Best free editing software for dvd?

[MEANGUNS]

I have a video that i made which is about 45 minutes long, I need to reduce it to about 3 miuntes for a demo.

I want to try to sqeeze in the best parts into the three minutes.

So I want to be able to cut the parts that i want and then connect them into a 3 minute demo movie.

I'm thinking I could run it through Tmg and cut and save the parts i want into format of choice and maybe append them in vdub.

But I'm sure there is a better way.

Please help

[lordsmurf]

Some of these editors from Womble and others have fully-functional trials.

[MEANGUNS]

I can I have a link or a name of this program?

[mats.hogberg]

Womble mpeg vcr. But you'd be better off if you used the source material for your DVD rather than the DVD itself...

/Mats

[DarrellS]

I have a video that i made which is about 45 minutes long, I need to reduce it to about 3 miuntes for a demo.

I want to try to sqeeze in the best parts into the three minutes.

So I want to be able to cut the parts that i want and then connect them into a 3 minute demo movie.

I'm thinking I could run it through Tmg and cut and save the parts i want into format of choice and maybe append them in vdub.

But I'm sure there is a better way.

Please help

I think you're on the right track but I don't see where you need TMPGEnc unless you want your finished file to be MPEG.
I would use VirtualDub-MPEG2 (VirtualDubMod will work also) to edit and save as XviD/MP3 for a demo.

You may need to save the audio (AC3) as a Wave file and reinsert before editing the video.

Sorry, I thought it was an MPEG2 file for some reason. Any VirtualDub program will work but you will not get any transitions. There is a fade filter that you can use to fade in and fade out but it's a pain to do if you have alot of scenes.