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    Can anyone recommend a good (and free) video editor for windows? My main concerns are: * sync two videos with sounds: I would like to record with two cameras and interweave the video images, but keep the sound "running" continuously. * add/overlay multiple titles and or images * sufficient HD output (probably standard nowadays) It's for (basic) vlogging. thanks! PS: You can, of course, find many "the best 10 free video editors" on google, but nothing beats real experience, hence I ask the question here :-\

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      Can anyone recommend a good (and free) video editor for windows? My main concerns are: * sync two videos with sounds: I would like to record with two cameras and interweave the video images, but keep the sound "running" continuously. * add/overlay multiple titles and or images * sufficient HD output (probably standard nowadays) It's for (basic) vlogging. thanks! PS: You can, of course, find many "the best 10 free video editors" on google, but nothing beats real experience, hence I ask the question here :-\

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      Avidemux[^] is basic, but full featured and very quick - it also uses your graphics card if it can so it can really fly on some operations. Never got it to adjust audio timing though, so I tend to use it for video assembly, and add the audio track on later. FFMPEG[^] is damn good at combining sources, and altering timings - but it's command line driven and not for the faint hearted (it's ... um ... not obvious what to type. It's also very good at splitting audio and video into separate files so you can process them in something more friendly. Audacity[^] is good at anything to do with audio. I tend to split with FFMPEG, edit with Audacity and Avidemux, then combine again with FFFMPEG. I have tried several "all in one" packages, like Corel Videostudio but I end up frustrated and bemused mostly because I'm unwilling to sit through six hour videos in order to resync an audio track by 0.3 seconds ... And they have all been a lot, lot slower to process a video than the above!

      Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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        Can anyone recommend a good (and free) video editor for windows? My main concerns are: * sync two videos with sounds: I would like to record with two cameras and interweave the video images, but keep the sound "running" continuously. * add/overlay multiple titles and or images * sufficient HD output (probably standard nowadays) It's for (basic) vlogging. thanks! PS: You can, of course, find many "the best 10 free video editors" on google, but nothing beats real experience, hence I ask the question here :-\

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        See list here: https://www.slant.co/topics/2272/~best-free-video-editing-software[^]

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          Can anyone recommend a good (and free) video editor for windows? My main concerns are: * sync two videos with sounds: I would like to record with two cameras and interweave the video images, but keep the sound "running" continuously. * add/overlay multiple titles and or images * sufficient HD output (probably standard nowadays) It's for (basic) vlogging. thanks! PS: You can, of course, find many "the best 10 free video editors" on google, but nothing beats real experience, hence I ask the question here :-\

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          I've never done what you're specifically trying to do, but I've used ShotCut and HandBrake for similar-ish things, so it might be an idea to have a look at their docs/search for user comments.

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            I've never done what you're specifically trying to do, but I've used ShotCut and HandBrake for similar-ish things, so it might be an idea to have a look at their docs/search for user comments.

            I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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            The thing I didn't like about HandBrake was that there didn't seem to be a way of copying streams: every time you did something it was re-encoded. And that lost quality and sharpness each time.

            Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

            "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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              Can anyone recommend a good (and free) video editor for windows? My main concerns are: * sync two videos with sounds: I would like to record with two cameras and interweave the video images, but keep the sound "running" continuously. * add/overlay multiple titles and or images * sufficient HD output (probably standard nowadays) It's for (basic) vlogging. thanks! PS: You can, of course, find many "the best 10 free video editors" on google, but nothing beats real experience, hence I ask the question here :-\

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              The best free one is Lightworks (but in it's free version it gets a max output of 720p). I'm using VSDC to edit the company videos and I'm super happy with it... free, easy and powerful. Hope this helps.

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                Can anyone recommend a good (and free) video editor for windows? My main concerns are: * sync two videos with sounds: I would like to record with two cameras and interweave the video images, but keep the sound "running" continuously. * add/overlay multiple titles and or images * sufficient HD output (probably standard nowadays) It's for (basic) vlogging. thanks! PS: You can, of course, find many "the best 10 free video editors" on google, but nothing beats real experience, hence I ask the question here :-\

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                Some good suggestions already given. AviDemux should sort you out. Openshot might be worth a try as well, but the encoding process is slow.

