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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Varche on 08 February 2015, 14:01:00
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Every once in a while I capture something on my dash cam that I would like to edit out. e.g. a wild animal running across the road and send it to my dad as an attachment to an EMail
I don't want to spend any money particularly unless there aren't any free progs around. What easy to use does anyone else use please.?
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Had a similar problem before I got dash cams that recorded in MP4
Is it a Chinese camera by any chance?
Sure I used a free program called handbrake on the recommendation on here, I did also find another free software although it was only a trial which lasted a few days and needed deleting and reinstalling to use again.
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I don't know much (anything) about such things but found this?
http://www.avs4you.com/AVS-Video-Editor.aspx?gclid=CN6Xi9fE0sMCFSbmwgodEi8AiA
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Virtualdub (http://www.virtualdub.org/)
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I will try virtual dub first as that is AVI focussed. Thanks for all suggestions.
Yes it is a cheap Chinese camera. It works just fine for my needs. Technically I legally can't use one in Spain.
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Dunno what version of windows you got but Windows movie maker can cut AVI files
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Dunno what version of windows you got but Windows movie maker can cut AVI files
I doubt for one minute that WMM will recognise the container that has been used to create the original file, especially a cheap chinky camera.
Wouldn't surprise me if Varche has to transcode the video file back to a format that Virtualdub can work with to be honest.
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Hi you could try this one.
http://www.freemake.com/ :y
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Windows Vista and Windows 7.
Haven't had a chance yet.
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Windows Vista and Windows 7.
Haven't had a chance yet.
Yer my Windows 7 didn`t come with movie maker so try here for a free download.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/get-movie-maker-download (http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/get-movie-maker-download)
On the dashcams I`ve got the files can be motion jpeg .AVI & .MOV or MPeg . I was surprised to find that WMM can handle MPEG-4 movie files.
go here for the file types WMM can handle
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows-live/movie-maker-file-types-faq (http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows-live/movie-maker-file-types-faq)
Probably get jumped-on for suggesting anything from Microsoft :P
I`m no expert :-X but just tried WMM with the files that some of my cameras churn out.
Having said that, powerful processors & bags of memory do help with cutting down the editing time. I now use Sony Vegas to Handle any HD file editing.
One problem with video is the file sizes generated, so another option I use, is to edit & upload unlisted video to Youtube & then just email the link to friends & family. Youtube compression loses some of the video quality, but HD file sizes are huge. :y
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I was surprised to find that WMM can handle MPEG-4 movie files.
MPEG-4 is just a container and has been quite common for ages, if it were wrapped in (say) a .MOV container then I doubt it would be recognised by default.
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I was surprised to find that WMM can handle MPEG-4 movie files.
MPEG-4 is just a container and has been quite common for ages, if it were wrapped in (say) a .MOV container then I doubt it would be recognised by default.
Which is what makes them susceptible as a vector for malware