Mark,
I have found that Virtualdub is an excellent Video editor. It gives you the
ability to cut,splice, and fine tune down to a nat's behind any frames or
sequences etc..... The link is wwww.virtualdub.com. Here is a snippet from
the site w features included.
VirtualDub helps you get video into your computer.
If your capture device is Video for Windows compatible, then VirtualDub can
capture video with it. But VirtualDub isn't your average capture program:
Fractional frame rates. Don't settle for 29 or 30 when you want 29.97.
Optimized disk access for more consistent hard disk usage.
Create AVI2 (OpenDML) files to break the AVI 2GB barrier and multiple files
to break the FAT32 4GB limit.
Integrated volume meter and histogram for input level monitoring.
Real-time downsizing, noise reduction, and field swapping.
Verbose monitoring, including compression levels, CPU usage, and free disk
space.
Access hidden video formats your capture card may support but not have a
setting for, such as 352x480.
Keyboard and mouse shortcuts for faster operation. To capture, just hit F6.
Clean interface layout: caption, menu bar, info panel, status bar.
VirtualDub lets you clean up video on your computer.
There are lots of programs that let you "edit" video. And yet, they're
frustratingly complex for some of the simplest tasks. VirtualDub isn't an
editor application; it's a pre- and post-processor that works as a valuable
companion to one:
Reads and writes AVI2 (OpenDML) and multi-segment AVI clips.
Integrated MPEG-1 and Motion-JPEG decoders.
Remove and replace audio tracks without touching the video.
Extensive video filter set, including blur, sharpen, emboss, smooth, 3x3
convolution, flip, resize rotate, brightness/contrast, levels, deinterlace,
and threshold.
Bilinear and bicubic resampling -- no blocky resizes or rotates here.
Decompress and recompress both audio and video.
Remove segments of a video clip and save the rest, without recompressing.
Adjust frame rate, decimate frames, and 3:2 pulldown removal.
Preview the results, with live audio.
You can take a captured clip, trim the ends, clean up some of the noise,
convert it to the proper frame size, and write out a better one. Don't see
a video filter you want? Write your own, with the filter SDK
Enjoy,
Barry Clark
MCSE
>From: Mark Rode <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: [PCSOFT] editing mpeg-1 files
>Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2002 12:25:46 -0700
>
>I am in the process of archiving my VHS tapes using my Matrox Marvel G200.
>I am importing the tapes, and then encoding them in mpeg-1, and then I want
>to edit out commercials. I get one high quality hour of video to a 650 meg
>CD, and I am happy with that.
>
>I have tried different programs to edit the video, and the easiest one to
>use for a novice like me is Microsoft's Movie Maker. What makes it easy is
>that I can import the file and it is automatically displayed, in it's
>entirety, in one big window, in a storyboard type series of 5 second
>clips. After which I can delete a clip or split it. Once I have the clips
>exactly like I want them, I just move it to the storyboard and save it as a
>movie. But here is where I run into a problem.
>
>Of course Movie Maker only uses Microsoft wmv formats. There are lots of
>different compression levels to choose from, but they are all designed for
>a computer screen, and or streaming video, and all end up as a wmv files.
>This was Ok with me when I was working with "Dr. Katz Professional
>Therapist " , which is a animated cartoon. The VHS recording was mono, and
>the video quality wasn't all that important since it was a cartoon. I
>wanted to get really high compression rates, and the wmv format allowed me
>a excellent picture at around 110 megs for 21+ minutes of video. Of course,
>I don't intend to output these recordings back to VHS, or directly to TV
>again.
>
>But on my other VHS recordings, I would like to stay with mpeg-1 because of
>it's high quality, and it's wide spread compatibility, both now and in the
>future. In fact, after I have saved a wmv file, and then tried to import it
>into say Adobe Premier 6.0, it doesn't recognize the format.
>This is exactly what I am trying to avoid with my archival.
>
> Of course, this is all Microsoft's attempt to dictate the video formats
>to the market place.....an attempt that has apparently failed. in as much
>as they have agreed to a new defacto standard.
>
>In any case, I am looking for a video editing program that works like this,
>but will allow me to stay with mpeg-1. I have tried to do this with Premier
>6 but it is nowhere near as easy.There is a sliding bar that I have to cut
>and move clips to a storyboard. I have found this very hard to work with
>...particularly at high 1600 X 1200 resolutions. It is much more difficult
>then the Movie Maker clip method...unless I am doing something wrong?
>
>Is anybody familiar with Microsoft's Movie Maker, and can recommend a
>similar mpeg-1 editor?
>Does anybody know of a good list for video editing?
>
>thanks
>Mark Rode
>
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