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Avidemux

CNET Editors' review

by: CNET Staff on November 06, 2008

Making simple crop edits to videos of all formats shouldn't be tricky business, but most tools out there either do way too much or are so belabored with ads that who knows what evil lurks within their code.

Open-source on the GNU license, Avidemux is a breath of fresh air. Cropping a video is as simple as selecting the section you want to remove and then hitting the Delete key. Re-encoding a video is equally painless: select the output format from the drop-down list, save the file, and you're good to go. When choosing where to start and stop a crop, there's both incremental and multisecond advance and rewind tools, There's also a not insubstantial list of video and audio codecs that files can be converted to. Video formats include multiple codecs for FLV, MPEG, AVI, VCD, H.263/4, and others, while audio formats include MP3, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, WAV, and one or two more.

The program also includes advanced options, including generic decoder and post-processing tools, user-defined filters, GlyphSet adjustments, and more features. Avidemux should appeal to users of all abilities who are looking for a quick way to edit down video files.

 
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From Avidemux:

Avidemux is a video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks. It supports many file types, including AVI, DVD compatible MPEG files, MP4 and ASF, using a variety of codecs. Tasks can be automated using projects, job queue and powerful scripting capabilities. The program was written from scratch by Mean, but code from other people and projects has been used as well. Patches, translations and even bug reports are always welcome.

What's new in this version: Version 2.5.6 added support for latest x264 core, restored AC3 and MP2 encoding, and improved crash reporting on Windows especially Win64.

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  • 1.0 stars

    "version 2.5.6"

    February 11, 2012  |   By ac05jn

    Version: Avidemux 2.5.6

    Pros

    dont know, didnt get very far

    Cons

    version 2.5.1 working fine; upgraded to 2.5.6 and the program crashes every time i tried to edit one of my videos; downgraded back to 2.5.1 and it works again

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    "did not work with h.264 files"

    February 10, 2012  |   By 17oranges

    Version: Avidemux 2.5.6

    Pros

    was able to handle 3gp files

    Cons

    got the same problem as merkaba369 - sort of B frames error. there was audio stuttering.

    could not figure out how to cut the files. the HELP menu was not helpful at all

    will uninstall, and there's no built in uninstaller!

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    "Can't rate. can't download"

    February 6, 2012  |   By avalon78676

    Version: Avidemux 2.5.6

    Pros

    who knows?

    Cons

    Can't get it to download on my old win XP. Have downloaded from a couple of sites and keep getting error messages saying it has to close.

    Summary

    Anyone have any ideas? All I need is a video editor that doesn't cost that can rotate an MP4 file. Not Quicktime. This can't be that hard to find.

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    "Problems with B Frames"

    January 31, 2012  |   By merkaba369

    Version: Avidemux 2.5.6

    Pros

    When it works (or worked in older version), it was a great easy to use program.

    Cons

    Every file I open, mp4, avi, flv, I get the warning about using B Frames (don't know what that is) so Avidmux offers to import using a different format, but warns of lost data. Once you try to clip just the part you use, it either can't export (ie crashes) or exports and the audio is garbled.

    Summary

    Not happy with the new improved version, wish I could go back to the older model.

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    "Won't work with most my file formats"

    January 27, 2012  |   By christina-ohio

    Version: Avidemux 2.5.6

    Pros

    When it works, it is pretty easy to use

    Cons

    Won't open most of my files. The ones I did get to load and edit, when I cut a section, the audio no longer lined up.

    Summary

    It won't work with any of my video files. To load my .mpg files, it tells me I'm required to index first. Then at the end of indexing, it gives me an error "can't determine aspect ratio". So when the video loads, it plays too fast. I got similar problems loading .flv files.

    I was able to load .avi files, but when I cut out commercials, it left the last 5 seconds of sound from the last commercial, so the sound was off for the rest of the video. I did everything their help website said to do to keep the audio and video in sync, but nothing worked.

    One other downside is there is no prompt to save your project before closing it. If you close the program or start a new project without saving your previous project manually, you will loose your work.

    BOTTOM LINE: maybe there is someone out there that has the exact right type of file that will work with this program, but none of mine do. When (if) you can get the program to work, it is so easy to cut out commercials, even from the middle of a video file. If they would only get the program to work right with my file types, it would be a great program.

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