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Main use is merging a bunch of video into one big ones.

Another use is clipping the videos. Cutting some part.

Simple ones are good.

Preferably open source free but that's not mandatory.

If paid, I prefer developers that have enough common sense to sell cheaper to Indonesian.

I tried openshot. They do not support simple merging. The resulting video is too big and choppy. I saw someone do it with avidemux and I will give it a try.

For simple videos merging I need something really simple. Something that can combine 2 videos in minutes. For something a bit more complex I need something that supports hardware encoding.

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  • What OS? iMovie is free & built-in on Mac.
    – Tetsujin
    Apr 2, 2021 at 17:49

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For your requirements, I recommend using OpenShot, or try something like Avidemux

You can find a full comparison list here.

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  • I tried openshot. They do not support simple merging. The resulting video is too big and choppy.
    – user4951
    Apr 13, 2021 at 23:36
  • Another tool use can use but it is command line is: ffmpeg.org It enables you to cut trim as follows e.g. ffmpeg -ss start_time -i inputVideo.mp4 -to end_time -c:v copy -c:a copy outputVideo.mp4 Please check documentation for flags usage
    – Z Z
    Sep 2, 2021 at 14:16
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You can use Write-on Video. It is an intuitive timeline-based video editor. Can crop, cut merge videos. Kdenlive is the another software for video editing. It's free and open-source. It works in GNU/Linux, Windows and BSD.

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  • Hi Connor! Can you add links to your recommendations?
    – RockPaperLz- Mask it or Casket ♦
    Apr 14, 2021 at 0:06
  • This is the link
    – Connor Potter
    Jul 8, 2021 at 3:52
  • Thanks Connor. The best way to add a link is directly within your answer. Also, if you have links to both of your recommendations to add to your content, that would be great. Thanks again!
    – RockPaperLz- Mask it or Casket ♦
    Jul 8, 2021 at 4:24
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What you seem to need is not a video "editor" per se, but a simpler tool for trimming and merging. A very important (in fact, crucial) feature of such tools is that they can usually do lossless editing without re-encoding the video.1 Apart from preserving the quality, it is orders of magnitude quicker, practically instant to save.

The one I use is SolveigMM Video Splitter. Unlike some other similar tools I tried, it has a decent GUI and is the least destructive (e.g. preserves most metadata in files).

It is not free though. It has a free time-limited trial. They don't (I believe) sell cheaper to Indonesians, but they do to Russians (being a Russian company).

Hint: just switch the website to the Russian language and you'll get a much (~4x) lower price.

1 This usually entails some limitations, e.g. the first frame of a chunk must be the keyframe.

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