I have games mp4's that I want to pull just certain parts off and then create one mp4 with all these clips? What should I use, prefer a free one.. lol
Need help with program suggestions re: combining MP4's from several games
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Whiterabbit-uk
Games GuruHi dbeanie, I changed the title of your post as it was misleading and would probably not have attracted the correct community members. :)
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Idunnobutiwastold
Gaming AcolyteThis freeware may be useful...
X2X Free Video Trim (3.5 Mb)
Partial Description:
X2X Free Video Trim can remove a segment from the original video file, and then join the other parts automatically [...].
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http://www.x2xsoft.com/Product Download:
http://www.x2xsoft.com/productlist/videotrim.html
Posted 12 years ago # -
Inas
MemberIdunno & Others - it seems x2xsoft site has a poor rating at MyWot & SiteAdvisor:
Posted 12 years ago # -
mikiem2
ModeratorI have games mp4's that I want to pull just certain parts off and then create one mp4 with all these clips? What should I use, prefer a free one.. lol
Depends on the format of the video inside those mp4 files, their quality, & the level of quality you want when you're done.
Maybe the easiest way would be with one of the GOTD video converters that lets you combine or merge clips, though if you don't have one already you'll have to wait for the next offer. To use it you would trim each clip, even if it means importing a file more than once, then select an output format & render. The advantage of these ffmpeg-based apps is that they'll open almost any video.
The highest quality, *IF* all the video matches *exactly*, would be to try & find an app that would let you cut & splice without re-encoding -- you'd first have to find out exactly what you have & then Google/Bing, check the tools over at videohelp.com etc.
A *Possible* easy solution would be to download the trial of Sony's Vegas, which would let you assemble your final video on the timeline very easily, but the catch is Vegas will not open a lot of formats you'll find in .mp4 video files. That actually goes for most video editing apps, that you can have compatibility problems importing video.
Somewhat more involved methods of opening mp4 video files...
After a backup you could try ffdshow, which adds a lot of codec functionality to Windows, but it can also break video handling on some systems. If it works then you may be able to open your video in Vegas or many other editors.
AviSynth lets you use most anything you've got installed in Windows, so if you can play it, AviSynth can open it. The catch there is 1) not all apps will work with AviSynth, & 2) you'll have to research, probably do some trial & error, & write a small script file for it to work. If you use AviSynth you can open those script files [.avs] in the free VirtualDub which is an excellent linear video editor.
VFAPI is a potential solution to AviSynth not working with your choice of video app if you're in 32 bit Windows -- it takes an AviSynth script file [*.avs] & turns it into a fake .avi file that can be opened in most any video app.
If thinking about all that seems a bit much, you might get away just screen capturing the playing clips in another, easily editable format -- something like mjpeg or Huffyuv comes to mind. Then you could use that in your choice of video apps. The big difference BTW between the linear & non-linear editors is linear editors like VirtualDub work like the GOTD converters & most freeware conversion apps, where you create a series of individual clips you later join together -- with an NLE [Non Linear Editor] you have your video on one track, you audio on the track below it, & are free to split, adjust, trim, & move things around as you wish, previewing the results before the final render... another advantage is you can add fades & transitions from one clip to the next. Most NLE trials are limited function [why I suggested Vegas], but there are free alternatives too like Wax & Lightworks.
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