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Contents About the Author...................................................................................................................... 8 Preface..................................................................................................................................... 9 Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 9 Acknowledgements................................................................................................................... 9 Chapter 1 VIDEO EDITING SOFTWARE ....................................................................................... 10 Avidemux ............................................................................................................................... 10 Installation ............................................................................................................................. 10 User Interface......................................................................................................................... 17 Main Window – QT Version ................................................................................................. 17 Main Toolbar ...................................................................................................................... 17 Navigation Bar .................................................................................................................... 19 Audio/ Video Side Bar .......................................................................................................... 20 Avidemux Menu ..................................................................................................................... 20 System Menu (Windows platform)........................................................................................... 21 System Menu ...................................................................................................................... 21 Avidemux Auto Menus ............................................................................................................ 21 Recent Menu .......................................................................................................................... 25 Zoom Menu............................................................................................................................ 27 Go Menu ................................................................................................................................ 29 Help Menu ............................................................................................................................. 30 Chapter 2 Quickstart ................................................................................................................ 35 Multimedia files Characteristics Basic Terms............................................................................. 35 Container Format.................................................................................................................... 35 Video format .......................................................................................................................... 36 Encoder.................................................................................................................................. 36 Video Output encoders ........................................................................................................... 37 Audio Output encoders ........................................................................................................... 37 Decoder ................................................................................................................................. 38 Avidemux supports Input file formats ...................................................................................... 38 Avidemux supported output file formats .................................................................................. 39 Inbuilt video decoders in AVIDEMUX........................................................................................ 41 3 Audio encoders....................................................................................................................... 42 Inbuilt audio decoders in AVIDEMUX........................................................................................ 43 Multi-audio files or Multi soundtracks...................................................................................... 43 AVI ..................................................................................................................................... 44 MPEG files .......................................................................................................................... 46 Opening Files .......................................................................................................................... 46 Cutting Video Files .................................................................................................................. 48 Audio/video sync................................................................................................................. 48 Markers ................................................................................................................................. 50 Saving a video section ............................................................................................................. 53 Cutting a video section ............................................................................................................ 54 Advanced cutting .................................................................................................................... 55 Auto-split ............................................................................................................................ 55 External audio source.............................................................................................................. 56 Intra frames and Smart Copy ................................................................................................... 57 Copy/paste ............................................................................................................................. 60 Encoding ................................................................................................................................ 60 The copy mode ....................................................................................................................... 61 Encoding mode ....................................................................................................................... 62 Screenshot an individual frame as jpg or bmp........................................................................... 62 Chapter 3 Filtering ................................................................................................................... 64 Video filters ............................................................................................................................ 64 Meta filters............................................................................................................................