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Importing Xvid/Divx file, editting, then exporting with no quality loss
I’ve got some Divx/Xvid compressed video files that I want to trim down. I import them fine, and get the trimming done quite fast, but the exporting has become problematic for me.
If I export with the default options for an *.avi, quality loss happens and the size of the file change (adding a large black border when playing in fullscreen).
Is there any way to just export/save them, allowing them to look exactly like they had, only trimmed up? Ideally without saving them uncompressed and having to recompress them with another program.
It seems like such a simple task, but man does my mind hurt. :-\
Thanks in advance.
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5 Replies
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[Aden Williams] “Is there any way to just export/save them, allowing them to look exactly like they had, only trimmed up?”
Not in PPro, no.
You will need to find another tool to cut without re-encoding.
Cheers
Eddie -
Any ideas on what program(s) would be sufficient for that? Like I said, I’m not looking to do extensive edits/effects, just simple cuts.
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I’m afarid I don’t know because I never use highly compressed footage as source material.
Hopefully someone else will have some recommendations. It would also be worth doing some research on the Internet.
Cheers
Eddie -
Aden,
Download the freeware program called VirtualDUB. It has a video (and audio) setting that’s called “Direct stream copy”. This is the tool you want to use – simply set the option, then set in/out points and finally save the video. The video data itself will be entirely untouched.
Regards,
Rikard -
Worked fantastically. There were a lot of programs that claimed they’d do it without quality loss, but this was the only one that I managed to find that actually didn’t touch the video quality at all.
Thanks.
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