Wanted: Simple Video Editor

[Oober_Noober]

I'm looking for a simple freeware/opensource video editor to do some basic video editing with. I've searched sourceforge but haven't come up with anything satisfying yet. One editor called "Jahshaka" seemed promising but it bogs down my 800MHz PIII and the controls aren't exactly intuative.

What I'm looking to do is simply remove the audio track from some .mpg movies and delete portions of the videos. It shouldn't be that difficult to find something to do those things. Any suggestions? Thanks.


--Oob

[Fed]

http://lists.thedatalist.com/

[LegoLas]

Using this www.deskshare.com/vem.aspx
it meets ur demands , also
by Video Edit Magic u can transform avi to mpeg format

[Oober_Noober]

Fed, I took a look at that “list of lists” under the “video editing” subcategory. Only one seemed to be what I was looking for. It was http://virtualdub.org. I tried it out, but alas, it spazzed out and died. Don’t ask (I’ve never seen a 40 meg .mpg file turn into a 3.4 gig .avi file).

Thanks for the suggestions LegoLas. Video Edit Magic was nice, and did have the features I was looking for, but the fact that it was a crippleware version that added a tag to edited files and only allowed you to save to their proprietary file type prompted me to kick it in the bit bucket.

Back to the hunt. Of course, any further suggestions would be appreciated.


--Oober

[Fed]

Did you open the link to [highlight]Voodoo Files[/highlight]?
[highlight]Brief Descriptions and Links To 248 Other Video Tools[/highlight]

[Maksim]

Try this.. Download Vegas 6 it should bhe compatible with Ur computer.. here is the URL http://www.sonymediasoftware.com/Products/ShowProduct.asp?PID=965 and download the free trial.. and insert the video into the timeline and delete in the Audio Track and if you want delete portions of the movie push "S" key on the keyboard where you want to slice the video and delete the part..
P.S. if you need the Keygen to activate it to Full Version P.M. me and ill send it over.. through e-mail.. I have used sony  for about 6s now and it meets all of my demands...

Here is a Screen shot of the program:

[Oober_Noober]

Hey Fed. No, I didn't see the link to VoodooFiles.com. Thanks for the heads up. It seems like half of the programs on the list are converters or DVD rippers though. Their might be something good in the other half, but it'll take a while for me to get around to systematically trying each one that looks promising.

Maksim, thanks for the tip. I downloaded it and tried it out. First, I was disgruntled at the software for needing way too much personal information to be filled in before it would even let me install the software. It wanted full mailing address, name, and e-mail address before it would continue. I wonder if they'll actually try to snail mail spam "1313 Mockingbird Lane, Transylvania Pennsylvania"? I'm also a bit suspicious of some of the "Madison Media" files that were installed on the machine. Windows Defender detected some system changes from some files that I think had the name "Madison" in them, but was unable to block them. I'm definitely going to give my system a thorough comb-through.

I winced but decided to try to do my simple video edits and then uninstall Sony Vegas. When I tried to open the first video file, a friendly box popped up informing me that the trial version did not support opening MPEG files, but if I would invest a modest sum of money into purchasing the full version I could edit MPEGs as much as I wanted. *sigh* I just don't feel like converting them to a readable file format and then reopening them in Vegas. Sorry.

Thanks for the effort though. Looks like this editing project will have to sit on the backburner for awhile. I thought there would have been more opensource video editing solutions out there. Anyone want to start a project on sourceforge with me?  



--Noober