Basic Video-Editing Program for HD
October 12, 2009 9:14 AM   Subscribe

Recommend a good (VERY BASIC!) video editing program I can use at work. (Must support HD video and work in Windows XP!)

I'm the IT manager here for my company. I have a user who has taken HD video with a Sony Handycam (HDR-CX520V, .mts file types) who has a need to do some light editing.

She really only needs to do some light trimming of the files and perhaps joining a few together etc.

We run Windows XP SP3, and Windows Movie Maker does not support HD files as far as I know. Vista's Movie Maker HD does, but no access to that. Can anyone out there recommend a great (free is preferable I don't need to buy Sony Vegas :P) basic XP-based editing program that will do some converting and the trimming/joining features I need? Thanks!
posted by PetiePal to Technology (5 answers total) 3 users marked this as a favorite
 
Can you use WinFF to convert the files to avi, then use Windows Movie Maker to edit?
posted by COD at 9:22 AM on October 12, 2009


I haven't tried it but it MAY be possible to hack windows movie maker into accepting HD files on XP.
posted by CharlesV42 at 9:24 AM on October 12, 2009


And yes you may have to convert the files. Here's some info on that.
posted by CharlesV42 at 9:26 AM on October 12, 2009


The prior suggestions all involve lossy editing, which ought to be avoided for simple joining and cutting operations. Try TSMuxer or Avidemux for lossless cutting or joining - bear in mind that TSMuxer will automatically use the nearest keyframe to the selected split point, while in Avidemux you must select it manually (there's a frame type indicator in the status bar that will show "I" frames).
posted by Inspector.Gadget at 9:29 AM on October 12, 2009


http://shsc.info/UsefulWindowsSoftware#titelanker2
posted by stenseng at 11:24 AM on October 12, 2009


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