Xvid video editing

[DViant]

I have a vid encoded in XviD and I was wondering if there is a way to edit out the extra minutes so that it only shows what I want.

The vid is 60 mins long and I want to make another video that starts from 5:00 to 10:00.

Any ideas are welcome & am using Panther.

[WiseWeasel]

You can use QuickTime Pro if you install the Divx.com codecs. Though I think you might have to export to a QuickTime movie with another codec if you want the output to play on PCs.

[DViant]

Thanks for the advice but I still want it to be Xvid.

[WiseWeasel]

The only way I know of is to use mencoder in the terminal to passthrough a segment of the video to an output file, but it's pretty hairy, and I wouldn't know the command offhand. Anybody have any other solutions to this?

[KnightED]

Well if you though for about 10 seconds you should figure this out.
if you are using quicktime pro you can easily slice the video up the way you want it time wise and then you can flatten the video ie save save (make sure to click self contained moive). And there you go new moived with only the parts you want.

Now the file container is another question and you can get a couple different programs to use passthough to copy it over to another format if you are so inclined. But if you install the 3ivx codec on the pc's it will give wmp a .mov hanlder.

[WiseWeasel]

That's the main question (container). PCs can't play xvid in a .mov container, as there are no divx decoders for QuickTime for Windows. The AVI export function in QuickTime is borked. I think QT editing is a dead end.

[thoughton]

You can play 3ivx movs on VLC on a PC, so I would expect xvid movs to work as well. Still not great if you planning on distributing it though, all your viewers would need VLC.

However if KnightED is correct and installing 3ivx codec lets WMP play xvid movs, then that is probably your best solution.

[live4ever]

Try D-Vision it's a great app that doesn't seem to be mentioned too often.

I really like the interface and use it for mainly XviD encoding.

[KnightED]

umm like i said quicktime is perfectly fine if you are willing to even spend the effort of thinking.

And like i said if you install the 3ivx groups codec for windows quicktime can play xvid files. but lets say you want them in a different file type. First you can in quicktime with very little effort put it into a .mp4 file type. It will require you to re-encode the audio but the video as long as its a xvid. It can be put inside the mp4 file typer. (hint: use the passthough options for video in apple's mpeg-4 export options.)

But lets say you want it in a .avi cause windows people are stupid as ever.If you have your video flattened (which means the save as full own moive) you can use ffmpegX if you dont want it to be complicated. You open the video in the input settings. You then under the video setting choose passthough. Now i've tried this with a multitude of .mov's and ffmpeg still can't passthough the audio but if re-encode it to say mp3 or whatever it is you plan to use it works just fine. And there if you did it right you video should be put into a new file with the re-encoded audio into a .avi file.