How to take a clip out of episode

vebs · Post by **vebs** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 11:21 am

Yeah, I've been trying to find this out, really, I think you can see that I'm a total newbie with anykind of movie-editor, or even photo-editor systems. I think this is so noobish it won't be found even on FAQ's or any other helping topics etc. So how do I take a clip, like I want the part from 19:45 to 19:50 or something, how do I take it?

I'm just trying to figure out the whole basics of the Windows Media Player and then start making some sort of vid. I've always wanted to, but it has always stopped on me being uncapable or something. So I'd appreciate if someone could help me out, if there was a topic of this, even easily found but I still made this stupid topic up, you can call me names and stuff and I won't care, as long as they come with the link to the topic where I can find my answer.

Sorry to bother you.

-vebs

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 11:24 am

you can use the "create clips" option in WMM or you can create them manually with virtualdub (of some kind)

vebs · Post by **vebs** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 11:44 am

I'm not sure if this is the right way to do it but I pressed the "split this clip in two parts etc"-button from bottomright of the screeningmode, first when I wanted my clip to start, and afterwards when I wanted it to stop, then I deleted the other parts from the beginning and from the end, does it work well in the end if I do it like that?

If your message, Jaddzia, already meant that, I'm sorry, I didn't get it perfectly. Or let's just say I didn't get the second opinion and I'm not sure if you meant that what I did with that "create clip"-opinion. But thanks for help anyways.

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 11:57 am

no this is what i was saying, but its highly inaccurate:
the create clips option:

this is alot more accurate:

JaddziaDax wrote:open the video file in virtualdub mod go to video->compression->Huffyuv
then go to file->save

use those to mark the beginning and the end of the "clips" you want

vebs · Post by **vebs** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 12:07 pm

Oh, okay. I see now. Thanks for the tips, I'll start looking for some cool potential scenes now.

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 12:11 pm

good luck XD

UlquiorraXSchiffer · Post by **UlquiorraXSchiffer** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 4:13 pm

well my wmm does it differently, everytime i import an episode, it automatically splits the episode into more then 100 clips

ZeroAvix · Post by **ZeroAvix** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 1:29 pm

same with mine. A 30~ min episode of sumtin usually gives me 120~ clips, and then u just put it in the timeline, and drag the ends of the clip to where u want/need them and voila, theres yur clip. Only problem im having is its not very accurate..like...1/100th of a second i cant get it that close, which i sometimes need it to be.

BasharOfTheAges · Post by **BasharOfTheAges** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 1:45 pm

ZeroAvix wrote:Only problem im having is its not very accurate..like...1/100th of a second i cant get it that close, which i sometimes need it to be.

That's a problem with using lossy footage and a problem with using WMM. If you want to be frame-accurate, either spend an inordinate amount of time constantly tweaking stuff, or get a more capable editing program.

ZeroAvix · Post by **ZeroAvix** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 1:49 pm

I have premiere elements 3, but I cant get the hang of it...mainly cutting clips to use...i like to cut my clips as im making the video cause i make everything up as I go usually...then just go back and edit and tweak w/e needs work...ive always worked like that lol.