[PLUG] Editing a video DVD

[RParr]

On 06/09/2013 03:03 PM, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
> What is the simplest way to use Linux tools to take a non-copy-
> protected video DVD apart, remove the first 9.5 minutes of the
> content, and make a new DVD with the same menus, etc?
>
> The particular DVD is the recording of an awards ceremony at a
> conference, where a really wonderful person was introduced by
> a foulmouthed idiot MC.  Before I share the DVD with others,
> I would like to edit out the MC.  Most of the people at the
> ceremony would like to do the same with their brains.  While I
> can tell people to fast forward to 9:30, or just turn off the
> sound, they may be tempted to listen to Mr. Nasty, and there
> are some things (like goatse) which you cannot un-know.
>
> So, which tool is easiest?  I don't want to become an editing
> guru, just edit out one of nature's mistakes.
>
> Keith
>

I use avidemux and gochop for this sort of thing.

RParr, Temporal Arts