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697915 2008-08-17 05:26:00 hi. i would like to know if there is software that lets me edit mpeg video, as i have a video capture card and have been capturing video tapes using it some of which have ads.

basicly i would like to capture the original tape or air TV - ads and all - and afterwards using software to edit out the ads, it would save me dubbing the original or cutting the ads out

i have tried virtual dub, it opens the mpeg and lets me edit ads out but resaves the output as AVI which i dont really want

preferablly something free and/or open source or codecs for virtual dub that lets me resave as mpeg (if posible)
williamF (115)
697916 2008-08-17 05:55:00 computer im using is an intel celeron 1.1Ghz 256Mb ram running windows 2k pro service pack 4 williamF (115)
697917 2008-08-17 06:07:00 You'll be lucky to load it with only 256mb, let alone edit video Speedy Gonzales (78)
697918 2008-08-17 08:41:00 Funny enough people were editing video on computers many years before a 1GB cpu could be built for public consumption, and 256mb of ram was a quarter of the total cost of the computer.

That aside, if your desired output is MPG then run it through an encoder after you have done your editing.Plenty of free ones available. But mpeg is just a standardised AVI....so...meh.

You can assign Virtualdub to do a direct stream copy so its not re-encoded, or encode into any format you have a codec for.


Virtualdub=very powerful software.
Metla (12)
697919 2008-08-18 08:14:00 William,

Take a look at www.digitalfaq.com

I use TMPGEnc DVD Author to remove/tidy up my video files.
Zippity (58)
697920 2008-08-18 09:04:00 womble Mpeg VCR does the job nicely, although the trial part is disapointing
at least i can capture the tape / TV - ads and all - and edit it later
williamF (115)
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