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Re: trimming mkv files?

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In message <Fa2dnYygc6ETF5rHnZ2dnUU7-SmdnZ2d@giganews.com> Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
> On 2017-11-11 15:32, Your Name wrote:
>> On 2017-11-11 17:36:37 +0000, Alan Browne said:
>>> On 2017-11-11 00:48, William Hanna wrote:
>>>> i want to do some tests of various compression settings when
>>>> converting video files to h265 using Super265 is time-consuming... up
>>>> to two hours for larger/longer files
>>>>
>>>> so i'd like to take a really good looking mkv and trim it to about 3
>>>> minutes and do the tests on that
>>>>
>>>> ? what do i need to do that
>>>
>>> Handbrake.  However, note that the settings on Handbrake will affect 
>>> the quality of the output segment unless carefully set so your short 
>>> clip may not represent the original.
>>>
>>> You could use Davinci resolve as well, but I'm not sure if it reads 
>>> .MKV and again the settings in Davinci will affect the output clip.
>> 
>> Settings always affect the output ... that's what settings are there 
>> for. If they did affect the output, then there wouldn't be any need for 
>> settings at all.  ;-)

> Agreed and smiley noted.  To date I've yet to find a simple 1:1 setting 
> that guarantees the o/p will be of the same quality as the input in 
> either app.  So converting .mkv (that lost episode of "Mary Truehart, 
> girl nymphomaniac" that I missed, for example) to .mp4 for the Apple TV 
> is a PITA if I want perfection in conversion.

It is not a PITA, it is impossible. There is no such thing as perfection
when converting.

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trimming mkv files? William Hanna <bill@invalid.invalid> - 2017-11-10 21:48 -0800
  Re: trimming mkv files? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2017-11-11 06:18 -0500
    Re: trimming mkv files? William Hanna <bill@invalid.invalid> - 2017-11-11 13:11 -0800
  Re: trimming mkv files? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-11-11 12:36 -0500
    Re: trimming mkv files? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2017-11-12 09:32 +1300
      Re: trimming mkv files? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2017-11-11 16:16 -0500
        Re: trimming mkv files? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-11-11 18:42 -0500
        Re: trimming mkv files? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-11-12 03:40 +0000
      Re: trimming mkv files? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-11-11 18:41 -0500
        Re: trimming mkv files? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-11-12 03:41 +0000
          Re: trimming mkv files? Alrescha <alrescha@gmail.com> - 2017-11-12 19:30 +0000
  Re: trimming mkv files? William Hanna <bill@invalid.invalid> - 2017-11-12 15:34 -0800
    Re: trimming mkv files? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2017-11-12 22:26 -0500
      Re: trimming mkv files? William Hanna <bill@invalid.invalid> - 2017-11-12 21:37 -0800
        Re: trimming mkv files? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2017-11-13 19:12 +1300
          Re: trimming mkv files? William Hanna <bill@invalid.invalid> - 2017-11-13 11:57 -0800
          Re: trimming mkv files? heron stone <heron@invalid.invalid> - 2017-11-14 20:41 -0800
            Re: trimming mkv files? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-11-15 17:48 +0000

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