roadfix
07-26-06, 10:25 PM
I'm looking for a free video editor download. Something very simple, nothing complicated. Links or info very much appreciated!
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muccapazza
07-26-06, 10:39 PM
There is one included with Windows XP, or at least there used to be when it first came out. It sucks, is not user friendly, but I've figured out how to string some 30 sec video clips together and add a soundtrack.
edit: It's called Windows Movie Maker, and is in <accessories>.
edit: It's called Windows Movie Maker, and is in <accessories>.
Mothra
07-27-06, 02:13 AM
The problem with the Windows Movie Maker is it forces the incoming video to be highly compressed into WMV format. This tosses out a tonne of image quality, about 80%, right off the bat. WMV also has large spans between keyframes and you can't get single-frame precision on the edits. Finally, you can't upload the finished video back to the camera easily without converting the low-quality compressed video back up into DV format.
You get much better results to download from camera in native DV format to preserve as much quality as possible, about 210mb/min. Then edit the video in DV format. Finally output a finished product in the final format you want, AVI, DVD, RM-streaming, etc.
To download from camera, I like to use WinDV (http://windv.mourek.cz) which lets you specifiy either DV-1 or DV-2 formats depending upon which one your video-editing package prefers. WinDV also lets you upload video back to the camera.
Then to edit, the Avid Free DV (http://www.avid.com/freedv) package is one of the better NLE packages out there, and FREE too! :)
You get much better results to download from camera in native DV format to preserve as much quality as possible, about 210mb/min. Then edit the video in DV format. Finally output a finished product in the final format you want, AVI, DVD, RM-streaming, etc.
To download from camera, I like to use WinDV (http://windv.mourek.cz) which lets you specifiy either DV-1 or DV-2 formats depending upon which one your video-editing package prefers. WinDV also lets you upload video back to the camera.
Then to edit, the Avid Free DV (http://www.avid.com/freedv) package is one of the better NLE packages out there, and FREE too! :)