This is a little off topic but I need a good free cropping program for HandBrake. I save my HandBrake clips as MP4 with good settings and they come out very clear but when I try to crop the section of the video I want to keep, the resulting video is a larger file size and not nearly as clear and crisp as the original. I've tried MS Movie Maker, Nero Video and VSDC Video Editor. All three work but the resulting cropped video is not very clear. Is there a video cropping program that will allow me to just crop the sections I do not want and just leave the part I want without trying to convert the video? I think it's the conversion process that is causing the deterioration of the resulting video clip. This is on a 64bit Win7 PC.
Thank you for the help.
Best Cropping Tool For HandBrake
Re: Best Cropping Tool For HandBrake
HandBrake is best for cropping.
Post your log, you know the absolutely mandatory one required at in the bold underlined red text on a pink background at the top of the page, where you attempted cropping and had the bad result, as well as the same encode with no cropping, and we'll point out what you did wrong.
Post your log, you know the absolutely mandatory one required at in the bold underlined red text on a pink background at the top of the page, where you attempted cropping and had the bad result, as well as the same encode with no cropping, and we'll point out what you did wrong.
Re: Best Cropping Tool For HandBrake
I have to apologize for using the wrong term. I said "Cropping" when I meant to say "Cutting". Since HandBrake worked fine and was not the problem, I didn't post my log. What I am actually looking for is a good program for "Cutting" (sometimes called Trimming) video. I need to cut about two minutes from the beginning and six minutes from the end of the video then save it. The programs I have tried all seem to want to reconvert the video before saving it and this process seems to noticeably degrade the video.
Should I re-post this question using the correct term "Cutting"? Thank you for your help.
Should I re-post this question using the correct term "Cutting"? Thank you for your help.
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Re: Best Cropping Tool For HandBrake
It worked fine... except you posted this thread about not liking the output... so it must not have worked fine? Also you'll note there's no exception in the bold underlined red text on a pink background for "I didn't think it was needed."MacK wrote:I have to apologize for using the wrong term. I said "Cropping" when I meant to say "Cutting". Since HandBrake worked fine and was not the problem, I didn't post my log.
HB can do that, change the chapters dropdown to seconds and put in whatever start and stop times you wnat.MacK wrote:What I am actually looking for is a good program for "Cutting" (sometimes called Trimming) video. I need to cut about two minutes from the beginning and six minutes from the end of the video then save it. The programs I have tried all seem to want to reconvert the video before saving it and this process seems to noticeably degrade the video.
Re: Best Cropping Tool For HandBrake
I got a Pastebin account, pasted the log but didn't see where I could get the URL for that paste. The only URL I could see was the one at the top of the browser. Hope this is what you need. If not I'll try again. Sorry for my ignorance but I've never used Pastebin before.
http://pastebin.com/29f3u0Lq
http://pastebin.com/29f3u0Lq
Re: Best Cropping Tool For HandBrake
That's a private paste, so we can't see it with that URL.
Re: Best Cropping Tool For HandBrake
I reset it to Public, I didn't understand how it worked. Sorry I didn't get it right the first time, this is all new to me. Thank you mduel. I did as you suggested and changed the chapters dropdown to seconds. It worked fine.
http://pastebin.com/29f3u0Lq
http://pastebin.com/29f3u0Lq
Re: Best Cropping Tool For HandBrake
Great glad it worked.
Re: Best Cropping Tool For HandBrake
mduell ! Thank you
since 2years of using Handbrake I was not aware of your detailed wiki on trimming via seconds instead of chapters https://trac.handbrake.fr/wiki/TitlesAndChapters#no1change the chapters dropdown to seconds and put in whatever start and stop times you wnat.