I'm looking for a free video tool

[Al Neri]

I have a 40 meg MPG file. It's 40 seconds long. What's the best way to chop it down in size so that everyone can view it regardless of codec. I also need to chop it down to about 10 seconds, and raise the volume of it.

Are there any free tools, or tools that have a save function that are shareware (i'll buy if it works!)


thanks!

 

[Al Neri]

fixt

 

[MercenaryForHire]

VirtualDub FTW

Codec wise, MPEG is about as universal as you get ... if "everyone" is limited to Windows you could use Movie Maker or an MS-downloadable MPEG4 flavour.

And it's probably way more tool than you need, but hey - not like you've gotta pay for it.

- M4H

 

[Al Neri]

I go to open up the MPG file and get

MPEG IMPORT FILTER: INVALID PACK AT POSITION 3 MARKER BIT NOT SET; POSSIBLY MPEG 2 STREAM

with vdub

 

[xtknight]

Google VirtualDub MPEG2. There's a special version for MPEG2. VirtualDubMod might be what I'm thinking of.