How do you cut parts of videos?

[mOeeOm]

I have a .avi video file, say I wanna cut a minute out of it for a small clip, how do you do this? is there a free program thats easy to use for this?

 

[SynthDude2001]

VirtualDub usually works well for small stuff like that.

 

[microAmp]

Windows Movie Maker can do it also. If you have WinXP it should already be on there.

 

[gsellis]

Try VDub. You may also want to check at Videohelp in the tools section if you have issues. The reason I mention this is that AVI is really a wrapper that can hold various types of encoded files. While Movie Maker will work with MS MPEG4, MS AVI Type 1 and 2, and DV-AVI, I do not think it will work with DivX V5 or 6 (and the file may or may not be encoded that way.) Try WMM first though as it is probably already on your set. But do Save As... Other or you will get an WMF file as a result. VDub may preserve the format without any additional work.

Now, if you have my editor, you would just drop it in the timeline... Got a spare $500 sitting around gathering dust?

 

[Xyclone]

Originally posted by: microAmp
Windows Movie Maker can do it also. If you have WinXP it should already be on there.

FTW

 

[ShadowBlade]

Originally posted by: microAmp
Windows Movie Maker can do it also. If you have WinXP it should already be on there.

iirc wmm will only let you export to WMV

 

[gsellis]

Originally posted by: ShadowBlade

Originally posted by: microAmp
Windows Movie Maker can do it also. If you have WinXP it should already be on there.

iirc wmm will only let you export to WMV

Default is WMV. Select Other and there is a slightly bigger universe. The best format is usually DV-AVI (nearly lossless) as it can then be converted to any other format.