Minimum EDL cut length

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Hello all,

I am looking for some assistance. I have used MCEBuddy for some time without any issues but recently have been hitting a wall with the software not cutting out the desired times. I mostly use to cut out the beginning and ending of files I recorded with PlayOn which adds in my IP info. Sometimes I also need to cut out commercial breaks as well. Again, have used MCEBuddy successfully for some time.

Recently, I make an EDL file of the times I intent to cut out and then run the conversion. It runs and creates the converted file. I noticed the times are not cut out in the final converted file. I do not think I am doing anything different (wrong) but there is always the possibility of user error.
Dog the Bounty Hunter - s03e03 - You Snooze, You Lose.mp4-Converted-1900-01-01T00-00-00.log (3.4 MB)

Attached is the log file of the file I tried running a few times today with the same results.

Any help would be appreciated and thank you again.

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Based on the log the segments in the EDL are too short (has to be at least 4 seconds). Based on the log entries below you were just under that with 3.941 seconds. Can you verify this and/or post the contents of the EDL?

2022-02-01T09:32:36 MCEBuddy.CommercialScan.Scanner --> ParseEDL: Cut Segment Start:0.000 End:3.941 Action:0
--> ConvertCutListToKeepList: Skip initial segment, too small Start:0.000 Stop:0.000
--> ConvertCutListToKeepList: Keep end segment Start:3.941 Stop:1315.853
--> ConvertKeepListToCutList: Skip segment, too small Start:0.000 Stop:3.941
--> ConvertKeepListToCutList: Skip end segment, too small Start:1315.853 Stop:1315.853
--> ConvertKeepListToCutList Done
WARNING> 2022-02-01T09:32:36 MCEBuddy.CommercialScan.Scanner --> Empty EDL file detected
3

Thank you. I know I have done quick cuts that do not exceed 4 seconds in the past but I changed to make the cut 4 seconds however had the same results. I’ve added the new log file.
Dog the Bounty Hunter - s03e03 - You Snooze, You Lose.mp4-Converted-1900-01-01T00-00-00.log (3.4 MB)

Please let me know if there is anything else that looks out of place. Thank you all again for your assistance.

4

You attached the same log file based on date/time stamps in log.

5

Thank you. I cleared out my logs and ran another pass today and it worked. Thank you. So just so I am clear, I need to cut at least 4 sec? I thought I has cuts less than that however I will keep checking.

Thank you again for your assistance.

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Yes, cuts need to be 4 seconds or more long. This could have changed at some point in a release so you potentially could have had smaller cuts. Glad it’s working for you now.

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I did try another go and made certain the cut was 4 seconds but had the same result with the time not being cut. Attached is the log file.
Dog the Bounty Hunter - s02e23 - Dog Is Smokin’.mp4-Converted-2022-02-02T15-11-18.log (3.6 MB)

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The default is 20 seconds minimum to avoid issues with underlying encoders some of which can’t handle too small segments. You can adjust this number from the System Settings page