how do I cut out specific scenes out of an avi?

[bball_1523]

I was wondering what program I can use to find a specific time frame (ex. 12:10 to 25:24) out of an hour long video file (avi, mpeg, wmv)? And how long does it usually take to do this? thanks

[steveryan]

https://www.videohelp.com/edit

[redwudz]

For MPEG, MPEG-VCR is one. For AVI, Virtualdub is free and will do that. In fact just about any editor will do that, depends on the format you are using. If you look in 'Tools' to the left you will see other editors. <<<<<

[ChrissyBoy]

AvCutty is what i use....

[bball_1523]

on avg, how long does it take to cut out a specified scene?

[redwudz]

When you edit, you are just marking the cuts. When you save the edit, then all the changes are made. In general, if you are just making simple cuts, it's very fast. The slowest part is moving around the timeline of the video. Some editors are faster than others for moving around or less awkward.

Try some of the editors mentioned. You should know also that you can't just cut on any frame with most editors, you have to do it on a 'I' frame.

From the Glossary to the left <<<:

I Frame
An I frame is encoded as a single image, with no reference to any past or future frames. Often video editing programs can only cut MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 encoded video on an I frame since B frames and P frames depend on other frames for encoding information.

[bball_1523]

I have tried using MPEG Video Wizard, and although it has done the job, it somehow made the separate clips "larger" than the original full movie. Anyone know what went wrong with the compression settings? Can I somehow compress the clips down in size without losing too much quality?

[ZippyP.]

I have tried using MPEG Video Wizard, and although it has done the job, it somehow made the separate clips "larger" than the original full movie. Anyone know what went wrong with the compression settings? Can I somehow compress the clips down in size without losing too much quality?

You use "MPEG" video wizard to edit your avi?! Well, it saved the resulting file as an mpeg which is normally larger than the run of the mill divx-type avi. Yes you will loose quality by compressing it.

Try Virtauldub, make sure you set the audio and video to direct stream copy to save in the original compressed format.