Video Editing Software Suggestion

[be_patient]

Hi all!
i have a mate who is interested in performing very basic video editing. Now unfortunately i don't know anything about his computer except that its a p4 1.8 with 512mb ram and is running win XP. so i was just wondering... does anyone have any ideas about some software used to edit videos. Just crop and join really. No effects.

Freeware would be sweet, but is willing to spend a little bit of money!
but most importantly it needs to run on a fairly low end pc. (i mean he tells me windows movie maker lags. :S) Personally I've only used higher end software so i don't even know where to bgein.

any one think of anything that would help him out!

thanks
be patient

 

[SNGX1275]

VirtualDub or VirtualDubMod

I've found they have a fairly steep learning curve, but there are countless tutorials around. Both are free.

 

[husstorm]

try using adobe premiere 6.5 or ulead video studio

 

[be_patient]

will check those out thanks... but premiere? isnt that pretty cpu intensive?!

 

[N-Guy]

will check those out thanks... but premiere? isnt that pretty cpu intensive?!

Yup.
Just use VirtualDub for cropping videos (Adobe Premiere will cost you a lot anyway) - it's what I use to do it AND it's FREE . Then I use WinAVI (You must buy it) to convert it into a WMV format to stream online.

 

[be_patient]

champion! thats exactly what hes after!

thanks heaps

be patient

 

[SNGX1275]

Then I use WinAVI (You must buy it) to convert it into a WMV format to stream online.

Will Windows Movie Maker not do that?

 

[tipstir]

Womble MPEG-VCR works greats on MPEG1/2 stuff if you want quick edits cuts and etc.. That can be saved quickly.

 

[N-Guy]

Will Windows Movie Maker not do that?

Well it only works in WinXP either without service pack or just service pack 1.
I know it definitely does not work with Service Pack 2.

When you load the video into the timeline part, it'll lag for a while then the program will crash with a codec error.