mpeg2 editing help

[Anarchy99]

i have a nexus-s sat pci card for my pc and i send the mpeg footage to my g5 and i want to edit it, but sadly it plays in quicktime but i cant cut and paste out stuff i want or dont want like i can with other formats like mov avi ect.
the edit options are faded any ideas why
if not any other apps that can edit mpeg2 for osx

 

[GimmeSlack12]

You cannot edit in Quicktime unless you have Quicktime Pro. That is why those options are greyed out. What is MPEG-2? Video? Hmm, what about iMovie?

 

[superleccy]

To view MPEG2 in Quicktime, you need the QuickTime MPEG2 component. This is an extra cost (it does not come with QuickTime Pro) and you can get it from apple.com.

But, even then, you still cannot edit MPEG2 with Quicktime. It will let you export to another format (if you have QuickTime Pro), but this is impossibly slow (well, it is on my G4) and (in my experience) prone to crash.

There are some other apps out there that can help. AFAIK they all rely on the MPEG2 component of Quicktime. MPEG2 Works is shareware and looks comprehensive, but I haven't got a clue how to use it. However, I did manage to do some basic trimming of an MPEG2 file using MPEG Streamclip. It seems to have additional features too, but I've not investigated them yet. Best of all, it's free (although you still need to buy the QT MPEG2 component).

The akwardness is because MPEG2 is not a format that is intended to be editable. It's main use is for distribution (eg, DVD, Digital TV).

HTH.
SL

 

[Anarchy99]

i have quicktime pro and the mpeg2 playback extra from apple and thats why i can view it but the edit options are still blanked out, im guessing it might be because the mpeg2 video might be slightly proprietary or something because of the built in mpeg encoder on the sat card might do something weird with the encoding

 

[superleccy]

i have quicktime pro and the mpeg2 playback extra from apple and thats why i can view it but the edit options are still blanked out

Yup, that's normal, unfortunately. Even QT Pro + MPEG2 component cannot edit MPEG2. You need to export to another format, or get another tool (see my above post).

SL