NAME

       dvbcut - Qt application for cutting parts out of DVB streams

SYNOPSIS

       dvbcut [ -idx indexfile ] [ mpegfile ]
       dvbcut projectfile
       dvbcut -generateidx -idx indexfile mpegfile

DESCRIPTION

       DVBCUT  is  a  Qt  application  that  allows  you to select certain parts of an MPEG transport stream (as
       received via Digital Video Broadcasting, DVB) and save these parts into a single  MPEG  output  file.  It
       follows a ``keyhole surgery'' approach where the input video and audio data is mostly kept unchanged, and
       only very few frames at the beginning and/or end of the selected range are re-encoded in order to  obtain
       a valid MPEG file.
       DVBCUT needs to create index information on an MPEG file first. Therefore, when loading an MPEG transport
       stream file, it also asks you for a filename of an index file. If you choose  an  existing  file,  it  is
       loaded  and  used as index if suitable. (That means, that dvbcut performs some sanity checks on the index
       itself and also checks if the index describes the chosen MPEG file.) If you select a file which does  not
       yet exist, dvbcut creates the necessary index in place.

OPTIONS

       -idx indexfile
              Use indexfile as index.

       -generateidx
              Do not show the graphical user interface, only generate an index.

AUTHOR

       dvbcut was written by Sven Over <svenover@svenover.de>.

                                                November 27, 2005                                      DVBCUT(1)