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Originally Posted by rtfgnow
Windows movie maker does not take mp4, could you point me in the direction of a free software that does take mp4?
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I use a program called meGUI and two other pieces of software that expand it's video compatibility. Just a warning, it is not the most user friendly software out there.
AVIsynth and
FFDShow allow meGUI to work with different types of media and should both be installed before meGUI.
After installing AVIsynth and ffdshow you can install
meGUI.
The first time you run meGui you will need to create a worker under the Worker menu. I also recommend checking the "Autostart Queue" under Options->Settings.
My parsing procedure is to open the video using the meGUI File->Open. If the video is not directly compatible with meGUI this automatically opens a dialog to create an AVISynth script. I crop here if necessary and then save the script. You can also deinterlace during this step if necessary by setting the source type to Interlaced and checking the Deinterlace box on the "Filters" tab.
Next I open AVS Cutter from the Tools menu and select the newly created AVS file. Find the beginning of the desired clip in the window and click "Zone Start" find the end of the clip and click "Zone End", then click Set to set the zone. Repeat for the score if desired. After your desired cuts are set click "Do All and Close" in the non-video window.
I am not very familiar with encoder settings so mine might not be ideal, but I set the video to "x264: CE-Baseline". In the "Cuts" section of the audio select the .clt file that corresponds to the video you are editing. For Audio Encoder I use "Nero AAC: NDAAC - iPod - Good".
Click AutoEncode and set the Average Bitrate to 1000kbits/s.
Then rinse and repeat.