Video Editing Software Suggestion?

Buchanan0204 · 19 May 2011 at 20:32

Hi there,

I have a few 1 hour plus videos that I'd like to clip into 15 minute outputs for Youtube, I tried Windows movie maker but it only clips it manually. You have to select a start and end time, and then do it all over again for the next 15 minutes. I'd like it to be a bit more automated as it gets tedious with over 5 hours of video.

Any good suggestions? I don't mind paying as I'll be doing a little more with it hopefully in the future.

Sony Vegas
Cyberlink Power dvd
Premiere

Are these still the top three contenders? Or has new ones came on the market since I dabbled in editing?

Thanks

Sirrel Squirrel · 19 May 2011 at 21:21

Vegas and Premiere won't automatically split the video into sections but they are the best consumer editing programs.

There's free software for splitting the video up automatically, I can't make any suggestions though as I haven't tried any.

Buchanan0204 · 19 May 2011 at 21:36

Sirrel Squirrel said:
Vegas and Premiere won't automatically split the video into sections but they are the best consumer editing programs.

There's free software for splitting the video up automatically, I can't make any suggestions though as I haven't tried any.

Cheers. I'll have a google for the free splitter software

SexyGreyFox · 19 May 2011 at 23:10

I went from Adobe Premiere to Corel Video Studio.
It's excellent.

AbsenceJam · 20 May 2011 at 07:32

You don't need an editing package for this, there are loads of easy ways of pieces of software to split video up. I imagine you've found something by now; if not what codecs in what container?

TheGedi · 20 May 2011 at 13:39

Premier or Vegas Trials would do the trick for now, but if you want it forever Vegas is the cheapest way to go for a video editing program.