# Recommend me a SuperVLC that can Edit, Loop, etc not just Play videos

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 11, 2023, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-supervlc-that-can-edit-loop-etc-not-just-play-videos/983892 "2023-05-11T14:13:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-supervlc-that-can-edit-loop-etc-not-just-play-videos/983892/21 "2023-05-12T03:26:46Z")

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You know, when QT 32 died… we (my company) had to support it for close to 30 years, and Apple had neglected it for so long. The bugs were egregious and longstanding, and we’d developed our own alternatives for 90% of it. When they finally pulled the plug it was such a relief. QuickTIme was revolutionary but ultimately a spent force; it died sad and alone.

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**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-supervlc-that-can-edit-loop-etc-not-just-play-videos/983892/22 "2023-05-12T07:09:05Z")

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I just want to pour one out for Quicktime Pro 7, the most brilliant, most effective, most dead simple editing suite of all time. So naturally, that meant Apple had to go and fuck it all up with Quicktime X.

Maybe the best thing to do since you’re still running Mojave is to take these old divx videos and convert them to mp4 using HandBrake and then edit the new mp4. It’s not like you’re going to be losing a lot of clarity if it’s a shitty old divx vid, anyway.

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**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-supervlc-that-can-edit-loop-etc-not-just-play-videos/983892/23 "2023-05-12T07:26:25Z")

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**[Handbrake](https://handbrake.fr/)** might do a lot of what you want. It’s free, and there are versions for Mac, Windows, and various Linux implementations.

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**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-supervlc-that-can-edit-loop-etc-not-just-play-videos/983892/24 "2023-05-12T13:46:47Z")

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> [@markn\_1](#):
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> I haven’t used anything like this on a Mac so I can’t make a recommendation, but I would look for a front-end to ffmpeg. It should have the editing functionality you want; you’ll have to try it to see if the UI is acceptable.

I already had ffworks on my El Capitan machine. Never paid the shareware, so I must not have been impressed with it during the trial period. But I’ll reexamine it.

Obviously I’ve been mucking around with this question for a while before asking it here.

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