icarusi
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I haven't yet found an editor for the files made by the P+ but I was experimenting with a file splitter, FFSJ v3.3, so I could back up 3 of the 1.5Gb blocks the P+ creates to DVD, which inconveniently are greater than the 4.7Gb of a DVD.
I found unexpectedly that the second part of a block, divided with the FFSJ splitter, would actually still play within Media Player Classic and didn't require the 'joining' process of the whole file to enable it to play.
Unfortunately as a file 'splitter' any 'split' value smaller than half the main file produces 3 files etc. so it's easy to chop a section from the end of a file than to do the same from the beginning.
On BBC HD files 2Mb/sec (120Mb/min) values seem to work so providing you have reasonably accurate time points from the file start it's relatively easy to calculate the splitting pints in Mb.
The splitter doesn't delete the original file, unless you select that option, but being careless with 'joining' processes can overwrite the original file if it's in the same directory, so better to work with a duplicate file.
If 'chopped' files are used within the folders of a P+ hardrive, providing they exist in the order xx.ts, xx.001, xx.002 etc. they should play in sequence as per the original recording, although the 'i' (blue button) duration will remain as per the original recording even though the new 'edited' playing time will be shorter.
You can make a dummy 'event' by recording until a few file blocks have been written, say xx.ts - xx.004 for 60 minutes. The xx.ts - xx.004 can be substituted with any other similar blocks, or edited blocks providing the xx filename and foldername are consistent and the .ts, .001 , .002 sequence is maintained of the file blocks within the folder.
I haven't yet tried mixing BBC HD and ITV HD files within a folder using this method as they have different bit rates so will likely glitch at the boundaries between the file types.
I found unexpectedly that the second part of a block, divided with the FFSJ splitter, would actually still play within Media Player Classic and didn't require the 'joining' process of the whole file to enable it to play.
Unfortunately as a file 'splitter' any 'split' value smaller than half the main file produces 3 files etc. so it's easy to chop a section from the end of a file than to do the same from the beginning.
On BBC HD files 2Mb/sec (120Mb/min) values seem to work so providing you have reasonably accurate time points from the file start it's relatively easy to calculate the splitting pints in Mb.
The splitter doesn't delete the original file, unless you select that option, but being careless with 'joining' processes can overwrite the original file if it's in the same directory, so better to work with a duplicate file.
If 'chopped' files are used within the folders of a P+ hardrive, providing they exist in the order xx.ts, xx.001, xx.002 etc. they should play in sequence as per the original recording, although the 'i' (blue button) duration will remain as per the original recording even though the new 'edited' playing time will be shorter.
You can make a dummy 'event' by recording until a few file blocks have been written, say xx.ts - xx.004 for 60 minutes. The xx.ts - xx.004 can be substituted with any other similar blocks, or edited blocks providing the xx filename and foldername are consistent and the .ts, .001 , .002 sequence is maintained of the file blocks within the folder.
I haven't yet tried mixing BBC HD and ITV HD files within a folder using this method as they have different bit rates so will likely glitch at the boundaries between the file types.