Thread: Editing videos

Advertisements are annoying and even those few minutes when the recording started too early are unnecessary.

With the freeware application VirtualDub, you can simply cut out all the excess material that isn't needed in the recorded file. This saves memory space and also a lot of bother. Drag and drop the video in to the Virtual Dub window. Using' Edit I Set selection start' define the starting point and the end point of the commercial break or the lead time with 'Set selection end'. Then, press the [Delete] key so that the extracted portion ends up in the Recycle Bin. Now repeat the procedure to relieve the video of all unnecessary frames.



To tweak the video, go to 'Video /Filters / I Add', for instance to increase or decrease the brightness and the contrast of the video, or to resharpen the frames or superimpose a custom logo.

In case you have not used any filters, activate 'Video I Direct Stream Cop'y', to export the film. In this way you spare yourself complex conversion. However if you have already edited the picture quality, 'Video I Full processing mode' must be set. At last export the file with 'File I Save as AVI'. The film appears better than an AVI file on your computer and you can watch it again, anytime you want.

TIP: Find more useful filters on the website. which can be integrated into Virtual Dub from 'Video / Filters / Add / Load'. The changes in the clip are apparent after clicking 'OK' in the right preview video of the desktop. Then decide whether to apply them or not.