Piece of free/shareware needed

[RBCC]

I need a piece of free/shareware to do some rendering of movies I am editing. My guess is that i Need a rendering tool besides premiere pro (I keep getting a unsupported compression type- I dont know what to do about this!) . I would like to find a piece of share/freeware to take the ads out of these! can you think of one that is easier than premiere? John

[KarMa]

What is the Mediainfo of the videos you want to edit.

For example

General
ID                                       : 1 (0x1)
Complete name                            : N:\Video.ts
Format                                   : MPEG-TS
File size                                : 25.4 MiB
Duration                                 : 16 s 312 ms
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 13.0 Mb/s
Law rating                               : TV-G

Video
ID                                       : 65 (0x41)
Menu ID                                  : 4 (0x4)
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format version                           : Version 2
Format profile                           : High@L4
Format settings                          : CABAC / 4 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes
Format settings, RefFrames               : 4 frames
Codec ID                                 : 27
Duration                                 : 15 s 782 ms
Bit rate                                 : 11.9 Mb/s
Maximum bit rate                         : 12.5 Mb/s
Width                                    : 1 920 pixels
Height                                   : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate                               : 29.970 (30000/1001) FPS
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Interlaced
Scan type, store method                  : Separated fields
Scan order                               : Top Field First
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.192
Stream size                              : 22.4 MiB (88%)
Color range                              : Limited
Color primaries                          : BT.709
Transfer characteristics                 : BT.709
Matrix coefficients                      : BT.709

[RBCC]

General
Unique ID : 206438856423277254155935457609423299742 (0x9B4EAD7269E902CAF3135DDB1968A49E)
Complete name : J:\happy days\SEason 7\Happy Days S7 E01.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 4 / Version 2
File size : 232 MiB
Writing application : Lavf56.30.100
Writing library : Lavf56.30.100
IsTruncated : Yes

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Baseline@L3
Format settings : 1 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC : No
Format settings, RefFrames : 1 frame
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Bit rate : 2 500 kb/s
Width : 640 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 29.970 (29970/1000) FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.272
Writing library : x264 core 146
Encoding settings : cabac=0 / ref=1 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x1:0x1 / me=dia / subme=1 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=0 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=0 / 8x8dct=0 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=0 / threads=2 / lookahead_threads=1 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=0 / weightp=0 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc=abr / mbtree=0 / bitrate=2500 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Default : Yes
Forced : No

Audio
ID : 2
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Format settings : Joint stereo / MS Stereo
Codec ID : A_MPEG/L3
Codec ID/Hint : MP3
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 320 kb/s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 44.1 kHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : -25 ms
Writing library : LAME3.99.5
Default : Yes
Forced : No

[KarMa]

As far as free goes, Avidemux is probably the easiest option for quick editing of H.264 video. It can only cut on I-frames so you usually won't be able to cut on the exact frame you want. Avidemux has been know to be buggy along with sync drifts are possible. So check the output before throwing away your source.

The other option would be to use MKVmerge, which is also free and can losslessly cut up H.264 and H.265 video files. You have to know the timecodes or frame numbers that you want to cut on which makes the process time consuming, but I've never found the MKVmerge experence buggy when doing this. As before, it will only cut on I-frames so cuts won't be exact.

For exact cuts I would suggest Videoredo. This option is not free but can do smart cutting which only re-encodes a few frames around each cut and is an easy experience. It does not support MKV so you would have to remux to a .TS or maybe .MP4 for it to accept the file for editing.