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Re: OT: Windows MP4 editors



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Hi

I'm not aware of any good free stuff, maybe others will come with
recommendations.

Since movie maker disappeared I've been using the Nero suite - often they
have offers on their website, I think I paid 30 quid for it, and I have to
say, I really quite like it. YMMV



Regards

Simon
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"sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having
nothing, and yet possessing everything" 2 Cor 6:10

On 11 August 2017 at 14:16, Paul Gordon paul_gordon@xxxxxxx [ukha_d] <
ukha_d@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>
> Peeps, hoping your collective knowledge can do better than my
google-fi=
=E2=80=A6
>
>
>
> I=E2=80=99ve spent the last several hours trying to determine IF there
is=
a simple
> and genuinely free video editor for Windows 10. =E2=80=93 MS no longer
of=
fer the
> old Windows Movie Maker on W10, and it=E2=80=99s no longer available
for =
download.
> In fact some other company seems to offering something which
masquerades =
as
> the old MS product, but is nothing of the sort.  In fact
that=E2=80=99s b=
een pretty
> much the =E2=80=98tale of the tape=E2=80=99 so far all day=E2=80=A6 -
ple=
nty of so-called free MP4
> editors come up in google searches, but thus far, every single one is
a
> misrepresentation, and is not freeware, merely a free trial of a
for-pay
> product=E2=80=A6
>
>
>
> For the record, I have absolutely no issue whatsoever paying a fair
price
> for a suitable piece of software, but I really cannot stand the
outright
> lies and misrepresentation employed by the vendors of every piece of
> software that I have installed (and promptly removed) from my PC
today, -
> and it=E2=80=99s purely because of the tactics employed to bait me to
ins=
tall their
> software under the pretence of it being free, only to later discover
that=
I
> can=E2=80=99t save the output without paying, - that I therefore
**refuse=
** to
> deal with that company or their software=E2=80=A6
>
>
>
> So, my question to you is: - Is there a **genuinely free** MP4 video
> editor for Windows 10??
>
>
>
> My requirements are solely to trim sections out of a longer video
=E2=80=
=93 I need
> to be able trim the beginnings, ends, _*and*_ sections within an MP4
file
> =E2=80=93 Ideally without faffing around breaking it up into multiple
sec=
tions then
> rejoining them =E2=80=93 I just want to be able to mark a start &
end poi=
nt
> anywhere within the video, and cut out that part, then save the
resultant
> file in exactly the same format, minus those few cut minutes=E2=80=A6
>
>
>
> If the answer is no, there aren=E2=80=99t any genuinely free products,
do=
es anyone
> have any recommendations for a low-cost paid option =E2=80=93 given
that =
my needs
> are restricted solely to the trimming I just described, I
don=E2=80=99t h=
ave any
> need of a more complex product, with vastly more features, and the
higher
> price that would (rightly) command=E2=80=A6
>
>
>
> I need it to be fairly straightforward and intuitive to use =E2=80=93
thi=
s isn=E2=80=99t
> my forte, I just need to do some casual editing to remove crappy
unwanted
> parts of home movies, and ad breaks in the occasional TV show=E2=80=A6
>
>
>
> Many thanks
>
>
>
> Paul G.
>
>
>=20
>

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dir=3D"ltr">Hi<div><br></div><div>I&#39;m
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tuff, maybe others will come with
recommendations.<div><br></div><div>Since=
movie maker disappeared I&#39;ve been using the Nero suite - often they
ha=
ve offers on their website, I think I paid 30 quid for it, and I have to
sa=
y, I really quite like it.
YMMV</div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></=
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dir=3D"ltr"><div><div
dir=3D"ltr">Regards<br><br>Simon<d=
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<br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 11 August 2017 at
14:16, Paul Gordon <a h=
ref=3D"mailto:paul_gordon@xxxxxxx";>paul_gordon@xxxxxxx</a>
[ukha_d]=
<span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx";
target=3D"=
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<div class=3D"m_-1121631704995750159WordSection1">
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Peeps, hoping your collective
knowledge can do bette=
r than my
google-fi=E2=80=A6<u></u><u></u></p>
<p
class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">I=E2=80=99ve spent the last several
hours trying to =
determine IF there is a simple and genuinely free video editor for Windows
=
10. =E2=80=93 MS no longer offer the old Windows Movie Maker on W10, and
it=
=E2=80=99s no longer available for download. In fact some
other company seems to offering something which masquerades as the old MS =
product, but is nothing of the sort.=C2=A0 In fact that=E2=80=99s been
pret=
ty much the =E2=80=98tale of the tape=E2=80=99 so far all day=E2=80=A6 -
pl=
enty of so-called free MP4 editors come up in google searches, but thus
far, every single one is a misrepresentation, and is not freeware, merely =
a free trial of a for-pay
product=E2=80=A6<u></u><u></u></p>
<p
class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">For the record, I have absolutely no
issue whatsoeve=
r paying a fair price for a suitable piece of software, but I really
cannot=
stand the outright lies and misrepresentation employed by the vendors of e=
very piece of software that I have
installed (and promptly removed) from my PC today, - and it=E2=80=99s pure=
ly because of the tactics employed to bait me to install their software
und=
er the pretence of it being free, only to later discover that I can=E2=80=
=99t save the output without paying, - that I therefore
*<b>refuse</b>* to deal with that company or their
software=E2=80=A6<u></u=
><u></u></p>
<p
class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">So, my question to you is: - Is
there a *<b>genuinel=
y free</b>* MP4 video editor for Windows
10??<u></u><u></u></p>
<p
class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">My requirements are solely to trim
sections out of a=
longer video =E2=80=93 I need to be able trim the beginnings, ends,
_<i>an=
d</i>_ sections within an MP4 file =E2=80=93 Ideally without faffing
around=
breaking it up into multiple sections then rejoining
them =E2=80=93 I just want to be able to mark a start &amp; end point
anyw=
here within the video, and cut out that part, then save the resultant file
=
in exactly the same format, minus those few cut
minutes=E2=80=A6<u></u><u><=
/u></p>
<p
class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">If the answer is no, there
aren=E2=80=99t any genuin=
ely free products, does anyone have any recommendations for a low-cost
paid=
option =E2=80=93 given that my needs are restricted solely to the trimming=
I just described, I don=E2=80=99t have any need of a more
complex product, with vastly more features, and the higher price that woul=
d (rightly)
command=E2=80=A6<u></u><u></u></p>
<p
class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">I need it to be fairly
straightforward and intuitive=
to use =E2=80=93 this isn=E2=80=99t my forte, I just need to do some casua=
l editing to remove crappy unwanted parts of home movies, and ad breaks in
=
the occasional TV
show=E2=80=A6<u></u><u></u></p>
<p
class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Many
thanks<u></u><u></u></p>
<p
class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Paul
G.<u></u><u></u></p>
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