avi editors....
 

I know this is more of a software query but thought i'd try here because i want to be able to D/L from a site... I've already tried one avi editor by fadetoblack on their trial period but didn't really have the time to evaluate it properly before it was rendered useless.
What i'm looking for is a downloadable program, with a little sophistication but not too complicated that it really needs a manual, i'm more of a learn by using sort of person, i can just about use Dreamweaver without using a manual so you have an idea... if it's free software excellent! if it isn't.... it's not a great problem.

Had anyone tried one that they've found really worth the time and trouble? Any suggestions are welcome... providing they're about the avi editor ;)
Will need to find one before the end of next week.. and failing that will have to opt for the fadetoblack software.

Ta very much :D

Microsofts offering has got a helluva lot better in version 2.

Microsoft Movie Maker

Thats Free.

Will check it out.. thank you, although i think i may have whizzed by it before :D

[EDIT] Just checked it again and found out why i whizzed by it the first time.... I don't have Windows XP on this machine... only on the laptop.... this pc is a Win98 baby :p

Well, the program we teach the students at work is Adobe Premiere, but that is a bit wierd to learn, and is expensive.

Found what looks like a good Freeware Video Editor, Zwei-Stein Video Editor. It's at http://www.thugsatbay.com/software/index.html.

Might take a bit of learning as well, but seems to have a good range of features.. And it's free.

thats giving me server not found scastle - can you edit the full stop at the end of the url please?:)

Don't be so lazy homealone... :shocked: copy and paste it into a browser and delete the period yourself :D err... bit like http://www.thugsatbay.com/software/index.html

:devsmoke:

:dunce: :D

Hi kink :wavey:

This site called voodoo files has a lot of stuff, might be worth a look see :)

Found here

Thanks El Diablo. Didn't notice the full stop until it was too late to edit the post..

The two main video editors to try are vdub which is free and tmpgenc which is used for conversion to vcd/svcd for playing the files via a dvd player on your TV. Free versions are available for this too.

Visit http://www.doom9.org for downloads and many useful guides as to their use and also access to the main codecs you will need as well.

You sure you don't want any other suggestions? :naughty: :rofl:

And i thought your pm's with suggestions were more than enough for you.... :p

So far.... thank you for your suggestions.... very useful.... however i was hoping for a d/l that someone had already tried and was happy with.
I'm having a look at the ones already added here and thanks heaps for that.... am testing a couple as i write.... well inbetween ;)
If someone had tried one or has second hand knowledge of it's worth, please let me know.

Thanks for your time and input guys :kiss:

Hi Kink

the only one I've ever tried was Ulead Video Studio, version 5 at the time. It was quite easy to use & produced good results. Latest version is 7 - but it costs $90!!!

There is a 30 day "free trial" download available at

http://www.ulead.com/vs/trial.htm

- over 70 meg though!:eek:

Gaz

Wow 70 mgs :( My pc is already having a bit of a memory problem... VM completely overloaded and the rest of it is struggling :eek:

But a 30 day trial is always good.. will try that one when the two i'm testing now have either killed my pc totally or have ruined the avi's i've already got :p

Thanks Gaz... you're a star [img]Download Failed (1)[/img]

Kink.
I was asking the same question amongst the guys at work,today.Like yourself,I'm on Win 98 with limited memory.
I've found one,Easy Video Splitter,that does what it says on the tin;
http://www.doeasier.org/splitter/
7 days free trial.

hiya

thanks for hugs :blush: - have a look at the guy who pays the bills, though - it looks good?:)

sounds more like a small hard drive, than memory, to me ;)

- :erm: well more memory will help a small drive perform better, but you would be better upgrading both!

Gaz

A small hard drive,yes.I've got a bigger one to fit,but I need to move these video files or lose them.
It's 20 G with 3.5 G spare,but over the past week I've been getting window's messages saying that there's insufficient memory.Several programmes have crashed as a result.
I'll be using my 7 days trial.

Well gaz.... since the free trial period of my last experiment has expired.... i'm now testing yours.... all 75 mbs :eek:

Since you've actually tried the earlier version, i thought i'd give it a go.... looks very professional so far....
Will let you know if it does what i hope..... or more :naughty: :p

Thanks for the idea! :)

Thanks. I am downloading it this very minute.

I have a temporary interest in avi editors. Why? Because my new digital camera will take short avi clips. Unfortunately, I kept forgetting that if you hold the camera sideways then you really need to stand your monitor on its side to see the clip properly!

I found a couple of avi editors that would rotate the clip, but they both removed the sound. I then found a programme that would strip the sound from the original clip, but I have yet to find a program that will successfully join the silent rotated clip and the sound together. Hence my interest in trying the MS program.

I haven't got WinXP on this pc and it's the one that i use most.... so the MS program was a no-no :( But let me know how you get on... could d/l it for the laptop... but i have now tried the one that gaz suggested and while it's a big file.... the little i've tried seems really good :) It's the http://www.ulead.com/vs/trial.htm one . Very professional.. so far..... but i haven't realy tried a huge amount with it.... but i may end up going with that one and paying the full whack... will see.... not sure i'll kazaa it... too many people i know have been caught out badly that way :eek:.

After my recent experiences, I think I'll give up!

As I said, I wanted to join a soundless rotated avi clip and its separated wav sound file. MS Movie Maker succesfully joined the two together, but it converted it from portrait to landscape mode (without rotating it), which means that the people in it now appeared as dumpy dwarfs! Despite the fact that they were now the right way up and speaking it wasn't quite what I wanted!

More worryingly, I found out that MS Explorer was now partially crippled. Now this may have been because I'd also just downloaded the latest batch of MS security patches because of the W32Blaster worm scare. In any event, I used the XP System Restore to get me back to the point before I loaded Movie Maker, which seemed to solve the problem.