video compression & video editing

[wfo1955]

do i need 2 different software companies products to accurately and easily compress AND edit my videos? I made the mistake of recording high school basketball games in sony's highest resolution, over 12gb per game.

 

[Bombular]

you can use the 30 day trial of adobes premier pro and encoder if you only need it one time

 

[k1114]

Editing software will have options to select different codecs and compression options. You can also just transcode the video if you don't need to edit it. A lot of people use handbrake which is free. It's what I use when I just dump vids straight to youtube. It's really good and has all the modern codecs and plenty of options.

 

[kenrivers]

Bombular is correct, you can download trial versions of Adobe Premiere Pro CC and Adobe Media Encoder.

You can also try trial versions of the following:
Sony Vegas Pro 13
Sony Movie Studio 13
CyberLink PowerDirector 13
Corel VideoStudio Pro X7
Pinnacle Studio 16 - couldn't find the link for a trial of version 18.

 

[wfo1955]

great, thanks y'all