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MyDogHasFleas · 01-03-2012, 03:44 PM

I'm looking for simple lean video editing software. I just need to delete chunks of video from the file. To make the video shorter. I don't need to add anything to the video. Does anyone have any suggestions on what I can use? I don't have a super computer to run some of that other stuff on.

Helix · 01-03-2012, 04:04 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compari...iting_software

Caligari · 01-03-2012, 04:07 PM

Windows movie maker, it can do that precisely and quickly and its free.

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Operator · 01-03-2012, 04:29 PM

http://virtualdub.org

raymor · 01-03-2012, 04:44 PM

mencoder is about as lean as you're going to get. It's about a 7MB download for Windows, smaller for POSIX systems like Linux.
That's what I use. Look up "edit decision lists", or EDL. They mark chunks you want to take out.

To make the edl, play under video with:
mplayer -edlout somefile.edl thevideo.mpeg

Use your spacebar to mark sections to cut.
Edit the edl in a text editor if you want, thrn run the final edit something like:
mplayer -edl.somefile.edl thevideo.mpeg newcopy.mpeg

The script I actually use is:
#!/bin/sh

edl=/tmp/edl.$$

echo "playing video, please press 'i' to start and end skips"
sleep 2
mplayer -ao sdl -quiet -edlout $edl $2 $3 "$1"
echo -e "\n\nPreviewing video...\n"
sleep 2
mplayer -ao sdl -edl $edl "$1"
echo -e "\n\nTo change timing, edit $edl\n\n"
echo -e "New name?: "
read newname
mencoder "$1" -edl $edl -oac copy -o "$newname" -ovc copy

On Windows you can run it by hand, adjust the above to be a bat file, or use cygwin.

INever · 01-03-2012, 04:47 PM

FOr VERY SIMPLE stuff like this I'd use IMovie for the edit/chops and MPEG Streamclip if I wanted to interlace/deinterlace to reduce digital artifacts.

chaze · 01-03-2012, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by MyDogHasFleas

I'm looking for simple lean video editing software. I just need to delete chunks of video from the file. To make the video shorter. I don't need to add anything to the video. Does anyone have any suggestions on what I can use? I don't have a super computer to run some of that other stuff on.

Sony vegas or even leaner is sony movie studio. Both are awesome, especially with sony cams.

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raymor Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,745	mencoder is about as lean as you're going to get. It's about a 7MB download for Windows, smaller for POSIX systems like Linux. That's what I use. Look up "edit decision lists", or EDL. They mark chunks you want to take out. To make the edl, play under video with: mplayer -edlout somefile.edl thevideo.mpeg Use your spacebar to mark sections to cut. Edit the edl in a text editor if you want, thrn run the final edit something like: mplayer -edl.somefile.edl thevideo.mpeg newcopy.mpeg The script I actually use is: #!/bin/sh edl=/tmp/edl.$$ echo "playing video, please press 'i' to start and end skips" sleep 2 mplayer -ao sdl -quiet -edlout $edl $2 $3 "$1" echo -e "\n\nPreviewing video...\n" sleep 2 mplayer -ao sdl -edl $edl "$1" echo -e "\n\nTo change timing, edit $edl\n\n" echo -e "New name?: " read newname mencoder "$1" -edl $edl -oac copy -o "$newname" -ovc copy On Windows you can run it by hand, adjust the above to be a bat file, or use cygwin. __________________ For historical display only. This information is not current: support@bettercgi.com ICQ 7208627 Strongbox - The next generation in site security Throttlebox - The next generation in bandwidth control Clonebox - Backup and disaster recovery on steroids Last edited by raymor; 01-03-2012 at 04:49 PM..

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