thing and doing it very well.
I did pay over a hundred bucks for VideoReDo TV Suite 5 - and that was money well spent too. There is simply no free solution that does frame accurate edits in mpeg2 streams to facilitate the manual removal of commercials (in the US those come every 7 minutes) and produce an edited WTV file to plop down in MCEBuddyâs monitor location in under 5 minutes. That Iâm aware of anyway. MCEBuddy and Comskip are pretty good, but they ainât that good.
