Your Questions About Movie Download Sites That Are Safe

Carol asks…

What editing software to use for taking a bunch of clips out of longer videos and put them together?

I use a Gopro when driving motocross, and want to put the “highlights” together. The films are about 20-40 minutes long and i want to take out bits of maybe 10-15 secs and put them together ?
What will be the easiest way of doing this ? A tutorial of some sort would be great !

The Camera is a Gopro Hero HD 2 and i shoot in 720p and 60 fps. If this matters.
Thanks !

admin answers:

Nearly every video editor ever made can do this – that’s what they do.

How the various editors visualize what you’re doing is different though.

In editors like Windows Movie Maker you import the longer video into your project. You can preview it and split the video into chunks which appears as separate pieces of file. You then drag those down to the timeline and put them together.

In others, like Adobe Premiere, you import the longer video into the project then in the preview pane add in and out markers. When you drag the video from the preview pane into the timeline only that part between the markers is used. You can add the longer original video to the preview and add more markers as many times as you like.

Once you’ve got your viedeo clips put together and added your transitions, effects and titles you then render the finished video. All this means is that the editor takes all the clips and creates a ingle new video file. This is very intensive work for a computer and if you’re using an older or middling one, this could take a while.

You can upload that file to Youtube or whatever or even burn it onto a DVD that you can watch using a TV. This usually means another piece of sofware that is capable of DVD authoring. Again these range from free like Windows DVD Maker and DVDFlick to the $800 Adobe Encore.

If you go to http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbWLzF5mVVFYQGxqZ_GCThA/videos you’ll see a whole bunch of videos (11 of them) of a guy in a solo concert. All of those came from a single video file that was originally over an hour in length.

The Opal Book Club, The Bronconator, and My Beautiful SUV (one of my hobbies is off-road driving) are made from multiple video files that were edited together.

If you want to explore video editing then there’s no reason to spend anything as there are some very good free editors around. Most compete very well with the sub-$100 commercial software.

Take a look at the tutorials for Windows Movie Maker at http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/Tutorials/ – it may be WMM is all you need. It really is foolproof except that it’s picky in what file formats it takes and the lack of native support for multiple video and audio tracks are a definite disadvantage (but there are workarounds)

The version 2 series were probably the most versatile, you can find them here – http://www.brothersoft.com/downloads/windows-movie-maker.html – but you’ll have problems installing the older versions on Windows 7.

Other free video editors are…

Wax – http://www.debugmode.com/wax/ – this is also a compositor – a bit like Adobe’s After Effects – – unlimited video and audio tracks
VideoLAN Movie Creator – http://videolan.org/vlmc/ – up to 64 audio and video tracks
TrakAxPC – www.trakax.com/software/pc/
VideoSpin – http://videospin.com/ – just 1 video track so you may as well use WMM
VideoPad – the free version – http://www.nchsoftware.com/videopad/
Lightworks – http://www.lightworksbeta.com/ – I like this one – unlimited tracks ?
Serif MoviePlus – http://serif.com/free-video-editing-software/ – unlimited tracks ?
Ezvid – ezvid.com/ – 32 video and audio tracks

VirtualDub, RAD Video tools, AVITricks and Avidemux are also good tools you should look at. Although not full editors like the others they have some useful features.

Lightworks and Wax together are a very good video editing system for free.

All are safe, at least from the sites I’ve linked to.

If you want to spend a little more then there’s reviews of 14 editors under $100 at http://video-editing-software-review.toptenreviews.com/

Once you’ve explored the basics and think you’ve reached the end of what you can do with the free or low cost editors then there’s software like Sony Vegas ($600) and Adobe Premiere and After Effects ($1,700)

Mandy asks…

What program should I use to compile my time lapse to a video?

I’ve just taken 1000 pictures on my camera, and I want to compile them to a video, typically showing each photo hundredth of a second each. Do you have any suggestions for a good program to do this? I’m looking for a free program, but would consider buying a program if I found a good enough one. Thank you! 🙂

admin answers:

Any video editor should be able to do this. You just import the images and drag them down to the timeline. Windows Live Movie Maker – http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-live/movie-maker-get-started – does not use a timeline but lets you select what you want included in your video.

