Basic Video Editing Software/Website

callaway92

Hi folks

A large part of our job involves receiving footage for matches (that was recorded in 4K a lot of the time), or grabbing the footage online (either live or post-match where the video is available)

What we do when we have the footage available to us is try to trim it down and merge into 1 full clip

(i) Whistle for 1st half (ii) end of 1st half (iii) whistle for 2nd half (iv) end of 2nd half

This trims down excess video - We also generally make the video 720p to still have it ideal quality for our clients to view but also to still have jerseys etc easily visible to code for our staff (ie spotting player numbers etc)

Is there a good software/website that can be used (subscription or otherwise), as Windows Photo Editor is awfully slow when merging videos on it. Handbrake is a software that can compress a video but you can marge videos together or trim videos

Thanks

EDIT: Even for example I downloaded a match video off YouTube in 720p which was 1.58GB in size and almost 2 hours long. Used 'Photos' app to trim this to 70 minutes and 720p and it's now over 3GB in size (assuming the kbps frame rate is different or something). It's frustrating

you could use better compression codecs like HEVC x265 where 2 hours 720p could be fitted into 800mb but it would take time to convert to that codec - best only done at the end as an export

you could go with one of these options - maybe Cyberlink as it mentions ease of use

https://www.pcmag.com/picks/the-best-video-editing-software

or try this free one

https://www.provideocoalition.com/vsdc-is-a-free-video-editing-software-for-beginners-on-a-budget/#:~:text=A%20free%20non%2Dlinear%20video,265%2FHEVC%20codec.

youtube is always good for getting started tutorials

toonarmy1

I use movavi and find it very easy to use. All i use it for is putting clips together,cutting clips, adding freeze frames, text to vids, that kind of thing

Loads of tutorials on Youtube on how to use.

Nowso

windows 11 pro has a built basic video editor

callaway92

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118860931#Comment_118860931

Thanks for the advice all.

I must do the update to Windows 11 (have been holding off on it!)

Is the windows 11 video editor any faster than the 'Photos' app on previous Windows editions?

Nowso

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118861010#Comment_118861010

Hardware acceleration is on as default in settings i think - and converts upto 1080p atm