On 10/09/2018 10:26 AM, Mayayana wrote:
"JBI" wrote

|I have several videos I've transferred over from VHS to digital. All
| are in MPEG2 format. I need to cut and edit some of them, but I'm
| having trouble finding a free editor that does so without re-encoding.
| Suggestions for freeware that would allow this without a re-encode would
| be welcome. Thank you.

I don't know enough to know the implications of
"re-encoding" issues, but I've had good luck with
Avidemux for my limited needs. It's basically a graphic
editor fort video, providing basic functions like crop,
resize, rotate, color adjustment, borders, etc.

I spent most of a day at one point looking through
various options and Avidemux was by far the best.
However, I haven't tried anything like splicing or
minor snipping. The only cutting I've done has been
on the ends.


Hi, yes, I use Avidemux fairly regularly. In fact, I have it working on
an edited video right now that is being re-encoded because I want to
share on the web. However, I don't think there's any way to edit
without re-encoding. There is a "copy" option, but I don't see any way
to keep the format without some sort of re-encode. Looked for
tutorials/ instructions, but no luck.