debian man page for gopchop

GOPCHOP(1)																GOPCHOP(1)

NAME
       gopchop - Fast, lossless cuts-only editor for MPEG2 video files

SYNOPSIS
       gopchop [ options ] [ file ]

DESCRIPTION
       gopchop	cuts and merges MPEG2 video streams. gopchop uses a method to cut streams that does not require re-encoding, and therefore is fast
       and not prone to the artifacts and degradation of quality inherent in re-encoding.  However, cuts are limited to I-frames or  group-of-pic-
       ture (GOP) boundaries. These frames occur frequently enough, and often times at scene transitions, so that gopchop's method is adequate for
       many applications.

       The typical use is manually editing commercials out of recorded television programs.

       Another application is splitting .VOB files from dual-layer DVD rips so that the content can be re-authored such that each half will fit on
       one single-layer DVD recordable.

OPTIONS
       -h, --help
	      Help.

       -p, --pipe CMD
	      Use external command for output.	Recommended:  'mplayer -nocache -novm -'

       -v, --vo DRIVER
	      Choose internal output driver.  Use 'help' as DRIVER for a list.

       -s, --states
	      Show libmpeg2 decoding states during display.  Used mostly for debugging.

       -V, --version
	      Display which version of GOPchop is installed.

AUTHOR
       Kees Cook, <kees@outflux.net>

SEE ALSO
       gtkspu(1), mpegcat(1)

								   02 March 2009							GOPCHOP(1)