Machete Video Editor Lite for Windows

User Reviews

• Contains malware!!!

  Eric65109January 18, 2014

  Pros

  Never down loaded because of the malware

  Cons

  Really getting bummed out using this site because of the malware lurking in these programs including this program. I like all the review and had great hope for this one to work well. Hasn't been very long ago the down loads on the site were safe, I hate things have changed!!! Can't trust very many programs here now days.

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• Works great on Windows 8

  13inchesOctober 18, 2013

  Pros

  Everyone claiming Machete installs 'unwanted junk' simply didn't pay close attention during the install process. You gotta choose the 'custom' installation and then carefully read each screen and hit the 'Decline' button on several screens. Machete is a free simple program for essentially doing lossless cropping. Avidemux is similar and between the two programs simple free lossless video editing can be achieved.

  Cons

  None - does what it says it will do.

  Summary

  Good free program.

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• Stable but user interface needs some work

  Andy2NoJune 29, 2013

  Pros

  Doesn't crash (so far). Fairly intuitive.

  Cons

  Hard to pause it exactly where you want to. Most frequently used controls are too far apart. A bit too hard to just stitch some clips together one after another.

  Summary

  I tried this with Windows XP Home. I'd have preferred to use Windows 2000 but it's not supported. It shows promise, and it's less crash prone than the last thing I tried to use, but the user interface needs more work. My biggest criticism is that it's too hard to reach the Pause button when you want it. That's no small problem when you're trying to cut the crappy parts out of a video. Play & Pause aren't the same button, plus the keyboard shortcut for Pause is Ctrl-Space (Play is Space) so it's hard to pause exactly when you want to - either you have to look away from the preview to find the Pause button after pressing Play, which doesn't work if you need to cut out a very short section, or you have to try to press Ctrl+Space quickly, at precisely the right time which isn't all that easy to do quickly enough - it should be a single key press to pause, one that can be reached from the Play key without looking. Also, Play, Pause and Stop, are a long way from the other control buttons on the screen, making it a bit wearing to keep moving between them. The File Open dialog can't be resized (in XP), which is irritating when you're trying to find the right clip among lots of others. I'd like an option to just append a file to the end of the current edit. Sure, I can do that with "Insert file at current position", but I have to piss about moving to the end of the file first. Okay, that's easy enough, but what isn't easy enough is remembering to do it, and not losing track of which clip needs inserting next - that extra step, and having to scroll the File Open dialog after so many files because I can't make it big enough to show all of them at once, is more than enough to make me forget where I'm up to. My typical editing process so far is cut out the worst bits of each clip, then string them all together, then go over the whole thing cutting more bits out. The step where I string them all together is made unnecessarily complicated by the lack of an Append option. On the whole it seems fairly stable, unlike other free video editors I've tried. It's useable, it just needs some more work to make using it a little bit smoother. Editing videos takes a long time, and is very repetitive. Any little thing that slows that process down gets to do it to you over and over and over and over... again. Still, as I paid nothing for it, it's well worth the money.

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• Works okay; installs unwanted junk

  KathyC312April 26, 2013

  Pros

  Product itself worked fine. Was able to cut and save a 2-minute excerpt out of a 2-hour long WMV file.

  Cons

  Installed unwanted extensions to my browser. I chose 'custom installation' and was careful not to accept any 'offers' of free software during the installation process. However, shortly after installing the Machete Lite, I found that my web browser (Chrome) was acting strangely...new default websites...when I clicked on a link I was taken somewhere else first...Looked at my Chrome extensions and 'Default Page' and 'Savon' or somesuch had been added by a third party. Very underhanded.

  Summary

  Would only recommend it if you're okay with your browser being hijacked.

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• Hopeless..

  c0mputeApril 9, 2013

  Pros

  It plays AVI files

  Cons

  It does not do what it says, You cant cut or copy/paste and save as without an error.

  Summary

  Tried to just cut two simple scenes from a simple documentary and paste them together and it could not even do that.. Could not save a copied frame to disk without an error in windows 7

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• This programs does what it says

  sraryaApril 6, 2013

  Pros

  Cuts video, easy interface, no ad-wares and do not take the user for a ride. It is faster than many freewares I used

  Cons

  I found no cons

  Summary

  Suggest anybody who wants to crop videos to go for this freeware.

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• Works great for AVI

  aronheintzNovember 19, 2012

  Pros

  Installed easily on Windows 7. I figured out how to use it in 120 seconds. Tried it on a few large AVI files. Very easy to set begin and end points. Saves clips incredibly fast.

  Cons

  None. Doesn't open other file types since its LITE.

  Summary

  If you use AVI format, this it the program you'll want to use.

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• Perfect Video File Chopper

  cwmacphailOctober 22, 2012

  Pros

  Clean intuitive interface Very useful for reducing file size - removing useless footage The name is perfect for what it does Truly free (but watch for add-ins during install -- opt out)

  Cons

  Been using it for a few weeks - no cons so far

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• Works only with WMV files.

  GATOR-HATERSeptember 4, 2012

  Pros

  Very fast and produced lossless video with my 32 bit system.

  Cons

  I upgraded to a 64 bit system and downloaded Machete Pro for a trial. It could not open ANY AVI file. I would get a message the file may be corrupt or is a format not supported by Machete. I contacted tech support and got a bot response to upload codecs I already had. The trial expired without ever once being able to open an AVI file. The same files 32 bit Machete Lite opened without a hitch on my old 32 bit knuckle dragger. So I downloaded the 64 bit Machete Lite and have the same problem Machete works ONLY on WMV files for me.

  Summary

  Machete Lite works only on WMV files for me. I have downloaded each and every codec pack and related program suggested by Machete.com and then some. But I still cannot open any AVI file on my 64 bit system. I gave it two stars because it will work with WMV format. I have no trouble playing, editing and/or converting AVI with any of my other players, editors or converters.

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• Didn't work for me!

  TonyPyJune 25, 2012

  Pros

  Didn't work for me!

  Cons

  Program said a codec wasn't available, but I can play the videos in my media player.

  Summary

  Didn't work for me!

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