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Re: [Shop-talk] Video editing help

To: eric@megageek.com
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Video editing help
From: Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2022 10:12:47 -0500
Cc: Shop-talk@autox.team.net
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Delivered-to: Shop-talk@autox.team.net
References: <OFC86D7AD9.7846A48C-ON85258900.004197B7-85258900.0042305D@mail.megageek.com>
I use the built-in editor in Windows to clip my dashcam videos.  It
does work with MP4.  It shows a "timeline" of the movie file or clip,
and you can select points to trim the start and end points.

Windows Live Movie Maker - you may need to install it as an "app".

On Sun, Nov 20, 2022 at 7:25 AM <eric@megageek.com> wrote:
>
> I know this isn't 100% shop talk related, but stick with me.
>
> I am an instructor in the Army and I often have to use clips from movies and 
> other video training aids.
>
> Problem is, many of these 2 or 3 minute clips are embedding in 1 or 2 hour 
> videos.  Meaning I spend lots of time finding the actually beginning of a 
> clip and such.
>
> Also, now that we are doing more virtual training, I would love to be able to 
> send out the videos so students can watch them locally, but I can't send 1 
> gig files.
>
> I am looking for a video editor that can 'crop' videos files.  These are 
> often compressed files (.mp4) so I understand that I may have to have some 
> 'extra' footage that the beginning, and that is fine.
>
> But what I see is often I have to wait for the entire play length to save the 
> cropped file.
>
> Is there an editor out that that can quickly and easily crop video files?  
> Bonus if it's free.
>
> Thanks!
>
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