Video Editing Software for Travel Videos
August 24, 2009 6:42 AM Subscribe
Can anyone suggest a simple Non-Linear Video Editing Software for Windows XP? One that can accept and output variety of Formats. For editing together Videos (MJPG) taken on a Canon Digital photo Camera.
I've been messing around recording a few travel videos on my Canon Isus Camera which seems to take 640x480 MJPG Video (30fps). I thought it might be fun to Edit some together and add music tracks to them (and remove the current sound track where is it just wind noise).
Its not really a serious endeavour so looking for cheap / freeware editing apps for Win XP.
I've tried Windows Movie Maker but it will only allow export as DV (huge files) or this .wmv (WMV9 proprietrary format?) and is a bit chunky - but I did like the graphic time-line you get with WMM compared to the editing in the dark of AVIdemux.
I've been messing around recording a few travel videos on my Canon Isus Camera which seems to take 640x480 MJPG Video (30fps). I thought it might be fun to Edit some together and add music tracks to them (and remove the current sound track where is it just wind noise).
Its not really a serious endeavour so looking for cheap / freeware editing apps for Win XP.
I've tried Windows Movie Maker but it will only allow export as DV (huge files) or this .wmv (WMV9 proprietrary format?) and is a bit chunky - but I did like the graphic time-line you get with WMM compared to the editing in the dark of AVIdemux.
Blender would definitely do the job and then some, but I don't think the interface has ever been accused of being "simple". However, the documentation is decipherable. Another option for audio and video effects would be JahShaka, (now CineFx,) but as I understand it, their non-linear editor only functions on Linux platforms so far.
posted by EnsignLunchmeat at 11:29 AM on August 24, 2009
posted by EnsignLunchmeat at 11:29 AM on August 24, 2009
Not free, but cheap (US$89): EditStudio.
Blender is wa-a-a-a-y overkill (it's really designed for rendering 2D/3D animation onto video), and obtuse to boot. You can kludge something up out of freeware bits and pieces, but it's ... well, kludgy. There's precious little in decent freeware NLVEs: the Wikipedia list may help you find something suitable. Videothang looks interesting, though with the caveat that it's said to be overly simple & crap.
Knowing somebody who got the 'free'/SE version of proprietary software with their video camera may be the simplest way of getting a decent editor for free.
One thing to note: MJPEG is something of an orphaned codec - it's ubiquitous, particularly in still cameras, but not terribly well supported natively by most editors. You'll probably have to convert it to something else - DV, high-bitrate MPEG-2 (yes, I know...), etc - for importing into an editor, cos most free/cheap ones are aimed at people with move video cameras using these formats.
posted by Pinback at 3:57 PM on August 24, 2009
Blender is wa-a-a-a-y overkill (it's really designed for rendering 2D/3D animation onto video), and obtuse to boot. You can kludge something up out of freeware bits and pieces, but it's ... well, kludgy. There's precious little in decent freeware NLVEs: the Wikipedia list may help you find something suitable. Videothang looks interesting, though with the caveat that it's said to be overly simple & crap.
Knowing somebody who got the 'free'/SE version of proprietary software with their video camera may be the simplest way of getting a decent editor for free.
One thing to note: MJPEG is something of an orphaned codec - it's ubiquitous, particularly in still cameras, but not terribly well supported natively by most editors. You'll probably have to convert it to something else - DV, high-bitrate MPEG-2 (yes, I know...), etc - for importing into an editor, cos most free/cheap ones are aimed at people with move video cameras using these formats.
posted by Pinback at 3:57 PM on August 24, 2009
Response by poster: Thanks for tips.
I've also just discocvered this trakAx program which seems to be more geared at Music editing but seems to have a lot of Video features as well?
http://www.trakax.com
posted by mary8nne at 3:01 AM on August 25, 2009
I've also just discocvered this trakAx program which seems to be more geared at Music editing but seems to have a lot of Video features as well?
http://www.trakax.com
posted by mary8nne at 3:01 AM on August 25, 2009
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posted by COD at 8:09 AM on August 24, 2009