Fli
09-19-2020, 11:03 AM
Nice video software for cutting out parts of video is https://github.com/mifi/lossless-cut/ (it does it fast and lossless and allows merging).
But what if you want to cut out/crop/trim black bars or some side of the video? Or also change aspect ratio? For this i am now using free SW called XMedia Recode https://www.xmedia-recode.de/en/
XMedia Recode: How to change video aspect ratio / trim/cut/crop black bars/sides
It can take couple of minutes:
1. Open file, click Video tab and select "Convert" option on top (copy option fails to modify aspect). On same tab i leave default codec or select MPEG-4 AVC / H.264. Rate control mode i set Constant quality and 20.0.
2. click Filters/Preview tab, in Crop section do Auto crop and on Resolution section switch aspect ratio to some value and then to value of choice (4:3 or 16:9 - supported by TVs) and tick "Keep aspect ratio"). Then on same tab, click into the wide blue seek bar under the video to see if video proportions/aspect seems right. If not, you may try to click Crop section and do "Auto crop" or manual one to narrow the proportions.
3. to preview the result without reencoding whole long video, you may set "End time" on Filters/Preview tab to be just a few seconds.
4. check the output save folder on the bottom and then on the top, click blue + button to add video to converting queue and click Encode.
But what if you want to cut out/crop/trim black bars or some side of the video? Or also change aspect ratio? For this i am now using free SW called XMedia Recode https://www.xmedia-recode.de/en/
XMedia Recode: How to change video aspect ratio / trim/cut/crop black bars/sides
It can take couple of minutes:
1. Open file, click Video tab and select "Convert" option on top (copy option fails to modify aspect). On same tab i leave default codec or select MPEG-4 AVC / H.264. Rate control mode i set Constant quality and 20.0.
2. click Filters/Preview tab, in Crop section do Auto crop and on Resolution section switch aspect ratio to some value and then to value of choice (4:3 or 16:9 - supported by TVs) and tick "Keep aspect ratio"). Then on same tab, click into the wide blue seek bar under the video to see if video proportions/aspect seems right. If not, you may try to click Crop section and do "Auto crop" or manual one to narrow the proportions.
3. to preview the result without reencoding whole long video, you may set "End time" on Filters/Preview tab to be just a few seconds.
4. check the output save folder on the bottom and then on the top, click blue + button to add video to converting queue and click Encode.