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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.
Publisher's Description
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 2.6.4 has has added camtasia codec support.
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"Easy To Use and Works!"
Version: Avidemux 2.6.1
Pros
Pulled in 2 AVI files easily (took time to read, but they were large), then saved them as 1 combined file.
Cons
The interface is intuitive, but I still found myself wondering if I was about to click the right button or not. A Wizard mode would be perfect for this!
Summary
It works. ;)
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"Terrible editor"
Version: Avidemux 2.6.1
Pros
Its free, mainly because no one would expect to pay for it.
Cons
Lots of the functions have been disabled. You can't cut and paste the part of the video you want to keep. It leaves front end and back end of video on the video that you wanted to erase. At the end of the edited video it left the back end on screen and continued to play the sound for a furth 2 minutes.
Summary
Find a better editor,
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"Not work for me (win7)"
Version: Avidemux 2.6.1
Pros
no comment, I can open only main windows.
Cons
Not works after installed (Win 7). Can't render *.avi files properly, completely malfunction and No helpful/user friendly error message.
Summary
Guest it works only for some specific environment, OS.
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"Brilliant for .avi file merging"
Version: Avidemux 2.6.1
Pros
Super fast and easy to use. No Ads. Drag and drop file 1, drag and drop file 2, and save.
Cons
None found for the purpose I'm using it for.
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"Worked Perfectly"
Version: Avidemux 2.6.1
Pros
I was trying to join several mp4 videos. I have other tools to do this but they all want to reencode the resulting video. This takes a long time. Avidemux simply copied the files so I had a perfect video in less than a minute. I saw some reviews that talked about adware. I saw none. I did download it from Sourceforge not CNET. I plan to use it to edit some family videos.
Cons
None for what I used it for.
Summary
Great tool!!!
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"terrible terrible avoid"
Version: Avidemux 2.6.1
Pros
none what so ever
Cons
couldn't do anything with it.
Summary
don't bother downloading.
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"Not worth the download"
Version: Avidemux 2.6.1
Pros
Free - that's about it
Cons
Loaded with tons of annoying adware which is removable but still a pain
Functions 'seem' to work until you actually view the video where you have a 50/50 chance of it playing at the wrong speed or being corrupted
Frustrating crashes, almost constantly failing to respondSummary
Don't bother, save your time and temper
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"Not so good"
Version: Avidemux 2.6
Pros
Was able to add a DAT format which I needed.
Cons
When I tried to process a video there was a difference between video and sound.
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"UI is not intuitive"
Version: Avidemux 2.6
Pros
It is free to download.
Cons
UI not user friendy
Requires more than an amateur understanding of audio/video conversion and encodingSummary
The task I'm completing for work does not give me enough time to go through all the free trials and read the user manuals before choosing which program to use. Avidemux was not intuitive enough to make the cut for me. I installed and uninstalled immediately. I need something that's easier to use right off the bat.
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"Must have for me."
Version: Avidemux 2.6
Pros
- fast
- easy
- freeCons
- not much stable
Summary
Use it not regularly but when i need it it usually works fine!