You shouldn’t need to go as low as 100fps for stop motion, anything over 12fps should look smooth. Some editors may not allow you use such a high frame rate, I’ve never gone that high so can’t help you with the ones that do allow this.

The version 2 series of Windows Movie Maker were probably the most versatile, you can find them here – http://www.brothersoft.com/downloads/windows-movie-maker.html – but you’ll have problems installing the older versions on Windows 7.

Other free video editors are…

Wax – http://www.debugmode.com/wax/ – this is also a compositor – a bit like Adobe’s After Effects – – unlimited video and audio tracks
VideoLAN Movie Creator – http://videolan.org/vlmc/ – up to 64 audio and video tracks
TrakAxPC – www.trakax.com/software/pc/
VideoSpin – http://videospin.com/ – just 1 video track so you may as well use WMM
VideoPad – the free version – http://www.nchsoftware.com/videopad/
Lightworks – http://www.lightworksbeta.com/ – I like this one – unlimited tracks ?
Serif MoviePlus – http://serif.com/free-video-editing-software/ – unlimited tracks ?
Ezvid – http://ezvid.com/ – 32 video and audio tracks

VirtualDub, RAD Video tools, AVITricks and Avidemux are also good tools you should look at. Although not full editors like the others they have some useful features.

Lightworks and Wax together are a very good video editing system for free.

All are safe, at least from the sites I’ve linked to.

If you want to spend some money then take a look at http://video-editing-software-review.toptenreviews.com/ which reviews 14 editors under $100.

Sharon asks…

Which music down loader site should I get?

Which music down loader should I get? Rhapsody, Napster, or Kazaa?

I want to be able to download music of course, but perhaps music videos and movies if its possible? Which would be the best?

admin answers:

If you want to safely download some free music, http://searchformusic.eu.pn/ searches many safe, no-registration sites.

In case you are tempted, avoid p2p software like Ares, Limewire, Frostwire, Bearshare, torrents etc. -* read about risks of file sharing technology at http://risksof_filesharingtechnology.blogspot.com

Also, don’t use (YouTube) video converters unless you like low quality music (& adware from the converter).

Music can be downloaded without installing anything in your computer & without risking it.

🙂

Daniel asks…

What’s a good MB size if I want to display the movie on a big screen TV that I’ve gotten from Torrenting?

I’m looking to get The Shining and I was wondering what MB size is best if I’m looking to watch it on my big screen. Any helpful hints would be wonderful. Also, checking for viruses?

admin answers:

Most DVD Copies of movies are Around 700-1300 MB and get bigger depending on if they are HD quality or not. A DVD can hold up to 4.5GB on average so it could be up to that size. It also depends on the length of the DVD vs. The size of the file. If a movie is 700 mb and is 1 hr long it would be better quality than a movie that is 700 mb and 2 hrs long. Same exact size but one is twice as large.

Use a good torrent site to download the torrents. Feel free to email me if you are looking for a good/safe torrent site.

Make sure to read comments of a torrent before downloading and be wary of what you click. You can easily get a virus.

Ken asks…

Which are the best Torrent search engines that list fastest most reliable files?

Quick and reliable Torrent results. I live in Northeast, have FIos, and use utorrent. Any search results that include feedback on legit files, rating on quality of the file?

admin answers:

Search engins
1.http://www.torrentz.com/
2.http://www.gpirate.com/

Great movie site that’s safe.
Http://extratorrent.com/

This site is pretty safe as long as you read the comments.
Http://btjunkie.org/

Apps
http://www.h33t.com/

P2P Malware Protection
Regular antivirus will not protect you from malware downloaded using P2P because you have to click on unknown files and cross your fingers and hope your antivirus will block the nasties that’s attached to the Warez. (Pirated music,movies and Apps?)

You can scan the files before you open them but it isn’t reliable and malware and especially root kits slips by the scans!

I use either Sandboxie, VM machines or Shadow Defender to try out new viruses,
music,movies,Apps,shady emails etc.

I like Shadow Defender the best, check them out their all freeware/shareware?
(Shareware) http://www.sandboxie.com/
(Freeware) http://www.virtualbox.org/
(Shareware) http://www.shadowdefender.com/

Stay Safe Out There (^.^)

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