How to cut a video and reduce Avi and other video files

If you have ever wanted to cut the video and different parts of scenes from your favorite cartoon or documentary and you had no idea how to do it this is a must to read. To cut a video scene is actually not that difficult as it may seem for these days we have dedicated programs designed to cut video and audio files and even adding special video effects. With a few mouse clicks, video can be fully cut apart according to your preferences. And the best part is there are handful of free cut video software tools.

In essence these programs work much the same way and use similar principles to handle video files. However they differ when it comes to supporting different video formats and additional features.

One of the best video cutters these days is VirtualDub which is closely followed by similarly powerful and user-friendly Avidemux. With these two you do need anything else when it comes to cutting movies apart.

VirtualDub handles most of the popular video formats such as avi, divx and mpg but not Matroska which Avidemux handles without problems. However VirtualDub sports user-friendly and simple interface with menu bar we know from Windows XP.

Cutting video file is a simple process of opening video inside the software like in any media player. Beneath a ruler appears with a movable slider. Cutting a scene from opened video is as simple as moving slider to preferred part and marking it as point A and than choosing another point B. Space between the two points is than highlighted and is prepared to be cut, pasted, deleted or moved to another spot.

However the process sounds simple underneath is a lot of complicated video editing going on and every now and than you may get a warning about slight inconsistencies such as inappropriately aligned sound with video etc. Therefore my advice for the best experience is to use full processing mode both in audio and video to avoid such issues. Further to save some space you may want to use compression from the same menu.

How to cut a video and reduce Avi and other video files