Catch all video editing program

[Red Squirrel]

I need a program capable of opening ANY video type that can open it with video software on my PC. Does not have to be advanced, I simply want to be able to cut and join video files and save as a specified format (ex: divx, normal avi, etc). Most video programs only work with very specific formats and it's just annoying that I can put in any video file since they don't all work.

So is there such program out there, or am I just out of luck? Like 60% of the time if I want to edit a video it will accept the format, but other 40% it won't. Ex: I watched this movie and there's a hilarious scene that I want to cut out, so I figured I can just use virtualdub, but it won't accept the video, premiere won't either.

 

[whitewarrior11]

You may try VirtualDubMod, a version of VirtualDub capable of editing more video formats (OGM for example). By the way, what is the format you're trying to edit? Just google for VirtualDubMod.

 

[gsellis]

How much money you got...

What format is your problem video? And when you say Premiere, I am guess you don't mean PP 1.51 with the HD add-ons, right?

 

[tuteja1986]

i use river past video cleaner. Does all from XVID to MOV.

 

[Red Squirrel]

the format I'm trying is AVI MPEG layer3, but thing is, some mpegs work with premere, some don't, my impression is that there's tons of different avi and mpeg formats out there, which is what the problem is. By premiere I mean Adobe premiere (7.0)

 

[Doug117]

um AVI is a container spec, not a video codec. XviD and DivX are examples of video codecs that can be put in a avi container. same with the mpg (or mpeg) container... can have anything from a MPEG1 to MPEG4 in it... AVI MPEG Layer 3?? WTF, that is so wrong I dont know where to begin... well, maybe I do -- MPEG Layer 3 is for audio (perhaps youve heard of mp3). You can put layer 3 audio in a avi using many video editing programs. VDubMod is really the best... it does it all

What video codec is this video that you have that you want to cut out the money shot -- er i mean, "funny part". Use GSpot (google it) to see what codec it is. You'll have to obvioulsy have the codec installed to do anything with it (including watching it)

 

[Red Squirrel]

I just went to properties where it shows the codecs in use and MPEG layer 3 is what it said, but yeah that might be for the sound part only, it did not occur to me that MPEG Layer 3 is MP3 until you mentioned it. But whatever format the video is in, I can play it on my computer, so I need a program that will work with any video that I can play. Even a program that can capture overlay on the screen will do the job, I can just play it full screen and capture it and hopefully the program can save in a format that my other programs can handle. My AMD Athlon 64 system should hopefully be able to handle both the playback and recording without choppyness while maintaining decent quality.

 

[gsellis]

There are a couple of free tools linked out of Videohelp that will identify codecs (like Gspot). Go there and try those. You should be able to hunt it down from there. And that is pretty freaky with Mp3 as the audio in that file. Can't say I have seen that.

 

[ZOXXO]

Originally posted by: gsellis
There are a couple of free tools linked out of Videohelp that will identify codecs (like Gspot). Go there and try those. You should be able to hunt it down from there. And that is pretty freaky with Mp3 as the audio in that file. Can't say I have seen that.

Not freaky at all, in fact mp3 is probably the most common audio compression used in DivX/Xvid files.

 

[Doug117]

MP3 Audio in the file is nothing out of the ordinary, its pretty normal for a DivX/XviD video

 

[gsellis]

Originally posted by: Doug117
MP3 Audio in the file is nothing out of the ordinary, its pretty normal for a DivX/XviD video

Hmmm... Never diagnosed Mpeg audio that is an option on DVDs (always use PCM or DD). Asleep at the wheel.