Editing video without re-encoding; is there something good / free that does this?

[Ichinisan]

I want to edit a short clip from a Windows Media Center recording and upload it. Windows 7 can convert WTV to DVR-MS. I want to take the DVRMS file and edit it down to a short clip, then upload it to YouTube. Can this be done easily?

 

[CZroe]

I just want to stitch together a couple iPhone videos before uploading to YouTube. When I have to convert, I'm tempted to upscale to 1080p to preserve quality, which I know you hate. Even the paid iPhone iMovie can't import a second clip into a project (USELESS!).

 

[Gooberlx2]

I'm guessing these are recorded TV clips? Try windows live movie maker. I'm pretty sure it has an upload-to-youtube option. The question will be whether it can use your WTV/dvr-ms files (possible DRM from recording, more likely in cases of HD recordings).

Yeah, it'll re-encode, but the hassle of other methods probably isn't worth it.

 

[Ichinisan]

I'm guessing these are recorded TV clips? Try windows live movie maker. I'm pretty sure it has an upload-to-youtube option. The question will be whether it can use your WTV/dvr-ms files (possible DRM from recording, more likely in cases of HD recordings).

Yeah, it'll re-encode, but the hassle of other methods probably isn't worth it.

WLMM is absolutely awful. It does everything it should not do. It re-encodes, it ruins the aspect...it's just awful.

I've used VideoReDo and it works fine, but it costs WAY too much and the limited trial is only 7 days. I'm looking for a free solution.

You'd think that there'd be a lot of options for editing *without re-encoding*...that should be the easy part!

 

[Gooberlx2]

There are, but since you're using WTV/dvrms formats, it's not as straightforward. Anyway, look in to dvrmstoolbox to change to a mkv container. Then use avidemux to cut the sections you want and copy the streams to a new file. Then just upload via the YouTube website.