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Good software to edit and cut big videos

2009-10-10T14:23:32Z

Hi everybody, I´m looking for a editing software to manage, edit and cut (in a simply way) big videos (up to 4GB) recorded directly from a tv channel.

I just want to cut the spots and some scenes and export the video. I´m trying to do with Sony Vegas, Adobe Premiere and Windows Movie Maker, but 4gb videos are very big and the computer runs very slow.

I Hope you can help me! Thank you very much

Answer by Ryanne for Good software to edit and cut big videos

2009-10-10T14:39:58Z

try Quicktime pro for simple editing. it allows you to splice sections out and then re-export or just re-save.

http://www.apple.com/quicktime/pro/

Answer by mbrianmills for Good software to edit and cut big videos

2009-10-10T16:40:47Z

While Quicktime pro is a good and simple program for editing video it will not help your machine run faster. If Premiere and Movie Maker are taking a long time for renders, exports, etc. then your real need is to invest in a new machine or to upgrade some of the crucial parts like the processor and RAM. Going with a multi-core processor and using Premiere (which can take advantage of hyper-threading) will greatly decrease the time that your applications take to work with your video.

Answer by jaydedman for Good software to edit and cut big videos

2009-10-10T17:35:27Z

mbrianmills is correct. It's not your software (Vegas or Premiere) that can't handle the videos, it's your machine. List what you have here, and it'll probably be clear.

Answer by Todd_Kopriva for Good software to edit and cut big videos

2009-10-10T18:11:17Z

I concur with what mrbrianmills and jaydedman have said. Processor speed, processor number (i.e., multiple processor cores), and RAM all make a huge difference. An additional factor is hard drive speed. I often find that the real bottleneck in people's projects is that they are using a slow drive or are reading from or writing to a drive over a slow connection.

So, a modern computer with a lot of RAM and a fast local disk drive is fundamentally important.

Answer by pasteeater for Good software to edit and cut big videos

2009-10-11T20:18:56Z

If you're not afraid of the command line you can use FFmpeg to trim out sections. FFmpeg can do this by just copying the audio and video streams from your original file into a new file. It is very fast and avoids any re-encoding. I gave an example FFmpeg command at another Video WTF thread: Software for trimming/editing FLV files - without reencoding?

As a new Video WTF user, I am unfortunately limited to posting only one link per post, so you will have to use Google to find the following useful links. Windows users can download pre-compiled FFmpeg binaries at: Automated Unofficial FFmpeg Win32 Builds.

Ubuntu users can easily compile the newest FFmpeg with: HOWTO: Install and use the latest FFmpeg and x264

Answer by Steve GW for Good software to edit and cut big videos

2009-10-12T13:59:00Z

Sony Movie Studio 9 is very cost effective and Sony has just released Movie Studio HD ($40) version which as far as I can see is the same as Song Movie Studio 9. You can try them out free for 30 days. It might take a bit to load the 4 GB into memory - You will have to have a machine that uses at least that 4 GB memory and as others mention a multi processor. I run a dell desktop, quad core, XP windows which does not quite see the 4 GB but runs well. Sony Movie Studio 9 is very responsive. I have tried other video tools and for the money Sony Movie studio 9 is very pretty good. The videos here are created with Sony Movie Studio