Mark O'Neill asks:
I have a big folder full of MP4 files, but I only want a certain section of each one. I have been looking for ages for a good free easy software app to cut and edit MP4 files, but I have so far been unsuccessful. Does anyone have any suggestions?
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System: Windows
Tagged: .mp4, audio editor, best software, edit file, free software
System: Windows
Tagged: .mp4, audio editor, best software, edit file, free software
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ha14
November 9, 2012see if Avidemux can help
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Video/Video-Editors/AviDemux-test.shtml
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/42107/how-to-quickly-cut-a-clip-from-a-video-file-with-avidemux/
Erlis Dhima
November 9, 2012You can use Format Factory, or if you wanna lose quality of video, and get a better cutting of the video (cut by frame), use Megui (but this is more advanced option).
Format Factory will convert the entire video. This might be useful if you want to convert it before editing. Windows Movie Maker works good enough for simple edits. If MeGUI is too advanced, you can try VirtualDub, which can also cut video frame by frame.
November 9, 2012Format Factory will cut the video too, but using minutes and not frames! This is if you want a simple cut! For better cut you can use MeGui! WMM it’s not a recommended version, I think! VirtualDub is advanced too, if you think about it! Also VirtualDub doesn’t support too much formats!
November 10, 2012Rajaa Chowdhury
November 9, 2012Microsoft Windows Live Movie Maker has a trim function. It is a free download and pretty easy to use software and supports MP4 format.
if windows installed in your pc then you will find it in the start menu..no need to download
November 9, 2012Nikhil Chandak
November 9, 2012check this out
http://www.wondershare.com/video-editor/how-to-edit-mp4-videos-files.html
http://en.softonic.com/s/mp4-video-editor
Naveen Kumar
November 9, 2012try any on these
http://en.softonic.com/s/mp4-video-editor
josemon maliakal
November 9, 2012audacity
Pwince Khan
November 9, 2012try videotoolbox.com great site
Manuel Guillermo López Buenfil
November 9, 2012I use Freemake Video converter.
It is used mainly to convert between formats, but it contains an option to edit a video, which lets you cut parts of the video. You can also choose to merge several videos. After that, you can choose to ‘convert’ it to mp4 again with the ‘same as source’ settings.
http://www.freemake.com/
Khaled Ahmed
November 9, 2012koyatak video converter
Justin Pot
November 9, 2012I want to second the person who mentioned Audacity. It’s the most full-featured audio editor out there if you don’t want to pay.
Audacity may help you with audio, but it will not be able to handle video (MP4 is a video format).
November 10, 2012If you want to import audio from an mp4 file, you will need an additional library:
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq_i18n?s=files&i=wma-proprietary
Harish Jonnalagadda
November 9, 2012I was using Badaboom but that wasn’t working anymore so I have shifted to Avidemux. Its an encoder and works just fine. Also take a look at MediaCoder. That is also a suitable alternative.
Ajikumar.A.G
November 10, 2012I cann’t download anything items, so please change my download management system.my download management system every time is complaint and faild .
This is off topic question and you need to post your question under the link -
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Kindly elaborate it before posting it.
November 12, 2012Souvik Chandra
November 10, 2012Format factory is the best !!!
Terafall
November 10, 2012Here’s a list for you to try
http://alternativeto.net/software/avidemux/?platform=windows&tag=video-editing
Drew Butler
November 10, 2012WeVideo for Google Drive is a pretty good chrome app. Hope this helps
Gianna Marie Lanete
November 10, 2012you can use vegas pro in cutting videos and audio. actually it is also use in video edting.
Kannon Y
November 11, 2012Hello Mark, I dealt with the exact same situation as you a few months ago and so had to evaluate a large number of video editing software. Fortunately, Wikipedia keeps an exhaustive list of free and open-source video editors.
Windows Live Movie Maker was by far the easiest to use, with no drawback. VideoLan Movie Maker had a similar interface and function, but it’s more or less strictly inferior to WLMM.
And basically all the other movie editors were overly complicated for the simple purpose of cropping video and audio.
One of the most irritating things is that many free softwares for video editing required registration. And ultimately, their software fell short of WLMM.
Yoooo!!!! Someone supported my suggestion on WLMM as otherwise was feeling kinda lonely with my suggestion.
November 12, 2012susendeep dutta
November 12, 2012For easy option,Freemake Video Converter is good.Although a converter,it’s easy to use and works best with CUDA enabled Nvidia GPUs else consume upto 99% CPU usage.
For a little complicated one but professional grade is Editshare’s Lightworks and is free too -
http://www.editshare.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=66&Itemid=98
kumar raja
November 18, 2012u can search in freewarefiles.com website u can find
Alisa Fish
November 21, 2012An easy handle Video Editor must be the one you want.
http://www.goshareware.com/video-editor.html
This one can Split, merge, crop videos and add effects with simple clicks.
Sathya Murthy
November 30, 2012You can use camtasia studio which will help you in editing the MP4 files
Vivien Lu
May 14, 2013Any Video Converter Free is a free and easy to use tool to help you edit various video clips. It can can free trim any video files into several clips , merge multiple media files into one to make your own video, cut off unwanted borders from a video frame to feature a favorite clip, rotate to bring the action to put a new angle on the action, customize brightness, contrast, saturation, resolution to get the best effect, add subtitle, etc.