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Re: OT: Windows MP4 editors



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There are a number of free movie editors in the Windows store. Have you
tried any of those?

I use Camtasia, but that's not free.

Regards


Neil

On 11/08/2017 14:16, Paul Gordon paul_gordon@xxxxxxx [ukha_d] wrote:
>
>
> Peeps, hoping your collective knowledge can do better than my
google-fi?
>
> I?ve spent the last several hours trying to determine IF there is a
> simple and genuinely free video editor for Windows 10. ? MS no longer
> offer the old Windows Movie Maker on W10, and it?s 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?s been pretty much the ?tale of the tape? so far all day?
> - plenty 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?
>
> 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?s purely because of the tactics employed to bait me
> to install their software under the pretence of it being free, only to
> later discover that I can?t save the output without paying, - that I
> therefore **refuse** to deal with that company or their software?
>
> 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 ? I
> need to be able trim the beginnings, ends, _/and/_ sections within an
> MP4 file ? Ideally without faffing around breaking it up into multiple
> sections then rejoining them ? I just want to be able to mark a start
> & end point anywhere within the video, and cut out that part, then
> save the resultant file in exactly the same format, minus those few
> cut minutes?
>
> If the answer is no, there aren?t any genuinely free products, does
> anyone have any recommendations for a low-cost paid option ? given
> that my needs are restricted solely to the trimming I just described,
> I don?t have any need of a more complex product, with vastly more
> features, and the higher price that would (rightly) command?
>
> I need it to be fairly straightforward and intuitive to use ? this
> isn?t 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?
>
> Many thanks
>
> Paul G.
>
>
>
>


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<p>There are a number of free movie editors in the Windows store.
Have you tried any of those?</p>
<p>I use Camtasia, but that's not free.</p>
<p>Regards</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p>Neil<br>
</p>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/08/2017 14:16, Paul
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:paul_gordon@xxxxxxx";>paul_gordon@xxxxxxx</a>
[ukha_d] wrote:<br>
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knowledge can
do better than my google-fi?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p
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<p class="MsoNormal">I?ve spent the last several hours
trying to
determine IF there is a simple and genuinely free video editor
for Windows 10. ? MS no longer offer the old Windows Movie
Maker on W10, and it?s 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?s been pretty much the ?tale of the tape?
so far all day? - plenty 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?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p
class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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?s purely because of the tactics employed to
bait me to install their software under the pretence of it
being free, only to later discover that I can?t save the
output without paying, - that I therefore *<b>refuse</b>* to
deal with that company or their software?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p
class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">So, my question to you is: - Is there
a *<b>genuinely
free</b>* MP4 video editor for Windows
10??<o:p></o:p></p>
<p
class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">My requirements are solely to trim
sections
out of a longer video ? I need to be able trim the beginnings,
ends, _<i>and</i>_ sections within an MP4 file ? Ideally
without faffing around breaking it up into multiple sections
then rejoining them ? I just want to be able to mark a start
&amp; end point anywhere within the video, and cut out that
part, then save the resultant file in exactly the same format,
minus those few cut minutes?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p
class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If the answer is no, there aren?t any
genuinely free products, does anyone have any recommendations
for a low-cost paid option ? given that my needs are
restricted solely to the trimming I just described, I don?t
have any need of a more complex product, with vastly more
features, and the higher price that would (rightly)
command?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p
class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I need it to be fairly straightforward
and
intuitive to use ? this isn?t 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?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p
class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Many
thanks<o:p></o:p></p>
<p
class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Paul
G.<o:p></o:p></p>
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