VideoCutter (bundleware)
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From: John Corliss on 15 Apr 2010 04:15 M.L. wrote: > > >>> I was looking for something to *easily* cut irrelevant portions of a joke >>> video out. I found VideoCutter: >>> >>> http://www.prvsoft.com/video-cutter.html > >>> at the Freewarehome.com site: >>> >>> http://freewarehome.com >>> >>> where it is described as follows: > > No frame or keyframe advance, which makes it awkward to pinpoint exact > locations for cutting. That's what I said in the OP: >>> Also, as far as I could tell, you can't set the start and end points >>> unless the movie is playing. It would be nice if you could drag the slider >>> to the frames you want to set those points at and view those frames as you >>> do so. but somehow that got lost in your quoting. Your way of putting it is clearer though and I agree. Those features would be real nice. If I find another *easy to use* program which has those features, I'll post about it. > The descriptions didn't specify whether or not > this app reencoded the edited video before saving. > >> A better solution is: >> http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/ >> >> With this you can also cut something and encode it to any format you want. > > Avidemux won't reencode cuts-only video of the same format. But it > doesn't support wmv. I should have mentioned in the OP that I had not gotten acceptable results with Avidemux and that was why I had gone looking for something else. -- John Corliss BS206. I block all Google Groups posts due to Googlespam, and as many posts from anonymous remailers (like x-privat.org for eg.) as possible due to forgeries posted through them. No ad, CD, commercial, cripple, demo, nag, share, spy, time-limited, trial or web wares OR warez for me, please. Adobe Flash sucks, DivX rules.
From: rich on 15 Apr 2010 06:36 On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 01:10:12 -0700, John Corliss wrote: > DJAnonimo wrote: >> John Corliss wrote: >>> >>> I was looking for something to *easily* cut irrelevant portions of a >>> joke video out. I found VideoCutter: >>> >>> http://www.prvsoft.com/video-cutter.html >>> >>> at the Freewarehome.com site: >>> >>> http://freewarehome.com >>> >>> where it is described as follows: >> >> A better solution is: >> http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/ >> >> With this you can also cut something and encode it to any format you >> want. > > I had Avidemux on my computer up until yesterday (and I updated it to > the current version yesterday as well), but the resulting file it > produced was all garbled and messed up. I tried three times to get > acceptable results and was unable to do so, so I removed the program and > went looking for something else. <snip> Like most people I have no problems with Avidemux, although if you need to do more than occasional video editing a payware solution is the best bet, Really Avidemux is more of a conversion utility than an editor. For freeware, maybe try http://software.tutorialsroom.com/video-edit-master/ it is based on mencoder rather than ffmpeg so worth a try. You don't say what video format you use but if it is compressed .avi's .mp4's or HD .mts then editing can be a bit hit & miss. Note the bottom of the above web page re: installed codecs. -- rich
From: M.L. on 15 Apr 2010 11:37 >Like most people I have no problems with Avidemux, although if you need >to do more than occasional video editing a payware solution is the best >bet, Really Avidemux is more of a conversion utility than an editor. I like it better as an editor. Avidemux few presets aren't as thorough as most converters. For example, converting to NTSC DVD mpeg2 requires the user use a filter to manually resize the video to 720x480 and to use a framerate filter to set FPS to 29.97. All other NTSC DVD converters set those standard DVD parameters automatically via presets. Xmedia Recode and especially Any Video Converter have easier interfaces and handy presets for video converting. >For freeware, maybe try > >http://software.tutorialsroom.com/video-edit-master/ > >it is based on mencoder rather than ffmpeg so worth a try. Like most freeware editors, Video Edit Master will give horrid artifacts at cut points unless you advance by keyframe. Avoid frame-by-frame advance cuts with this app and with Avidemux. Video Edit Master only supports AVI, MPEG1 and MPEG2.
From: Ken Swenson on 16 Apr 2010 00:30 "John Corliss" <q34wsk20(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:NNidnRvpZOSljVvWnZ2dnUVZ_u-dnZ2d(a)posted.ccountrynet... >I was looking for something to *easily* cut irrelevant portions of a joke >video out. I found VideoCutter: > > http://www.prvsoft.com/video-cutter.html > > at the Freewarehome.com site: > > http://freewarehome.com > > where it is described as follows: > _______________________________________________________________________ > Video Cutter is a very simple tool that can cut any video in almost any > format easily. It supports MPG, VOB, DAT, AVI, DIVX, MP4, WMV, MOV, MKV, > FLV and other video formats. All you need to do is play the video; Mark > start and end of the video; Then simply save it by clicking on the save > button. > > PLEASE NOTE: this program offers to install the "Relevant Knowledge" > *OPTIONAL* add-on, if you don't want it make sure that you click the > "Decline" button on the FIRST install screen - it looks like the program > EULA but it isn't, that's on the next screen! > _______________________________________________________________________ > > I installed the program and they're correct, but apparently they're not > aware that the setup also tries to install a browser toolbar at the *end* > of the setup unless you uncheck that option. > > The program itself works very nicely to do what I wanted, but be sure to > give the edited video file which you're saving another name than the > original. If you don't, you'll get an error message that the file is in > use (by the program itself.) Also, as far as I could tell, you can't set > the start and end points unless the movie is playing. It would be nice if > you could drag the slider to the frames you want to set those points at > and view those frames as you do so. Tried it and liked it. Thanks, John. > -- > John Corliss BS206. I block all Google Groups posts due to Googlespam, and > as many posts from anonymous remailers (like x-privat.org for eg.) as > possible due to forgeries posted through them. > > No ad, CD, commercial, cripple, demo, nag, share, spy, time-limited, trial > or web wares OR warez for me, please. Adobe Flash sucks, DivX rules.
From: John Corliss on 16 Apr 2010 06:45
Ken Swenson wrote: > John Corliss wrote: >> >> I was looking for something to *easily* cut irrelevant portions of a joke >> video out. I found VideoCutter: >> >> http://www.prvsoft.com/video-cutter.html >> >> at the Freewarehome.com site: >> >> http://freewarehome.com >> >> where it is described as follows: >> _______________________________________________________________________ >> Video Cutter is a very simple tool that can cut any video in almost any >> format easily. It supports MPG, VOB, DAT, AVI, DIVX, MP4, WMV, MOV, MKV, >> FLV and other video formats. All you need to do is play the video; Mark >> start and end of the video; Then simply save it by clicking on the save >> button. >> >> PLEASE NOTE: this program offers to install the "Relevant Knowledge" >> *OPTIONAL* add-on, if you don't want it make sure that you click the >> "Decline" button on the FIRST install screen - it looks like the program >> EULA but it isn't, that's on the next screen! >> _______________________________________________________________________ >> >> I installed the program and they're correct, but apparently they're not >> aware that the setup also tries to install a browser toolbar at the *end* >> of the setup unless you uncheck that option. >> >> The program itself works very nicely to do what I wanted, but be sure to >> give the edited video file which you're saving another name than the >> original. If you don't, you'll get an error message that the file is in >> use (by the program itself.) Also, as far as I could tell, you can't set >> the start and end points unless the movie is playing. It would be nice if >> you could drag the slider to the frames you want to set those points at >> and view those frames as you do so. > > Tried it and liked it. Thanks, John. You're welcome. It was the only thing I could find which does the job easily and without a horribly confusing interface. -- John Corliss BS206. I block as many posts from anonymous remailers (like x-privat.org for eg.) as possible due to forgeries posted through them. No ad, CD, commercial, cripple, demo, nag, share, spy, time-limited, trial or web wares OR warez for me, please. Adobe Flash sucks, DivX rules. |