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                  Can anyone recommend a good (and free) video editor for windows? My main concerns are: * sync two videos with sounds: I would like to record with two cameras and interweave the video images, but keep the sound "running" continuously. * add/overlay multiple titles and or images * sufficient HD output (probably standard nowadays) It's for (basic) vlogging. thanks! PS: You can, of course, find many "the best 10 free video editors" on google, but nothing beats real experience, hence I ask the question here :-\

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                  I always use the "old" ( = the one that came with windows vista ) Windows Movie Maker, but it is very hard to find, since replaced by a shitty newer version in Microsoft Essentials. If you are not after something that you will need more than one time, it is the best choice (IMO) -> It is free, very easy to use and fulfills all your requirements. Blaine's Movie Maker Blog: WMM 6.0 on Windows 7, 8, 8.1 or 10[^]

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                    I always use the "old" ( = the one that came with windows vista ) Windows Movie Maker, but it is very hard to find, since replaced by a shitty newer version in Microsoft Essentials. If you are not after something that you will need more than one time, it is the best choice (IMO) -> It is free, very easy to use and fulfills all your requirements. Blaine's Movie Maker Blog: WMM 6.0 on Windows 7, 8, 8.1 or 10[^]

                    Do not escape reality : improve reality !

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                    Me too. :thumbsup: /ravi

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                      Can anyone recommend a good (and free) video editor for windows? My main concerns are: * sync two videos with sounds: I would like to record with two cameras and interweave the video images, but keep the sound "running" continuously. * add/overlay multiple titles and or images * sufficient HD output (probably standard nowadays) It's for (basic) vlogging. thanks! PS: You can, of course, find many "the best 10 free video editors" on google, but nothing beats real experience, hence I ask the question here :-\

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                      I use Windows Movie Maker for this.  See this[^] example.  The jerky video in the first half is the fault of my camera, not WMM. /ravi

                      My new year resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | My .NET bits | Freeware ravib(at)ravib(dot)com

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                        I use Windows Movie Maker for this.  See this[^] example.  The jerky video in the first half is the fault of my camera, not WMM. /ravi

                        My new year resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | My .NET bits | Freeware ravib(at)ravib(dot)com

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                        I have that mental picture of you now, by night, on your sofa, with a gin fizz, random watching your video recorded road trips with that jazz music in the background. :rolleyes:

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                          The thing I didn't like about HandBrake was that there didn't seem to be a way of copying streams: every time you did something it was re-encoded. And that lost quality and sharpness each time.

                          Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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                          Controlling quality in most video editors can be fiddly, but HandBrake does take that to a new level, true. The first few times I used it, I had to spend a lot of time with a search engine, just to figure out what half the parameters were; and I still have to "revise" whenever I install it on a new machine, where I haven't already done custom settings (I should look for the files they're stored in, to export them, I know, but I'm really lazy for doing things like that, because it often causes other problems).

                          I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                            Controlling quality in most video editors can be fiddly, but HandBrake does take that to a new level, true. The first few times I used it, I had to spend a lot of time with a search engine, just to figure out what half the parameters were; and I still have to "revise" whenever I install it on a new machine, where I haven't already done custom settings (I should look for the files they're stored in, to export them, I know, but I'm really lazy for doing things like that, because it often causes other problems).

                            I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                            That's why I use Avidemux - it does as much as possible by stream copying, so there is no encoding and quality doesn't get affected. Also means combining multiple videos into one file takes seconds rather than minutes.

                            Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

                            "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                            "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                              I always use the "old" ( = the one that came with windows vista ) Windows Movie Maker, but it is very hard to find, since replaced by a shitty newer version in Microsoft Essentials. If you are not after something that you will need more than one time, it is the best choice (IMO) -> It is free, very easy to use and fulfills all your requirements. Blaine's Movie Maker Blog: WMM 6.0 on Windows 7, 8, 8.1 or 10[^]

                              Do not escape reality : improve reality !

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                              I use movie maker, it's easy for some simple stuff, but it can't do (to my knowledge) some stuff I like to do. But thanks for the tip ;)

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                                I use Windows Movie Maker for this.  See this[^] example.  The jerky video in the first half is the fault of my camera, not WMM. /ravi

                                My new year resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | My .NET bits | Freeware ravib(at)ravib(dot)com

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                                I use movie maker, it's easy for some simple stuff, but it can't do (to my knowledge) some stuff I like to do. But thanks for the tip ;)

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                                  I have that mental picture of you now, by night, on your sofa, with a gin fizz, random watching your video recorded road trips with that jazz music in the background. :rolleyes:

                                  Do not escape reality : improve reality !

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                                  Ravi Bhavnani
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                                  :laugh: /ravi

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