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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Date added: June 26, 2009
- Total Downloads: 197,378
- Downloads last week: 2,375
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 86 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
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.
Version 2.5.0 has auto wizards are now scripted and easier to extend and also updated the FFmpeg libraries
What's new in this version:
Version 2.5.0 has auto wizards are now scripted and easier to extend and also updated the FFmpeg libraries
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User reviews of Avidemux 2.5.0
- Average user rating: 2.9 stars out of 86 votes
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Version: Avidemux 2.5.0
"Free open source but difficult"
Pros: Could be fairly straightforward to an experienced user and a wonderful free alternative in an expensive market.
Cons: With only a limited and frustrating experience of WMM, Avidemux proved too difficult to come to grips with.
Summary: Seems pleasantly basic but lacks intuitive feel. Great if you can get your head round it.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Avidemux 2.5.0
Pros: It looks pretty cool, but...
Cons: Maybe it's my Avid and Final Cut pro background. I couldn't figure out how to even get started with this program.
Summary: I think some of these "consumer" editing programs are over simplified to the point of being nearly incoherent.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Avidemux 2.5.0
"Filters did not work, kept crashing..."
Pros: The features of the filters that were displayed looked great but trying to apply them to your video files is another story.
Cons: I was able to create filters but they were not able to be applied to the video and the app would crash when I did try to apply them or on certain preview modes.
Summary: My advice is give it a try, it's a small download and GNU/open source means no ads or hidden installers, it might work for you and if it does then you have an awesome editor. The software looks like it has awesome potential, I gave it 2 stars instea... read more >>
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Version: Avidemux 2.5.0
"great, really more than 10 characters great ...and 5"
Pros: works with HD, fast, always discovering new capabilities, free, can do partial filters, add filters over and over again, change framrate, adjust bitrate, crop, resize,add audio,open programme twice at least, never crashes while encoding,saves crashes
Cons: nothing really, I would like to know where I can import more filters from but that's just being greedy really.
Summary: Where have all the reviews dissappeared to just because it's a new version. Is this how cnet works? seems a bit daft. I've already sang the praises of this app over and over again. Today I just wanted to share with you that you cn run the app twice ... read more >>
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