editing windows media files

[malawk]

Hi there, can anyone recommend a free bit of software that I can use to add 4 segments of windows media files together? I have final cut, but it seems to not take these formats.I unfortunately do not have the original AVI's.

Much appreciated!

MALAWK

[senu]

I dont think microsoft really really want you to edit WMV files

One way would be to convert them to a format that is edit friendly then output as WMV
( and lose some IQ)

As you mention final cut , I imagine you have a mac.

Otherwise, Blaze claims to be a WMV editor. I dont know if it works with the mac.. or at all

Ive used a trial version for video conversion once but have no real experience with it
There are several "wmv editors" if you do a Goggle search whose claimed abilities I would be wary of and most of which are for windows

[redsox_mark]

Vegas (which I use) can edit .wmv files. Whilst it is not a free solution, if this is a one-off need you could download a free trial and try that. It will re-encode them however.

http://www.sonymediasoftware.com/pro...egasfamily.asp

All the versions support .wmv, so doesn't matter which one you use.
(But it is Windows based).

[senu]

Originally Posted by redsox_mark

Vegas (which I use) can edit .wmv files. Whilst it is not a free solution, if this is a one-off need you could download a free trial and try that. It will re-encode them however.

http://www.sonymediasoftware.com/pro...egasfamily.asp

All the versions support .wmv, so doesn't matter which one you use.
(But it is Windows based).

Thanks Mark :

I was thinking more of standalone WMV editors

As a matter of fact ,(in addition to Vegas) , just about any "self respecting" video editor which takes multiple input formats including Liquid Edition and Avid Liquid 7 and Adobe Premiere ( and Elements), UleadVS 10 and Pinnacle Studio 10 are able to edit WMV ( albeit indirectly)

but
To buttress your point:

All those software are windows based (mainly)

Tend not to be free ( although the "budget" ones aren't bank bursting)
but even so for a one off use may be OTT

It is also the case that they almost certainly work by transcoding/converting wmv to AVI in the background and you would have to reeencode back to WMV after the ediing for output: the end quality video is probably going to be less than starting material.

Im not sure that trial versions dont have limited functionality in some respects.Many have output restrictions even when they accept any input format
Im aware that Vegas ( Movie Studio) Trial certainly does not allow mpeg input, While Im not sure if this restriction extends to the full version that ver could limit what you output it to

[redsox_mark]

The Vegas trial has the restriction with MPEG because it comes bundled with a 3rd party MPEG encoder. I'm pretty sure that is the only restriction. No issues with .wmv.
I agree though that something which can do losses .wmv editing would be better.