Video Editing Programs?

[Raf]

A couple of questions here:

Are there any free video editing programs out there?

If there's one already on my computer, how do I find it?

I've seen 30 minute videos on youtube, yet I am unable to post one because the file size is too flippin enormous. Any suggestions?

[bulwinkl]

I assume you are using a windows variant Raf. I don't for the most part. one program I am familiar with comes in a windows flavour is ffmpeg you can find it here.

http://ffmpeg.arrozcru.org/

just lower the resolution and bitrate for audio and you will find considerable file reduction size.

[Sushi]

Yes, Raf, I have a video editing program on my computer, but I'm not going to help YOU. :)

Seriously though, go to My Computer (on yours, not mine) then program files, then Movie Maker. It is a good basic program.

As to the length of the videos you can up load, you have to list yourself as a director on youtube. You do this by going to My Account, then, edit channel info, then change channel type to Director.

Also you have to download the uploader. Here is where you can get to it.

YouTube Help

[DrWearWord]

Windows movie maker is already installed on your computer if you are using windows. You will also need a codec pack to give you some other options of resolutions and file types. I use the klite mega codec pack make sure you get the right thing when searching for it and downloading it.

klite mega codec pack

[WordWolf]

I can't speak to programs, but if I wanted to host a 30-minute video,

I'd skip YouTube and start with sites like Megavideo.

[DrWearWord]

I can't speak to programs, but if I wanted to host a 30-minute video,

I'd skip YouTube and start with sites like Megavideo.

Nice tip there buddy, I plagiarize so much stuff in the pursuit of good art that i always need a new place to get banned. :)

[WordWolf]

I can't speak to programs, but if I wanted to host a 30-minute video,

I'd skip YouTube and start with sites like Megavideo.

Ok, I take back what I said about Megavideo for hosting.

I think Guba works, and maybe Dailymotion, LiveVideo, maybe Vimeo and Veoh.

For English language hosting, I think that's it.

(There's other hosts if you speak Bulgarian or Chinese and so on.)

[pawtucket]

A good commercial product is Premiere Elements. It is a stripped down version of Adobe's Premiere. It's about 80.00. And has everything that an amateur could want.