a program to edit mp4 videos from a digital camera

[alc112]

Hello!
There are so many programs to choose!
I am looking for a program that lets me do simple editing to my videos taken with a Samsung TL210 digital camera.

I want to cut, maybe join videos. I remember I could do that with Virtualdub with the "stream copy" mode and process wouldn't take no more than 2 minutes. Is it possible with mp4 files?

I would also like to be able to use an option tu blur some parts of the video as to hide things I don't want people to watch. (or maybe bein able to cover that with basic shapes will do).

Just in case, these are mediainfo for two of my videos:

This is for a 480p video:

Format                           : MPEG-4
Codec ID                         : MSNV
File size                        : 132 MiB
Duration                         : 4mn 58s
Overall bit rate                 : 3 702 Kbps

Video
ID                               : 1
Format                           : AVC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                   : Main@L3.0
Format settings, CABAC           : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames        : 2 frames
Codec ID                         : avc1
Codec ID/Info                    : Advanced Video Coding
Duration                         : 4mn 58s
Bit rate mode                    : Variable
Bit rate                         : 3 567 Kbps
Width                            : 640 pixels
Height                           : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio             : 4:3
Frame rate mode                  : Constant
Frame rate                       : 30.000 fps
Color space                      : YUV
Chroma subsampling               : 4:2:0
Bit depth                        : 8 bits
Scan type                        : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)               : 0.387
Stream size                      : 127 MiB (96%)

Audio
ID                               : 2
Format                           : AAC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version                   : Version 4
Format profile                   : LC
Codec ID                         : 40
Duration                         : 4mn 58s
Bit rate mode                    : Constant
Bit rate                         : 128 Kbps
Channel(s)                       : 1 channel
Channel positions                : Front: C
Sampling rate                    : 44.1 KHz
Compression mode                 : Lossy
Stream size                      : 4.55 MiB (3%)

This is for a 720p video:

Format                           : MPEG-4
Codec ID                         : MSNV
File size                        : 348 MiB
Duration                         : 5mn 45s
Overall bit rate                 : 8 429 Kbps


Video
ID                               : 1
Format                           : AVC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                   : Main@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC           : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames        : 2 frames
Codec ID                         : avc1
Codec ID/Info                    : Advanced Video Coding
Duration                         : 5mn 45s
Bit rate mode                    : Variable
Bit rate                         : 8 294 Kbps
Width                            : 1 280 pixels
Height                           : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio             : 16:9
Frame rate mode                  : Constant
Frame rate                       : 30.000 fps
Color space                      : YUV
Chroma subsampling               : 4:2:0
Bit depth                        : 8 bits
Scan type                        : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)               : 0.300
Stream size                      : 342 MiB (98%)

Audio
ID                               : 2
Format                           : AAC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version                   : Version 4
Format profile                   : LC
Codec ID                         : 40
Duration                         : 5mn 45s
Bit rate mode                    : Constant
Bit rate                         : 128 Kbps
Channel(s)                       : 1 channel
Channel positions                : Front: C
Sampling rate                    : 44.1 KHz
Compression mode                 : Lossy
Stream size                      : 5.28 MiB (2%)

Som what would you recommend me? I'm not an advanced user of this kind of programs.

Thanks a lot!

[DarrellS]

MP4 files are tricky to edit. Especially in Virtualdub. I would use MKVmerge to put the audio and video in an mkv container and then edit the MKV with Virtualdub. You can Direct Stream Copy or better yet use Smart Render (you'll need x264vfw, mkv plugin and aacacm installed) to save to an AVI container and then use MKVmerge to put into an mkv container or Yamb (or mp4box) to put in mp4 container.

x264vfw - https://www.videohelp.com/download/x264vfw.1995kMod.x86.exe
mkv plugin - http://fcchandler.home.comcast.net/~fcchandler/Plugins/Matroska/Matroska.zip
aacacm - http://fcchandler.home.comcast.net/~fcchandler/AACACM/AACACM.zip
MKVmerge - https://www.videohelp.com/download/mkvtoolnix-unicode-4.8.0-setup.exe
My MP4Box GUI - https://www.videohelp.com/download/My%20MP4Box%20GUI%20v0.5.5.4.7z
Yamb - https://www.videohelp.com/download/Yamb-1.6.exe

[Baldrick]

I would use avidemux. It works fine for most mp4s that I edit.

[Baldrick]

YAMB and mymp4boxgui also work just to cut. No video preview though.