best software for VIDEO and AUDIO editing?

[sniperruff]

i mean for editing, and compressing video clips (AVI)

and software for mp3 editing

does pinnacle studio work for video editing? any freewares?

any help appreciated

 

[thatbox]

VirtualDub for compressing avis. Or TMpeg is pretty popular, I guess, but I dont have any experience with it.

 

[sean2002]

I use virtual dub for editing video, I do not know which is best for music