Anyone here edit Mpeg-4's?

[Ubercat]

I hate it when bands get cute and make songs with some music at the beginning, some music at the end, and 10+minutes of dead air in the middle. Pearl Jam and White Zombie, I believe, are both guilty of this but not the only ones.

So, does anyone edit their music and what do you use? I don't want to risk D/L'ing anything that will mess up my rig so I'm asking those I trust.

edit: Free, of course!

[BanzaiCat]

I do audio all the time for work. Also to create my own playlists for running so I don't have to skip around finding a good song.

Audacity is a great tool. It's free, too. I think you'll need the LAME encoder for MP3 files as well, but that's all explained on the site:

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

[Staggerwing]

B-C, do you know a good one for Video files? I recorded a bunch of stuff for my kids onto DVD years ago and then later saved the files to hard drive. Most of those DVDs got lost and I can't get the saved files to play on the computer or from a USB onto the TV (which I have done successfully with other video). The shows were not encrypted stuff, just recorded off the air using a DVD recorder.


And, no Star, they were not really nooky flicks from Asian pirate satellite feeds.  ::)

[Ubercat]

Thanks, BC! I'll check it out.

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

Try VSDC free video editor.  Just make sure that you opt out of all the 3rd party crap they try to stuff down your throat when you first install it.

[Staggerwing]

Thans SDR. I'll check it out.

[BanzaiCat]

I've heard good things about VSDC. I use Adobe's Premiere Pro for video, though, so I do not have experience with VDSC personally.

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

I've only just started fiddling around with it but it seems OK so far.  I downloaded it earlier this week to edit the incredibly dull videos I shoot from my drone.

[Ubercat]

Thans SDR. I'll check it out.

You mock me....

And I will not be mocked!

[Staggerwing]

LOL! I didn't even see that!