How to cut (trim) video without having to reprocess video ...

ErikV

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Mar 13, 2020 19:12

I am a newbie in Video. I succeded in trimming a mp4 video from my digital camera using PowerDirector 15. A small part in the end of the video had to be cut away. Afterwards I pressed the "Produce" button and chose H.264 AVC with mpeg-4 with resolution 1280 x 720 pixels, identical to the original video. The result was a mp4 video with the unnecessary part cut away, but unfortunately I ended up with a file which was almost the double size. I was expecting it to be a bit smaller, with the same quaility.

Is there a way NOT to have the video reprocessed through filters, when the only thing done to the movie is trimming it?

Regards,

Erik V.

tomasc

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Mar 13, 2020 20:35

You may want to try SVRT as shown in this tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_-NhCYJ_0g . This may not work if the video came from a phone because of the variable frame rate on some but should work if from a camera or camcorder.

EDIT: The svrt video finished and the next one was to be loaded. Corrected the url. Sorry about that. It is the same one PepsiMan posted with the correct url.

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ErikV

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Mar 13, 2020 22:08

Quote You may want to try SVRT as shown in this tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_-NhCYJ_0g . This may not work if the video came from a phone because of the variable frame rate on some but should work if from a camera or camcorder.

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PepsiMan

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Mar 13, 2020 22:43

^^

here's one from PowerDirector University https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LhR5EWcpp4 and CyberLink tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhZwUJs9x_M .

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ErikV

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Mar 14, 2020 11:25

Quote ^^

here's one from PowerDirector University https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LhR5EWcpp4 and CyberLink tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhZwUJs9x_M .

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PepsiMan
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Thanks to both of you. The SVRT seems like a nice tool. Unfortunately however: When I import my video from the camera into PowerDirector, then it is one clip. Then I trim this clip by cutting away a small part of the last part of the video using "Split Timeline" and deleting the last part of the clip I don't want.

When I then rightclick on an empty part of the timeline and choose "Show SVRT Track", then the entire clip is shown in red, probably because there is only one clip and it have been edited. So it seems like I cannot use SVRT in this situation ... if you don't have other ideas to overcome this issue ...

Erik

optodata

Senior Contributor Location: California, USA Joined: Sep 16, 2011 16:04 Messages: 8630 Offline

Mar 14, 2020 13:27

SVRT only works when PD has a matching output profile, and not all camera formats are compatible. With just the single clip placed on the timeline (no edits), see what PD shows on the SVRT track.

You can also upload a short sample clip to a cloud folder and paste the link here if you'd like other people to double check on their systems.

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