Simple video editing softwarex

[Eran Mayshar]

I've got a few vacation videos that I'd like to turn into one long video. The issue is they come in both *.AVI and *.MP4 formats. What simple software out there will enable me to take both these formats, and stick the videos to each other? Obviously I'll have to convert them into the same format. The main issue is the merging of the videos together.

Any advice would be most appreciated!

 

[Videographer]

Look into a free software called "virtual dub", there are plugins available if it wont support mp4 "out the box". It is basic but very powerful and can do a job like this easily for you

 

[Videographer]

And here is a convertor to get that pesky mp4 to AVI http/sourceforge.net/projects/mp4cam2avi/

 

[Eran Mayshar]

I've installed it now but I can't seem to find the option to merge the 2 AVI videos I've got. Any advice please?

 

[Videographer]

Very easy, skip the first minute http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=aArHimUOG7Q

Cant be bothered to watch?
Open the first AVI, move the frame to the final one. Click flie -> append, choose files, job done, export as a new file

 

[Eran Mayshar]

I did watch now, thank you very much!!!

 

[Videographer]

no problem, please "choose solution" if you're happy so the thread is closed

 

[Eran Mayshar]

Well I managed to convert the mp4's to avi but the virtualdub doesn't want to work with those avi's, It says I need VFW codec. How do I go about solving this?

 

[Videographer]

The soloution is to find the correct codec for virtual dub or find software that natively supports your file formats. That is my favourite free software, but for work I use Adobe CC (which is expensive) I would pop over to the virtual dub forums and ask them to help you, they are a friendly bunch. Failing that hope somebody else knows of a good piece of video stitching software that can use both formats and is easy to use

 

[JeckeL]

Why not just use windows movie maker? As far as I know it'll handle .avi and .mp4, and will allow you to easily combine clips into one clip

Search your PC for "movie maker", but you may have to download microsoft essentials to install it (it used to come pre-installed on win XP), but it's a quick download/installation