PowerDirector MultiTrim

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Hi

All I want is to remove the commercials from some video clips I have. Most
of them are AVI format.

I go into PowerDirector, Multi trim and I set the parameters for the
beginning and ends of each clip. Then I go to "Produce Movie".

I do not want to select from all the available parameters. I want the
result movie to be the exact same format/compression like the original
movie. How do I do this?

I try different combinations, and always I end up with a file much larger
than the original.

Thanks
Bob

 

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BobPit wrote:
> Hi
>
> All I want is to remove the commercials from some video clips I have.
> Most of them are AVI format.
>
> I go into PowerDirector, Multi trim and I set the parameters for the
> beginning and ends of each clip. Then I go to "Produce Movie".
>
> I do not want to select from all the available parameters. I want the
> result movie to be the exact same format/compression like the original
> movie. How do I do this?
>
> I try different combinations, and always I end up with a file much
> larger than the original.
>
> Thanks
> Bob


Vitrual Dub from www.virtualdub.org should do what you want for AVI files.
After trimming, select Video - Direct Stream Copy and it'll save the
modified version properly (i.e. not writing the file with a new codec which
is apparently what's happening to you).

Mike

 

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I will check it out. But I would also like to know how to do it in
PowerDirector.

Bob

 

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Can somebody PLEASE tell me how to save an edited (trimmed) video, with the
same format as the original in PowerDirector?

I did dounload Vitrual Dub. When I try to play an AVI fole, it gives me an
error message about the sound sorce or something.

I really do not want to learn yet another software.

Thanks
Bob



"Mike Kujbida" <kujfamNoSpam@xplornet.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> BobPit wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> All I want is to remove the commercials from some video clips I have.
>> Most of them are AVI format.
>>
>> I go into PowerDirector, Multi trim and I set the parameters for the
>> beginning and ends of each clip. Then I go to "Produce Movie".
>>
>> I do not want to select from all the available parameters. I want the
>> result movie to be the exact same format/compression like the original
>> movie. How do I do this?
>>
>> I try different combinations, and always I end up with a file much
>> larger than the original.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Bob
>
>
> Vitrual Dub from www.virtualdub.org should do what you want for AVI files.
> After trimming, select Video - Direct Stream Copy and it'll save the
> modified version properly (i.e. not writing the file with a new codec
> which
> is apparently what's happening to you).
>
> Mike
>