is there video "splice" software? [solved]

[QQ_ghost]

I have a few captures from a video camera that I would like to splice end for a home movie.  I need software that is simple and has adequate docs.  Of these requirements, free software eludes me.  As for the input format, it just needs to accept HD sizes, I can re-encode to suit.

pclos 2009, updated...

[exwintech]

QQ_ghost - Without knowing the size, mode, or format of your video it's difficult to comment...

> DV from a camcorder is one thing, AVI or MJPEG are others, and H264 trapped in the MOV container that severely multiplies the size, is a pain...

> X-minutes of 640 x 480 video in H264/MOV will be about the same filesize as the same number of minutes of Compliant MPEG4 at 1280 x 720...  So whether or not video is in a container such as MOV when it comes from the camera can make quite a difference as to what you then do with it.

> You say "HD sizes". 1280 x 720 in MPEG4 is "HD size". But 1280 x 720 in the MOV container will be about 5 times the FILE size - but the same playback frame size.

> 1920 x 1080 is "Full HD" - and if in the MOV container (Canon, etc) - you won't get 15-minutes onto a std DVD - it's about 1GB per 3-minutes...

> You'll also need a lot of PC HDD space - plenty of Grunt, and a lot of time - to edit or convert it.

> So what your "HD" is - format, size and container - or not - is critical....


Regards, Dave.

[gandy]

Do you want to make a DVD? The program DeVeDe is included with PCLinux 2002. It will join MPEGs and other formats into an .iso file that can be burned as a DVD in K3B.

[T6]

if you need segments(or want segments only) of your movie and join them on a bigger file you can use avidemux

it can convert between formats and handle hd, it has many other tricks but most of them will only work if you convert/recompress the video

after you finish the edit process, devede can help you create a dvd with the videos you edited

both apps are very self explanatory and both apps have manuals online or offline

there are other apps but those two are very easy for beginners(you and me    )

[QQ_ghost]

Grrr!  In Avidemux, the "append" option is in the file menu - not the edit menu! Why in the world would they do that?  I would have thought "adding" is an "edit" function.

@exwintech:  The conversion is the easy part... It's already xvid-avi. That seems to be an easy format to edit.

@gandy:  Yeah, been using DeVeDe for a long while now...  Good program!

@T6:  I just didn't think to look in the "File" menu for the append option...

I just completed the video, it looks great!  (no, not for youtube.)  Marking this thread solved.

[T6]

i can append files by drag and drop, also if you name them sequentially avidemux will do it automatically