> Hi all,
>
> I've been thinking about updating some of the video clips
> to higher quality on my UFO website, and also adding some
> new ones. As I've just been experimenting here, I'm
> reminded that one of the biggest and most frustrating
> obstacles about this is finding decent software to
> use. I generally find some sort of solution
> that requires 6 different programs, and I end up using
> each program for basically one step of the process.
> I've tried more general programs, but they usually
> crash or cannot do what I want.
>
> So, I'll put a question out there for the group -- does
> anyone have any programs that they can honestly recommend
> as good programs and will do several of the following steps?
>
> -- extract video clips from a DVD
> -- trim/edit clip
> -- adjust the audio track via limiting/compression/
> volume/equalization
> -- crop unwanted edges from the picture
> -- resize the video
> -- adjust the picture (brightness/contrast/gamma/
> hue/color saturation/sharpness)
> -- save to an MPEG-4 file, with adjustments
> allowed for video/audio bitrate/quality, frame rate,
> audio channels (mono/stereo)
> -- runs on Windows XP
>
> Oh, and it also shouldn't cost too much money, should not
> require too much memory, not be bloated with all sorts of
> additional features that I have no use for, not crash
> all the time, and not have a difficult to use interface.
>
> Like I said, I do have a way to do all of the above, but
> it's a rather cumbersome process requiring a variety of
> freeware/shareware programs.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Marc
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