Trimming frames from beginning and end of files

[djdust]

Hi all

I've got a huge library of music videos in AVI (Xvid) format. Most of these were encoded from VOB files that I ran through VideoRedo first to trim off the first few frames and chop off any credits that appeared at the end. The reason for this is that, when I hit play, I wanted the music to play straight away and not have the several-seconds gap that you tend to get (I used to occasionally play the videos off a projector in a nightclub and had a few embarrassing pauses).

A lot of the files I'm getting now aren't in VOB format anymore so I need a new solution to trim the beginning and end frames. Is there a simple free one that'll allow you to do this (without having to re-encode the video and audio and causing degradation) and will work on multiple formats including MKV and MP4?

Thanks in advance

[poisondeathray]

free one would be avidemux, but it can be a bit buggy, and you have to cut on keyframes

non free ones that are frame accurate (smart render, may encode a few frames around the cutsite depending on where you cut) are videoredo v4, solveigmm video splitter, tmpgenc smart renderer

[Ferden]

videoredo v4, solveigmm video splitter, tmpgenc smart renderer

And which id the best one?
I mean the more complete, son that you don't need a paid program for this, a paid program for that.

[djdust]

I'll be happy to go with VideoRedo. I already use their MPG one and have done for years, it's amazing...