Honestech Easy Video Editor for Windows

Used Honestech Easy Video Editor for Windows? Share your experience and help other users.

Editors’ Review

Download.com staffOctober 2, 2025

This no-frills utility makes it a breeze to split and join video files of various formats. HT Video Splitter & Joiner's good-looking and straightforward interface ensures that even novices won't have trouble cutting sections from movies. You can precisely mark start and end points, chop your fragment, add it to the clipboard, preview it, and repeat the process until you've extracted all the content you want. Then, you simply click the join icon and the application goes right to work rendering your new file as an MPEG, AVI, or WMV file. The Autosplit option will be useful for burning a DVD movie onto several CDs. Though it's essentially a one-trick pony, HT Video Splitter & Joiner makes a nice pick for both new and experienced video editors.

What’s new in version 3.0

The Easy Video Editor 3.0 provides an intuitive video editing solution that is ideal for beginners. Users will find it surprisingly easy to edit their video files.

Honestech Easy Video Editor for Windows

Used Honestech Easy Video Editor for Windows? Share your experience and help other users.

Explore More

Full Specifications

GENERAL

Release: June 8, 2009

Latest update: October 2, 2025

Version: 3.0

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Windows

Operating System

Windows XP
Windows Vista
Windows 10

Additional Requirements: None

POPULARITY

Total Downloads: 272,724

Downloads Last Week: 1

Report Software

Program available in other languages

Descargar Honestech Easy Video Editor

Last Updated

User Reviews

2.4/5

33 User Votes

True to it's name
waynejohn1955October 31, 2011
Pros
Easy to use, problem free.
Cons
None, if you want to do basic video editing.
Summary
Good product.
EASY video editor is really easy to use.
bil2006October 13, 2010
Pros
Its simplicity is one of its strong points, the other is the ability to handle files that Windows Movie maker won't recognize.
Cons
It crashed the first time I used it.
Summary
It seems to be the only inexpensive solution to the inability of windows to recognize the most frequently used video files.
Simple enough!
jayiowanMay 14, 2010
Pros
No manual needed!
Cons
Missing fancy editing features.
Summary
Ok To Use, But Too Slow
ayarrellOctober 21, 2009
Pros
Nice Interface Easy to Use Quickly Installation Nice interface Support for popular file types
Cons
Slow when converting from one format to another. Converts even if you want to keep the same format after editing.
Summary
I like the user interface and the three-step process to editing and converting video, but I found this program was slow when converting video compared to freeware found on the Internet and attempt to convert an MPEG back to MPEG format. In addition, it would be nice if the program didn't attempt to reconvert an MPEG that you would like to keep in MPEG format after you made edits, instead of just stitching the cut poritions back together.
LAME Product
Yellowbird77September 29, 2009
Pros
I tried this out for about 30 minutes and removed it from my PC. I installed it and tried to edit a simple home video and couldn't get it to work.
Cons
Didn't work.
Summary
Don't bother with this one.
Lame Product
tony_powerblueAugust 25, 2009
Pros
Nothing to like
Cons
Did not function, no help menu, even if it did work in the trial mode it would be too basic to be very useful.
Summary
DUD
Not so user friendly.
chitsharon88July 28, 2009
Pros
editing and frames transition is ok
Cons
burning is so hard to understand. freezes a lot
Summary
If you're looking for a user friendly video editing software, I recommend not to get use this one.
Utterly Worthless
GATOR-HATERJune 21, 2009
Pros
Drag and drop is only good feature.
Cons
Hangs up more often than it works. Sometimes will just quit working and Vista will close it. Puts in special effects between files to be joined whether you want them or not. Can only handle limited number of video types.
Summary
Read the first review, I give it a ditto and then some. The first time I tried this, I joined three short files, no problem. Then I tried to join ten small files and it hung up. Second try it quit working. Third try quit working. Fourth try it quit working. Then I quit trying. Too, it put special effects between each clip. Each had to be individually deleted (no delete all option that I could find) and each time I deleted a special effect I was automatically returned to the beginning of the clips. Do yourself a favor, do not, repeat, do not buy this without trying it first. Or, do yourself an even bigger favor and don't buy it or try it. If you've got #39.95 burning a hole in your pocket, send it to me. I don't have a working video editor, but then, Honestech doesn't either. By the way , I tried giving this zero stars, but the review program forced me to enter at least one. So did. But I did not want to.
Good Intentions, but what happen to QA?
rxfillpharmJune 10, 2009
Pros
I like the drag and drop capability. Very easy to cut unwanted frames and insert new ones. The effects & transitions are ok too.
Cons
Hangs Excessively, so lost lots of work. Non-standard gui behavior. Final action to burn was confusing/awkward.
Summary
If you're going to use this, BE SURE TO SAVE after any edit. An autosave feature would be terrific since it hangs so often. If you click in its window before the last action is finished, it will hang. I had to redo so many times because of unexpected hangups. What should have been an afternoon of work because days! VERY very frustrating. Cannot alt+tab to the window. Non-standard operations, such as can only scroll by click on the actual scroll bar versus clicking in the scroll area. Funky text editing, but lots of great fonts. Where is the qa department? Also, called their tech support about a problem, and the guy said "not happening to me", and offered no help. I used the trial version, so yes it was free. I don't think it's quite ready for prime-time, but still fun to use. Don't rely on this product for anything other than fiddling around.
Feature Poor - A waste of time to download
artkAugust 10, 2008
Pros
Too Simple
Cons
Weak stuff. No rotate specifically
Summary
See above

Developer’s Description

By Honest Technology

Split, edit, and join video files regardless of format.

Honestech Easy Video Editor 3.0 - video editing software designed for beginners, easy enough for everyone. The intuitive user interface makes cutting and merging clips possible with just a few clicks. You can also add intro/ending credits and add various transitions and special effects using the included templates. The Easy Video Editor 3.0 provides an intuitive video editing solution that is ideal for beginners. Users will find it surprisingly easy to edit their video files.