Please help me to find and buy the right video software

[baba2020]

I initially bought Video capture from elgato and converted all my 53 8mm cassette tapes to MP4 files. Each file is about 2.2 GB and I can play them ok using Windows Media Player.

I am looking for a video software that I could use to open and play the above MP4 file, click on record for 1 minute, then stop the recording, fast forward, then click on record again for another minute. Do this process several times and then save as new file. This file would be a 5 minutes summary of each tape.

I appreciate your help.

[Cornucopia]

They're called editors. A free one that should work for you would be Avidemux.
Note: It and similar type apps do not re-encode so would only be able to make cuts at GOP boundaries. This can vary, sometimes in the range of 300frames (~5-10sec).

Scott

[JKyle]

Maybe you can refer to this thread:
Software to join video clips add fade in out

On top of the recommendations, I'd like to add the following:

Bandicut
SolveigMM Video Splitter
LosslessCut
VidCutter

[teodz1984]

Virtualdub2 can do it load file
set start and end points at 0:000 and 1:00Save as ...

[baba2020]

Last week I did try Avidemux and I found it hard to follow. I will try others and hopefully one would be easier to understand.

Thank you everyone!!