Edit and Save clips

[KenD]

I am working with an MPEG2 file of a soccer game. I want to edit selected clips of the action and save those clips as individual files for later use. Is there a tutorial that addresses this topic? I can edit and capture the clips to the timeline but what is the best way to save them individually to folders for later use?

I think I am bound to be the dumbest guy in the class.

[Ron P.]

I would recommend using the Share>Create Video File, MPEG Optimizer, OR choosing Same as Project, Same as First Clip.

Using anyone of those choices would limit the amount of recoding, provided you have Smart Render enabled.

Editing MPEG video files, one problem that may jump up is the OOS (out of sync), where your audio lags behind or is ahead of your video.

After posting I re-read your question, and remembered that you could also use the Multi-Trim Video to cut out the unwanted parts. Once that is done go to the Clip menu, and select Save Trimmed Video option.

[KenD]

Maybe it would help if I was more specific. I have a MPEG2 file that is the first half of a soccer game. I want to trim (capture) each separate shot on goal that a certain player makes and save each shot on goal as a separate clip in a folder in Explorer for later use. I don't want to end up with one file of all the shots on goal that the player took but I want the end result to be many separate files of individual shots on goal.

[Ron P.]

Ok, that does take a different approach..

You could do this by saving (renaming) the VSP files, or creating a separate video file for each.

Saving VSP Method

• Create a new project, call it something meaningful so that you'll know this is the main or base project you're working off of. So lets' call it softball_base.vsp.
• Insert your video that you want to cut into the separate clips.
• Make your cuts. Delete the parts you do not want to be a part of this specific "Shot on Goal".
• Now Select File>Save as, and give your project a meaningful name, like Goal shot 1.
• Reopen the softball_base.vsp, and repeat the above, deleting everything except what you want for this specific Shot on Goal. Then remember to go to File>Save As, and name it accordingly.

Now you will have separate VSP files each having the parts of the video that you want. The original source video clip is not touched, thus no loss in quality from recoding.

To use the saved VSPs, in another project, just use the Insert video command, and insert the VSP file.

You can do the same as above and just render (Share>Create Video File) with each one, however for every successive render you stand to lose quality. A few renders will not be that noticable, but, re-using over and over will degrade it.

Using the VSP method, as long as you keep the locations of everything used in the VSPs the same you don't need to re-link. If however you do move them, just remember where, and re-link when asked..

[Black Lab]

Another often forgotten method is to choose Clip>Save Trimmed Video after you have edited a clip. It is saved in your working folder with a -1 at the end of the filename. For example, if your original clip is named uvs020308.avi, the newly trimmed and saved clip will be uvs020308-1.avi.