Saving Clip would have taken forever
Moderator: Ken Berry
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who4ever
Saving Clip would have taken forever
Right after trimming a video clip with multi trim, I clicked on Clip and Save Trimmed Video Clip. After starting it, it appeared that would take as long to tsave the clip as the clip itself. I had to abort after 5 minutes of saving a 2 hour clip. This can't be right, can it? How do I take a MPEG file of let say 4 hours, trim an hour off the beginning and end and just save the 2 hour file back into my computer without burning it to DVD. Just take a long MPEG file and shorten it. Thanks
It could take that long if you are re-coding the file. If you save it in the same format, it should be quick.
Or.... you might have one of those "MPEG-problems." MPEGs are not meant to be edited. It's an output-format... like a PDF file.
If you have problems editing MPEGs (freezing, crashing, "lip-sync" problems), or if you plan on doing lots of MPEG editing, you may need a special-purpose MPEG editor:
VideoReDo makes a good cut & splice MPEG editor ($50).
Womble makes a simple cut & splice editor, and more advanced MPEG tools that can do fancy transitions or replace the audio track and author DVDs ($50 - $140)
Or.... you might have one of those "MPEG-problems." MPEGs are not meant to be edited. It's an output-format... like a PDF file.
If you have problems editing MPEGs (freezing, crashing, "lip-sync" problems), or if you plan on doing lots of MPEG editing, you may need a special-purpose MPEG editor:
VideoReDo makes a good cut & splice MPEG editor ($50).
Womble makes a simple cut & splice editor, and more advanced MPEG tools that can do fancy transitions or replace the audio track and author DVDs ($50 - $140)
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jchunter
Who4ever,
There is no indication whatsoever that anything is wrong with your video files.
When you use the Multi-Trim Video (MTV) control, it just marks out regions in the existing video file. When you use the Save Trimmed Video (STV) control, VS makes a whole new physical file of whatever size you have designated. As you found out, when you remove a bit off the front and back of a 4 hour file and select STV, you end up re-rendering almost the entire 4 hour file.
Stick with MTV to make your selections. Drag the giant file into the timeline, select MTV, mark the sections you don't want, press OK, and, voila, the remainder will still be in the timeline. Beware, leaving a 4-hour file in the timeline is certain to be too large for a DVD.
So, I would recommend that you keep you projects under an hour. But the same procedures apply to selecting a 1 hour section using the MTV control.
There is no indication whatsoever that anything is wrong with your video files.
When you use the Multi-Trim Video (MTV) control, it just marks out regions in the existing video file. When you use the Save Trimmed Video (STV) control, VS makes a whole new physical file of whatever size you have designated. As you found out, when you remove a bit off the front and back of a 4 hour file and select STV, you end up re-rendering almost the entire 4 hour file.
Stick with MTV to make your selections. Drag the giant file into the timeline, select MTV, mark the sections you don't want, press OK, and, voila, the remainder will still be in the timeline. Beware, leaving a 4-hour file in the timeline is certain to be too large for a DVD.
So, I would recommend that you keep you projects under an hour. But the same procedures apply to selecting a 1 hour section using the MTV control.