Virtualdub, making clips

[Jordana Spiro]

Is there any way in the world to make a small clip from a bigger .wmv file. There must be some program out there that does this. It really bothers me that virtual dub doesn't do this. Thanks for your time guys.

[Fango]

Yes, Virtualdub doesn't do WMVs or ASFs because of Microsoft patent mumbo jumbo. However, there are two ways to make a smaller clip from a WMV file.

1. Using Windows Movie Maker, you should be able to do this. Just import your video, move the marker to the start of the place in the video you wish to begin and go into the "Clip" menu and select Start trim point, End trim point.

2. You can also use a program called TMPGENC to convert your file to MPG and then cut the video. You first have to change the file extension from .wmv to .asf and then open it in TMPGENC, convert it and then cut it, or the other way around. I'm not sure if newer versions of TMPGENC still do this, but my version 2.5 does.

Hope this helps

Fango

[Jordana Spiro]

Nice, thanks a lot for the help. My windows movie maker has those options greyed out but the other program is working like a charm.

[Lotfw]

How do people make clips from newer DVDs

I usually get garbled/artifacts video... Is this double layered technology?

I have tried showbiz, Vdub with the plugin

I dont know the right questions to ask at the tech forums..