Video editing AVI files

[Fisherpete]

I recorded some HD video footage of a fishgreg muskie release yesterday, and would like to edit the file a bit before posting. How does one do this? I just signed up for a Youtube account, and the file is now uploading... one minute and change long and 500MB! Can you edit from Youtube once uploaded? It would be better I suppose to edit first and then upload (faster). Any suggestions on what program to do this with?

[DRIFTER_016]

I recorded some HD video footage of a fishgreg muskie release yesterday, and would like to edit the file a bit before posting. How does one do this? I just signed up for a Youtube account, and the file is now uploading... one minute and change long and 500MB! Can you edit from Youtube once uploaded? It would be better I suppose to edit first and then upload (faster). Any suggestions on what program to do this with?

 

 

I gather you are using Windows right?

If so google "Windows Movie Maker Download"

It's free from Microsoft and they have it for all versions of Windows since XP.

It's not uber powerful but it does the job plus you can add music, still photos, titles and transitions.

 

I did these videos with it.

 

Topwater Pike

 

Ice Fishing NWT

 

Salmon & Trout in Alaska

Edited August 18, 2010 by DRIFTER_016

[Fisherpete]

Does it work with AVI files? I thought it was only for MPEG?

[DRIFTER_016]

Does it work with AVI files? I thought it was only for MPEG?

 

 

Here you go, direct from Microsoft to you.

This is for the XP version (Vista and & will support these and possibly more).

 

INTRODUCTIONThis article lists the file types that are supported by Windows Movie Maker in Windows XP.

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MORE INFORMATIONSupported formats for importing content

Video files: .asf, .avi, .wmv

Movie files: MPEG1, .mpeg, .mpg, .m1v, .mp2

Audio files: .wav, .snd, .au, .aif, .aifc, .aiff

Windows Media files: .asf, .wm, .wma, .wmv

Still images: .bmp, .jpg, .jpeg, .jpe, .jfif, .gif

MP3 format audio: .mp3

Although you can play a file in Microsoft Windows Media Player, you may not be able to import the file into Windows Movie Maker even though this article lists that kind of file. You may not be able to import the file if the codec that was used to encode the audio or video is not a codec that is included with Windows XP. In that case, you may be able to re-encode the video or audio by using Windows Media Encoder, and then import the video or audio.

 

Note The MPEG2 format has several codecs that are not supported by Windows Movie Maker. Even if you have downloaded and installed these codecs on your computer, files in the MPEG2 format may not work in Windows Movie Maker or may cause other problems. Converting the MPEG2 format to another compatible format may work for most MPEG2 files. However, some MPEG2 codecs include copy protection schemes that will prevent you from converting the file.

 

To download the Windows Media Encoder for free, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia'>http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia)

For additional information about codec support in Windows Media Player for Windows XP, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

291948 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/291948/ ) Windows Media Player for Windows XP supported codecs

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Supported formats for saving movies

Windows Media video files: .wmv

Windows Media audio files: .wma

DV/AVI format for video: .avi

[Fisherpete]

Great, thanks Dave!