Free video editing software

[Rut]

Can anyone recommend some free video editing software?

 

What is the video equivalent of Audacity (that is excellent for music).

 

ie something that lets you split video files, join them together etc.

[badgerx16]

Depends on how complex you want things to be, a good start might be Avidemux : http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/

[Rut]

Depends on how complex you want things to be, a good start might be Avidemux : http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/

 

Not complex at all. Mainly just want to script out some short clips from longer videos. Then join these short clips to make a 'best of' one. Well I assume this isn't seen as being complex anyway!

 

I know there's a lot of stuff out there to do this sort of thing but was looking for some recommendations. Thanks - will try out Avidemux.

[Saint_clark]

Nothing wrong with windows media player...unless you're on a mac of course.

[Baj]

If you're on a mac you get iMovie for free

[Rut]

Depends on how complex you want things to be, a good start might be Avidemux : http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/

 

Thanx badgerx16 - that did exactly what I wanted. Click where you want the edit to start/end & hit save. Simple. Then 'append file' to join them together. Worked a treat.

 

Whilst I'm asking about video's anyone got any good advice about how to shrink the size of an .avi file? ie how/what to convert it to? (I don't mind losing a bit of quality).