Note that although it claims to handle MPEG clips I was confronted with an 'H.264' error which meant it has to operate in 'Safe' mode and led to the loss of several frames. Avidemux is very powerful and although it's not particularly intuitive at first, with trial and error you can quickly learn the editing basics. It looks like some kind of Windows 95 throwback app but don't judge the book by its cover.

However, the look and feel of Avidemux could do with some work.

Tasks can be automated using projects, job queues and powerful scripting capabilities.Īvidemux is completely open source and works across platforms, so it's ideal for those that are working on both Macs and PCs. This means there is no messing around converting it to DV format before you can edit it in a third party editing application. Its very flexible, supporting AVI, DVD compatible MPEG files, MP4 and ASF files using a variety of codecs. If you need a free way to encode and convert your videos then Avidemux is a simple but effective application.Īvidemux is a free video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding.

Avidemux portable 2.6.7