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As promised above, here is a copy of the revamped usage section from the user guide for VideoClipper. My hope is that people will read it and use it as a way to get started with editing videos on our AmigaOS4 machines. While it might be a bit slow right now, you can even do some editing of videos using an A1222 or SAM machine. I'm working on adding some features to help speed that up. I suggest using ffmepg8 which was just released by Mickjt. Thanks Michael!
Taken from the "Usage" section of the VideoClipper.guide file. Applies to VideoClipper version 2.5 found on OS4Depot. Let me know if this is helpful.
Install VideoClipper as described in the "Installation" section.
NOTE: Each GUI element has an associated hint that provides a fairly complete explanation of the associated action. It is recommended that new users enable the hints by clicking on the "Hints" button at the top left of the window. Hints will then be displayed when the pointer is left over a GUI element for ~3 seconds. This includes the list areas.
Getting started: Once installed, start VideoClipper by double clicking on it's icon. The program will start with the "Clip Editor" tab selected. This is the page where you will add the video files you want to cut and/or join. To get started either load a previously saved project by selecting "Load" from the Load/Save drop-down menu at the top of the page, or click the "Add" button to start a new project and add an video file to the list. The list serves as a timeline. So the first video will be at the beginning of the output video, the second video, second, etc. Once you have loaded a project or a file the disabled gadgets on the page will be enabled, with the exception of "Play Output". A this point it's recommended to select one of the "DRAFT..." profiles from the "Pre-defined settings" area on the "Video/Audio/Files" tab. This uses setting that will produce low quality video but will be much faster when encoding. After selecting a profile you can change any available setting if you prefer. After you have finished setting all your desired edit parameters, you can choose a higher quality setting profile or manually set any settings you desire for the final encoding to create your finished video. It is also recommended to set the "Output File" field at this time. This sets the location where the temporary clips and final output video will be stored. Once you have your files loaded go back to the "Clip Editor" and click on the desired video in the list and set the start and stop times using the controls in the "Enter Cut Times" section of the interface. You can preview the video by clicking on "=>" or select a viewing mode with the "Play Preview" drop-down menu. The times entered will be used when previewing. You can preview from the point of the selection down by selecting one of the "Multiple...." selections in the "Play Preview" drop down menu. Use the controls in the "Video Player Controls" and the "Enter Cut Times" section to find the time in the video where you want to make the cut. "Enable Frame Update" will allow you to easily view each frame of the video for precise cuts. See gadget hints for details on each control. At any time you can cut an individual file by selecting it and clicking on the "Cut" button under the "Video Files List". This will cut and apply all settings to the individual file. You can then play that file and adjust settings as needed. Once a video has been cut, it will not need to be cut again unless settings are changed. A cut video will be indicated by a "*" in the "Cut" field of the "Video Files List". Once you have all your videos loaded and cut times set (if any are required), go to the "Video Effects" tab and set any effects you desire. The "File Effects List" corresponds to the "Video Files List". Effects selected here apply only to the selected file. You can click the "Cut" button and the video will be encoded with any selected effects.. Use the "||>" button to view the video with affects applied if desired. In addition to adding effects, you can "Crop" and "Pad" the video in the "Crop/Pad" tab. This allow adding a border around your video or cropping out black borders as desired. The values set can be absolute values or relative to the min and max video size. "Auto Crop" will analyze the video to auto fill values to cut any black boarders around the video. After setting you values, you can preview the results and a still picture taken from the video will be displayed with the settings applied. if you get an error when previewing, it is most likely your setting are invalid. Reset and try again. Once you are satisfied with the setting, click "Apply Settings" to use these values. Now we return to the "Video/Audio/Files" tab where you can set the settings encoder settings for the final output video. Either select a "Profile" and/or choose your own setting. If you would like to add an separate audio file to your final video, use the "Audio File" gadget to select a file. If you want to add subtitles in ".srt" format, select it using the "Subtitle File" gadget. The audio and subtitles will be added after the video has been converted and the individual files have been joined, so they apply to the whole video. The "Audio File" selected will replace the audio in the individual videos. The subtitles will be "burned" into the video and will become part of the resulting video. If you are an ffmpeg expert and would like to add your own commands for specific effects, you can use the "Enter additional options" section to do that. See gadget hits for using these fields. Now that everything is setup, click "Cut & Join" to create your final video. The files will be cut, joined and and audio files and/or subtitles will be added. Once complete, the "Play Output" gadget will be enabled and you can use it to view your final video. A last note about "Cut Only" and "Join Only". "Cut Only" can be used to apply cut and encode all the videos in the list but not join them or apply the Audio or Subtitle files. This can be use to cut any files that haven't been cut so you can preview your output. You can also use it if you are working on just a single file. The output will be stored in the "Output File" location with a number appended to the filename. "Join Only" can be used to join already cut files. It can also be used to just join video files that already have the same setting. Codec, bitrate, size, etc. For example, it's an easy way to join all your video files from the same camera. Just load multiple files into the video files list and click "Join Only" to join them all together. Note that no cuts or effects will be applied. The files will simply be joined into one bigger file and saved in the location and name specified in the "Output File" field. Don't forget to save your Project using the "Save" selection in the "Project" section. It's good practice to save often so you don't lose work or can can finish it at a later point. Under certain situations a backup of the project file will be created. If you need to, you can reload the back file to "undo" some actions. It's stored in the project file location. There it is. A pretty detailed overview of how to use VideoClipper. If you still have questions, please take a look at the appropriate section in the included guide file, which can be accessed from within the program from the "Help" menu. The "Hints & Tips" section can be useful. Also turn on "Hints" in the program. Most of the hints include some valuable details and information. If you still have questions, comments, find a bug or just need help, feel free to email me at the address listed in the "Author" or "Thanks" section of the "VideoClipper.guide" documentation file.
Edited by ktadd on 2025/10/3 4:14:31 Edited by ktadd on 2025/10/3 4:26:25
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