Depends on the type of video. Virtualdub is great for avi.
I’ve been searching and searching for a decent program to edit mkv. I wasted 50 plus hours struggling with AviDemux. It does easily cut up mkv’s. But screws up the sound sync. :rolleyes: Looks like a bad martial arts movie with English dubbing. I wasted hours editing on “key frames” and it still screwed up the sound sync.
There’s a new mkv editor called MKV Video Editor that I want to try next.
RealPlayer trimmer lets you trim video & audio files. Unlike Windows Movie Maker, it does so by actually deleting parts of the file rather than placing markers in the file to begin and end at a given spot.
Another recommendation for VirtualDub/VirtualDubMod (forget why I switched to the 'Mod version). I found it worked best with .mpg(s). Avi’s, especially larger ones, tended to jump frames when moving the slider to where you wanted to cut. I convert everything to .mpg before using VDM.
When you have VirtualDub open, go to the Video menu drop down (5th one). If “Full Processing Mode” is checked (half way down), you have to choose “Compression” (4th in list). I use xvid or divx (both free downloads), or you can use one of the other compression modes listed, this will make the processed file much smaller. It’s only when you use “Full Processing Mode” with a video compression option of “Uncompressed” that you get the huge files.
Or, if you are copying .avi to .avi, you can choose “Direct Stream Copy” (6th in the list). That will keep it the same size.
They stopped supporting VDubMod, so you may have an old version. The latest I have is 1.5.10.2. I can send the zip if you PM me. The date is 2008, so no guarantees it will work with Win7 (although it works for me, but no idea if I’ve had to tweak it over the years). It doesn’t appear Vdub can handle .mpgs, but VDM will (that is probably why I switched way back when). Also when you go to save a file, those video options are in the save box so you don’t forget.
What’s the antecedent of that last it? That is, do you mean the reason RealPlayer Trimmer crashes is because of video artificacts, or that the result of a nominally successful RPT trim is 80% video artificacts, or something else?