Video edit master

avid studio or premiere pro...

cyberlink video studio

Final cut

Combustion. Lol

Buy adobe's master collection...it'll do that and SO MUCH MORE. And it's worth every penny.

Avidemux does it for me like adding a clip or deleting some part of a movie etc... And its freeware as well....

avidemux rules,i recommend mpeg4 avc h263 codec,it works wonders.

I use pinnacle systems avid liquid 7.2 professional for editing. adobe is taking way to long to render the dvd, and you need to use premiere, encore and photoshop for what I do in avid liquid. adobe is too much time consuming

i want to convert video to 3gp what software is fast

@above..... Use FormatFactory...

I had some fun over the weekend recording some HD videos. I have heard and seen all HD but this was the first time I personally recorded something with a sony camcorder. Transferred to PC and alas it plays very jerky. tried every single player i have in my arsenal. My aim was to edit it and even that too is almost impossible due to how jerky the video is. What format can i convert the m2ts files in to keep the high quality and be able to edit the files later with a video editor?

You lose quality when converting. .m2ts is a container file. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.m2ts

''The BDAV container format used on Blu-ray Discs can contain one of the three mandatory supported video compression formats H.262/MPEG-2 Part 2, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC or SMPTE VC-1[13] and audio compression formats such as Dolby Digital, DTS or uncompressed Linear PCM. Optionally supported audio formats are Dolby Digital Plus, DTS-HD High Resolution Audio, DTS-HD Master Audio and Dolby TrueHD.[9][14]

The BDAV container format used on AVCHD equipment is more restricted and can contain only H.264/MPEG-4 AVC video compression and Dolby Digital (AC-3) audio compression or uncompressed LPCM audio.''

so what format would you suggest i convert to, to be able to work with it in video editors. Looks like i will be working with alot of HD content and i want to be set. these ones are 1920x1080 and convertxtodvd does a decent job but reduces that to 960x540. I just need to end up making a decent DVD at the end without losing much quality. So question is what recommended software and what preferable output format can I convert to without much loss in quality?

This is one of the best converters: http://handbrake.fr/

The settings can be fairly advanced so you might need to find a guide on their forums or google. H.264 is what i would use, I think. I'm no expert on the matter though.

Adobe Premier has a lot of cool stuff for editing and is good for converting or creating compressed video.

I have tried different editors and i find Corel Videostudio the perfect one for me. I know it better than the rest. As for handbrake yea its one complex little bug*er. I messed around with it. can i not use another convertor ans still choose the H.264 encoder, Format factory is simple enough and avidemux too may be able to give me some kind of output. So with H.264 what output format am I aiming for. Mpeg 2 or MPEG 4? mkv or mp4?

MPEG4 for the better quality, and the container MP4 for better compatibility. That's what I would suggest to use.

Edit: I suggest MP4 as I think it works more with other devices, like USB media players, gaming consoles etc... You should google to see which is better for your needs. But it's only a container anyway so it wont matter that much as it can be changed without re-encoding.

yea thats what i want, for me to be able to edit it without having it being re encoded further and i end up losing even more quality. I will have a look at handbrake and see what i can get out of it. if I can just have a decent looking clips then i'm a happy camper. Thanks @newt182

You can try this free editor called cineFX aka Jahshaka.