I know that there isn't much point editing video on mobile, but I like to trim/ tweak my videos, and have a bit of a mess around. So I was just wondering about this
By default there is only a trimming tool. If you are watching a video file and hit menu button > edit > Video Editor, it says the video editor isn't installed and offers you to download it (most likely from a Samsung store so the device will need to be reg with samsung account). I haven't downloaded it so can't comment if it's any good, will probably be good enough for some simple editing. The installed trimming tool is only good for - you guessed it - trimming.
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hi,
how do i convert videos taken with the blackstone?
i setup mpeg4 but neither windows movie thing editor nor virtualdub can handle the file.
but i can play it with mpc without any problems.
linux...at least i see the video
i like to convert it to some moviemaker compatible format so i can quick edit some files to one video with effects in between.
thx!
Blackstone videos are already highly compressed as it is, so recoding them only to be able to use them in movie maker would give you awful videos. your best bet is avisynth - a frameserving application which basically feeds uncompressed stream from original video to the editing application. The idea is this, you create a text file which contains a link to the input file, save it with an .avs extension and then open that with an editing application. The avs file could be as simple as this:
DirectShowSource("c:\VIDEO0001.mp4")
I tried it now, and it works. You need to download avisynth and install it. Unforunately, i don't remember which apps open .avs files.
sorry i don't get it...
it's not about compression in detail.
i mean i do not want to compress or decompress the files.
i can not use it with moviemaker cause i just hear the sound and the picture is black.
so i thought i convert it to a format moviemaker can handle as it seems htc is saving it in some format that can not be used.
which i think is strange but...what do i know...
i which i could do all that with my jaunty
Well, here's the deal - every time you edit a video and save it, you are recompressing it, meaning you're getting a degraded picture quality. If you are only cutting out portions of video, then you can save it without recompression, meaning you get the same quality as the original file. The moment you add effects to the video (transitions, resizing, etc...), you have to reencode video - and get lower quality. Now, that may not be a big deal when your input files are high resolution videos, but when the input file is a heavily compressed ile, such as those made with Blackstone, it will definitely show.
Movie maker can't open mp4 files. The way i see it, if you really want to edit the files, your best bet is to download Super, a freware app which uses AviSynth as a part of it's encoding process, then output the files from blackstone as avi files in HuffYuv codec (lossless compression codec), open it in Windows Movie Maker, edit it and then save it. Note that Windows Movie Maker doesn't output to mp4, only wmv.
As far as getting only the sound an no video - deinstall all codecs or codec packs from your system and install ffdshow.
I am just curious. It would be great to create and edit like the imovie app.
WeVideo?
I do regular web searches to see if anybody has developed a viable video editor / movie maker for android, and finally there's some hope.
Just came across this tonight - http://blog.wevideo.com/bid/272187/WeVideo-Launches-iMovie-Competitor-App-for-Android
It's a new app called WeVideo (just released, so it's still in BETA), and it's pitching itself as an iMovie-like editor for ANdroid, with some cloud-based features and other differences, but what's important as it appears to provide full "movie making" capabilities across various Android devices.
I just tried it out and it works well, with a few oversights like:
- No transition control
- No volume control for music tracks
- No local, uncompressed storage of published video (not that I've found anyhow)
Just for starters. But, if you don't mind using their simple theme, and don't want to include your own music, it works pretty well.
It's also nice that it supports publishing of your videos directly to YouTube, despite not exporting to sdcard etc.
I'll post this reply in a few other threads asking about better video editors for Android as well.
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I am just curious. It would be great to create and edit like the imovie app.
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I've just downloaded AndroMedia. Seems pretty fully featured
Hello everyone,
I've been looking for a way to extract frames from a video for my Android App... The only things I found were related to the Java Media Framework, which I did not succeed to use since Eclipse doesn't seem to recognize the packages even though I've installed JMF on my computer.
What I need is to be able to get a video that is located on the SSD card of the phone (The video is recorded from the phone) and be able to separate all the frames of it, so I can make some processing out of it... Is there any other way than the JMF library? Or maybe can someone help me get JMF to work?
Thanks a lot in advance for any help at all!
