I've found <a href="http://www.squared5.com/">MPEG Streamclip</a> to be very useful for converting between different mpeg formats and files sizes. But it can't read in MPS files.<div><br></div><div>j<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On 4 May 2012 20:33, Meikal Mumin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:meikal@mumin.de" target="_blank">meikal@mumin.de</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">Hi all,<div><br></div><div>for (proper) video editing (do you really need to do that?), you can use any <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-linear_editing_system" target="_blank">NLVE</a>. The most used ones for (semi-)professional use are Adobe Premiere, Apple Final Cut Pro, Sony Vegas, or Avid Studio. Prices are comparable if you go for edu licenses, and so are performance and capabilities. Lightworks is free, and I have played around with it. IMHO the interface is weird and feels like a toy (you have to drag and drop the image of a shark to select things...). Also, codecs are not yet available (see below). And as Rik said, video editing takes lots of resources from your computer no matter which NLVE you use.</div>
<div><br></div><div>The reason why you cannot open the video files Stephen are probably more related to the video encoding. You always have to check, ideally before buying, whether the NLE of your choice can open and edit your video source files natively (depending on the type of camera and settings employed) or whether you will need to do transcoding (and buy the according standalone software or plugins, which can be pricey). Pending on how old your version of Adobe Premiere is, there might not be any more plugins available, so standalone solutions as ffmpeg might be your only choice (though not exactly easy to use). To answer such questions, I suggest you google around and consult the forums of all those products.<div dir="ltr">
<div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Meikal<div dir="ltr"><div>--<br>Meikal Mumin (<a href="http://meikal.de/profile" target="_blank">meikal.de/profile</a>)</div><div><br></div><div>Institut für Afrikanistik<br>
Universität zu Köln<br>
</div><div><br></div><div>mailto: <a href="mailto:meikal@mumin.de" target="_blank">meikal@mumin.de</a></div></div></div></div></div><div><div class="h5"><div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 9:57 AM, Rik <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rdbusser@gmail.com" target="_blank">rdbusser@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Hi Stephen,<br>
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For Windows, Premiere would probably be a good option, if you are
looking for something professional. I have used version CS4 to edit
mp4 and it works well.<br>
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The only problem is that the specifications for Premiere CS6, the
latest version, are hefty
(<a href="https://www.adobe.com/products/premiere/tech-specs.html" target="_blank">https://www.adobe.com/products/premiere/tech-specs.html</a>), so you
might need to buy a new computer. You also need to run a 64-bit
version of Windows.<br>
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There is a free alternative called Lightworks
(<a href="http://www.lightworksbeta.com/" target="_blank">http://www.lightworksbeta.com/</a>), which has been used for
professional productions and supports mp4. I've downloaded it, but
haven't had the time to play around with it yet.<br>
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Best,<br>
Rik<br>
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Rik De Busser<br>
Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica<br>
<a href="http://www.rdbusser.com" target="_blank">www.rdbusser.com</a><div><div><br>
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Can anyone advise the best video editing software to edit large
video files. Last year I purchased a new video camera, the JVC
GY HM 100E. The JVC produces .mp4 files, which are large in
size. I had purchased an edition of Adobe Premiere back in 2007
but it is unable to read these files so I need to update to
something newer.<br>
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Can anyone advise me on whether Adobe Premiere is the best
software to get for video editing, or is there another better
product? I want to be able to edit video, add titles, captions
&c. I use a Windows computer and was able to operate the
2007 version of Adobe Premiere. It would be good not to have to
learn something completely new.<br>
<br>
Thanks to all<br>
<br>
Stephen<br>
<br>
Stephen Morey<br>
Centre for Research on Language Diversity<br>
La Trobe University<br>
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