Are there any free video editing software out there that are easy to use? I
need a video editor that can do simple things like taking a vcd .dat file and
splitting it into smaller segments so I can burn them into 2 or more separate
CD-Rs / CD-RWs. I would also need to cut out/trim some scenes or rearrange
the sequnce of the video in the VCD. I do not need advanced features like
special effects etc.

There are quite a number of video editors out there but most of the free
stuff are not very user-friendly especially to beginners. I am currently
trying to use VirtualDub. It is quite good and it does have all the features
I am looking for. Unfortunately, the interface is not very easy to use and it
can only save the edited file in .avi which takes up a lot of hd space for
large video files.

WMP 9 series encoder will let you edit videos,so will 8 series.Try xps movie
maker.

"Ray" wrote:

> Are there any free video editing software out there that are easy to use? I
> need a video editor that can do simple things like taking a vcd .dat file and
> splitting it into smaller segments so I can burn them into 2 or more separate
> CD-Rs / CD-RWs. I would also need to cut out/trim some scenes or rearrange
> the sequnce of the video in the VCD. I do not need advanced features like
> special effects etc.
>
> There are quite a number of video editors out there but most of the free
> stuff are not very user-friendly especially to beginners. I am currently
> trying to use VirtualDub. It is quite good and it does have all the features
> I am looking for. Unfortunately, the interface is not very easy to use and it
> can only save the edited file in .avi which takes up a lot of hd space for
> large video files.
>
>