You wont be able to do this from the phone. Transfer the video to the computer, then use a video editing program to save frames. You will probably have to save each frame individually, unless you can find software to do it automatically.
I really hope you do figure out how to do this, especially if you're doing it to make any sort of video editing app. And if you're making a video editor please put a rotate video option. I always film in portrait mode then realize unlike the camera there's no rotate.
Maybe I'm not using the right keywords to search because I can't seem to find any info
I know the Galaxy S4 has an option within Video clips for Edit which downloads a Video Editor from Samsung Apps. I checked out the specs on it and it's a pretty hefty-sized app 100+ MBs I believe. I didn't see any "great" or "highly recommend" reviews for it.
So I googled and found nothing on recommended apps for video editors / video editing on the Galaxy S4. I'm looking for something that will include the basics like trimming and maybe orientation flip from horizontal/vertical. More advanced editing I know will be much better on a comp but something that I can use on the go say if I shot a lengthy video and I want to trim a piece and change the orientation, maybe add a quick title and/or a fade effect and upload to youtube, instagram or facebook.
Any recommendations at all out there?
Thanks!
Maria
Easy Fix
The app for the S4's default video editor is in Samsung Apps. You may have the application disabled, so go ahead and enable it.
But if you want to fix the orientation for a video, I'd suggest you use
"Fast Video Rotate Trial," made by YCdroid in the Play Store
because that's the app I used (for only one video, of course. This app is a trial version of the full one).
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The app for the S4's default video editor is in Samsung Apps. You may have the application disabled, so go ahead and enable it.
But if you want to fix the orientation for a video, I'd suggest you use
"Fast Video Rotate Trial," made by YCdroid in the Play Store
because that's the app I used (for only one video, of course. This app is a trial version of the full one).
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I can tell you that you are incorrect about the Samsung editing app (at least for MDL and earlier builds). You must download it (as the OP stated) from Samsung. It does not come installed with the firmware. Maybe this has changed with later firmwares, however, because it is available as a download from Samsung, I doubt it. Maybe someone with MF3 or MK2 can confirm?
Redbullusa said:
The app for the S4's default video editor is in Samsung Apps. You may have the application disabled, so go ahead and enable it.
But if you want to fix the orientation for a video, I'd suggest you use
"Fast Video Rotate Trial," made by YCdroid in the Play Store
because that's the app I used (for only one video, of course. This app is a trial version of the full one).
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Thank on the recommended app - worked great!
Free Android Video Editor for Samsung
#1. Magisto
#2. Viddy
#3. AndroVid Video Editor
#4. Andromedia Video Editor
#5. Video Maker Pro
#6. VidTrim Pro
#7. Snip Video Trimmer
#8. Clesh Video Editor
#9. KineMaster Pro
#10. WeVideo
The above 10 android video editor you can download via android center, most of them are free with high review rate.
lizabrown said:
#1. Magisto
#2. Viddy
#3. AndroVid Video Editor
#4. Andromedia Video Editor
#5. Video Maker Pro
#6. VidTrim Pro
#7. Snip Video Trimmer
#8. Clesh Video Editor
#9. KineMaster Pro
#10. WeVideo
The above 10 android video editor you can download via android center, most of them are free with high review rate.
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I can vouch for KineMaster it was great when i used it.
Hey I took a couple 'smooth' videos during a bball game, problem is the phone fell over and 50% of it is darkness.
I'd like to edit the video but all the apps i see are saying the video is not supported, and the system editor won't cut such a large file. 2 - 3 gb.
anyone know a work around?
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Hey I took a couple 'smooth' videos during a bball game, problem is the phone fell over and 50% of it is darkness.
I'd like to edit the video but all the apps i see are saying the video is not supported, and the system editor won't cut such a large file. 2 - 3 gb.
anyone know a work around?
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I'd suggest just moving the video files into your PC and do the rest there, but you're probably unable (as in you don't have access to a PC or etc) to do that if you're posting here.
well preferably i'd like it done on the phone, this is why i asked.
i guess there are no other options other than editing on pc...?
You could have a look at samsungs editor, don't know if it supports cutting.
http://www.samsungapps.com/appquery...droid.app.vefull&cntyTxt=234&equipID=SM-N910F
Sent from my SM-N910F