On 10/11/2018 04:25 AM, SC Tom wrote:


"JBI" wrote in message news
I have several videos I've transferred over from VHS to digital.Â* All
are in MPEG2 format.Â* 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.Â* Thank you.

I've used VideoPad Video Editor for a few years now. There is a free,
non commercial, home-use one. It just asks you each time you open it to
certify that you are using it for home use:

https://www.nchsoftware.com/videopad/index.html
A little bit under the picture is the line "Get it free." That's the one.

I still use an older version (4.14), and it looks like they're up 6.24
now. I have had no problems with the older version, so have not felt the
need to update what's already working just fine.

Thanks for this nice program! About the only alternative I've tried
that's still free and looks quite capable. Only one caveat: I am unable
to export the mpeg2 I'm trying to edit without re-encode. Apparently,
it has to be in one of their recommended input codec formats to edit
losslessly. Do you know if the older version is that way or not?

About the only thing I did end up doing was using Avidemux to edit. It
*seemed* to save without re encoding (still not sure), but output file
size seemed the same and it saved very fast. I did end up having to
save as a .ts file instead of mpeg, but so far it seems to play fine on
any of my players.

I guess I could save my edits to uncompressed AVI in Videopad and then
reopen and resave with a new format/ codec, but just too much work.
Never thought I'd have this much trouble with a simple mpeg2 edit and no
re encode with freeware!




As with most free programs, be careful what you click during the
installation or it will probably try to install a bunch of other crap.