Skip/Override A Clip in a Movie

[roumieh2000]

I was wondering here if I could load a file similar to .srt of which tells vlc to skip certain clips in a movie.

I would use it to skip certain parts in the movie automatically without interfering with the player.

Ex. Skip 1:30:00-1:30:30 would jump once the player reaches the first timing to the second one immediately.

Any ideas are much appreciated.

[mederi]

Can you use Subtitler (lite) within VLC-2.0.x to play SRT subtitles? Then some modification of the script will do what you need.

[roumieh2000]

Is there any documentation that i could use to read|develop such script..

[mederi]

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Try this:
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if not BINGO then local duration = vlc.var.get(input,"length") vlc.var.set(input,"position", subtitle[2] / duration) output_osd = false break end

[bcourts]

You could try my Clipper extension at http://addons.videolan.org/content/show ... ent=163792. It does not trim the video file itself, nor make other changes to the file. Clipper allows you to visually go through a video (or several videos) and decide where to start and stop each one, and split a video into two segments.
For the example given, you would split the video at 1:30:00, then set the start time for the next video at 1:30:30. If you wanted to skip another portion, you would split the second segment and set a start time for the third segment. You would end up with a playlist with an entry for each segment of the movie to be shown.
After you save the playlist with that information, you (and anyone else) can load the playlist with VLC''s "Media | Open File" menu item, without using the extension.

[roumieh2000]

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Try this:
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if not BINGO then local duration = vlc.var.get(input,"length") vlc.var.set(input,"position", subtitle[2] / duration) output_osd = false break end

Did you try it for yourself, I am still interested in making this function available within the srt file itself as a cutlist

I need a sample to test it within a clip or a movie

[mederi]

It is already implemented in Subtitler (lite) mod extension and an example of a subtitle file containing [SKIP]/[MUTE] commands is included in the package. The extension script does not work automatically. You must activate it manually in VLC menu and you need to use an external button presser. The usage is a bit cumbersome, but at least it works. I will write an interface script without dialog box support but with the possibility of automatic activation and operation. I will add some more commands (pause, stop, ...).

[roumieh2000]

It is already implemented in Subtitler (lite) mod extension and an example of a subtitle file containing [SKIP]/[MUTE] commands is included in the package. The extension script does not work automatically. You must activate it manually in VLC menu and you need to use an external button presser. The usage is a bit cumbersome, but at least it works. I will write an interface script without dialog box support but with the possibility of automatic activation and operation. I will add some more commands (pause, stop, ...).

I tested yesterday a player called POTPLAYER: https://filehippo.com/download_potplayer/64/ which has this feature in playback options.

A simple PBF file is generated within the movie directory to save the cutlist and load next time automatically.

I am interested in making this available with or seperate from SRT files and having them automatically loaded from external source on internet when the extension is loaded .

I also found an external control interface for VLC called VideoCommander: https://github.com/feg-giessen/videocommander which works on playlist concept serving same purpose and with little tweaking it could be used on a wider level.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

It's called EditList.

[roumieh2000]

An update on the topic,

I was able to create a plugin that reads command from within SRT file to [SKIP/MUTE] a certain clip within the movie.

Currently I am fine tuning it and planning to create an installer for the plugin

Tested on VLC 2.1.3 Rincewind

[sneetsher]

An update on the topic,

I was able to create a plugin that reads command from within SRT file to [SKIP/MUTE] a certain clip within the movie.

Currently I am fine tuning it and planning to create an installer for the plugin

Tested on VLC 2.1.3 Rincewind

Hi Roumieh2000, had you published it? Even if it is partial at least better for me then starting from scratch.