Video Editing Programs

[Alienverse]

Hi all, earlier today I was trying to cut part of an AVI file I found on my hard drive. I used the standard Windows Movie Maker 2.1 to edit the file. The file I was trying to edit was approximately 120 MB in size. I tried to load the file onto Movie Maker and my computer crashed. I made two more attempts and I got the same results. I came to the conclusion that the problem was probably caused by the file size being large. The reason I am posting here is to ask if there are any programs that can cut and join large AVI files? Or does anyone have a fix for my problem with Movie Maker? I plan on joining the edited file with another file that is approximately the same size so this program has to be really good with large files. Also, I would preferably like the program to be free but if no program exists, a trial version will do. Thanks for any help!

[Stormin Norman]

any Virtualdub tool pretty much. https://www.videohelp.com/tools?s=29#29

Its rather simple. Heres the guide: http://www.dvd-guides.com/content/view/13/59/

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[Alienverse]

I tried to load the video file onto VirtualDub but I got this error message:

Couldn't locate decompressor for format 'DIV3' (Microsoft High-Speed MPEG-4 [Hack: DivX Low-Motion])

VirtualDub requires a video for Windows (VFW) compatible codec to decompress video. DirectShow codecs, such as those used by Windows Media Player, are not suitable.

I think it is because the video files that I will be uploading are DivX, sorry for not stating that in my first post. I guess my question now would be, is there a program that can cut and join DivX AVI files? If so can you tell me which one(s) and if it is free or shareware. Thanks for the help!

[Baldrick]

install DivX 3.11 or latest ffdshow(be sure to enable divx3)

[Stormin Norman]

Install the DivX 3.11 codec : http://www.divx-digest.com/software/divxcodec.html and see if that works. I believe I have had the same problem before also and this solved it.

Baldrick has quick typing fingers!

[Alienverse]

Ah, thanks everyone. I got DivX running and I had no problems cutting and joining. The video clips now look perfect. Thank you for all the help!

[Stormin Norman]

NP Alienverse, anytime. You did good with your desciptions.