OT: Editing Already Compressed Video, Part Duex

agreatheight wrote on 10/12/2007, 3:21 PM

I have a client who wants me to edit already compressed video. All I will be doing is removing sections. I don't want to use a program that will recompress on export - I need a program that allows editing native within the compression. I used Womble to do this with .mpg files on an earlier project and it worked like a charm. My question is, are there any programs that can do this with .wmv files or .avi files?

Thanks in advance!

Comments

Ethan Winer wrote on 10/13/2007, 11:54 AM

I use the inexpensive program Easy Video Splitter, but they also have a "joiner" product similarly priced:

http://www.doeasier.org/

Maybe these will work for you? Their Splitter program is great, though the user interface is slightly rough around the edges.

--Ethan

rs170a wrote on 10/13/2007, 12:22 PM

If it's DV-AVI, Vegas won't do any further compression if all you're doing is cutting things out,
If it's an AVI other than this, my favourite is VirtualDub.
Check VideoHelp for WMV tools.

Mike

agreatheight wrote on 10/15/2007, 8:20 AM

Thanks much guys - I am looking into these programs as we speak. Any other ideas out there?