![]() ![]() See below – Select In & Out points are now darker black. Then go to the point where the portion you want to trim out ends. You can use the arrow keys to move more precisely. Simply drag to the point you want to clip out. If you want to edit – notice at the bottom there is a slider. The slider will move through material much faster than Quicktime Pro though not nearly as precise as iMovie or FCE/FCP. I would not recommend MPEG Streamclip for editing a home movie (or your major motion feature length movie starring you & your cat) unless you have a lot of patience but if all you want to do is trim a few commercial blocks out of a TV show, MPEG Streamclip’s tools are actually quite nice and FAST. If you are ready to convert, you can skip to the next section. Straight MPEG-4 is an acceptable choice but it’s slightly blockier/lower resolution than H.264 with a final file size about twice as large as the H.264 version so with all of Apple’s video products offering H.264 playback (and many other devices now) – MPEG-4 offers lower quality and higher file size at the same settings with H.264, you might as well go with H.264.Īs with my tests with Handbrake, H.264 produces higher resolution than MPEG-4 at a smaller file size so if you intend to convert for Apple products, I recommend H.264 as your encoder choice. If you intend to then use iDVD to create a DVD, I recommend converting to DV for minimal resolution and fidelity loss. If you plan on converting a lot of VOB files to DV to edit, you might need 1 or more of these. If you want a file to edit in iMovie/FCP with minimal compression, converting it to DV will increase the file size to about 1 GB but MPEG Streamclip does a nice job of minimizing resolution loss and maintaining the original quality. The original file was about 30 MB in size as a VOB file. It features a lot of cuts, a lot of different film stocks and some staccato block effects that if not handled properly looks like noise. It is about a 2-minute ad from the cable station TCM. I tested a VOB file I recorded with my DVD recorder. You have two choices, you can use Handbrake to convert protected VOB to Mp4 or you can use Mac the Ripper to “unprotected” a VOB file and then you can open it in MPEG Streamclip to convert to another format. Note: VOB files from most retail DVD’s cannot be opened directly in MPEG Streamclip. If you see your video on the screen loaded, you are set to go. MPEG Streamclip will give you guidance along the way if it encounters any problems. From FILE, Select OPEN FILE and select the file you want to open. ![]() Not really lossless but with its low compression rate, considered the format for minimal loss by professionals and prosumers.įLV – Flash, the standard on YouTube and many other internet video sites. VRO and others are video from camcorders and DVD-recorders.ĪVI and WMV are popular from the Windows side.ĭV – common output format from many editors and used by some camcorders. What can it convert from to MPEG-4? Practically every format know to man and many known only to video geeks but the most important ones include: VOB, VRO and other DVD-R formats AVI & WMV DIVX DV and one of the best FLV converters … beating most in the $500 range. To me, MPEG StreamClip’s most important function is the ability to convert to MPEG-4 to play on my Mac, my iPod and coming soon (for me), the iPhone & AppleTV. While most of the conversion choices are nice (well actually, really great) – I don’t need video on my PSP (it’s about 27th on my list though □ ) nor I need to be able to make VCD’s anymore … so you are on your own there but since it can do a great WHATEVER to MPEG-4 conversion, it should also do a great job in whatever your specific format needs are. The most impressive thing about StreamClip is how well is it maintain the original file’s “perceived” resolution in its conversion to something else. ![]() It’s a little too much to paste it all in here so at the end is their own blurb.** MPEG StreamClip is the final piece to your Mac video editing and converting all-star lineup.*įrom their own description, there is practically nothing StreamClip can’t do … and in reality, they pretty much deliver exactly what they promise. ![]()
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