I've been trying various different AVC editing softwares that I found mentioned in a handy list on wikipedia, but so far no luck in finding one that can do what I need it to.
Most of the content I want to edit will be as MKV files that contain AVC, AC3, AAC, and SRT or SSA. If need be I can mux into an alternate container, or also as raw streams.
My dream app would allow me to open an existing MKV file, do timeline type edits for removing or re-ordering segments while keeping the video and audio and sub tracks in perfect sync, and then outputting the edited version by either joining or encoding into a new single MKV file.
Here's what I need it to do:
- able to edit AVC video in HD, and at least be accurate to keyframes, and of course frame accurate would be better
- able to import multiple audio tracks to the timeline from a single MKV file, or at minimum able to import AC3 and AAC tracks individually
- able to import multiple subtitle tracks to the timeline from a single MKV file, or at minimum able to import SRT or SSA tracks individually
- able to edit all of those 3 track types at once (with a single edit operation) while keeping them all synchronized to each other
- ease of use -- all I need are simple edits and maybe some fades or cross-fades, something like womble's mpeg editor would be great, since it has strong keyboard support and a simple timeline with live previews of the output
Bonus points for the following:
- smart rendering of audio and/or video
- uses x264 as its video encoder, if needed
- non-destructive editor that saves edits as a project file
So far the only tool I've found that comes near this is mkvmerge, with its ability to split or join segments of mkv files and all tracks within. If there were a timeline type gui that could act as a frontend for mkvmerge then that would be a decent enough method. I need something that makes the edit process quicker and easier, but most tools can't do that it seems. :-/
Cheers!
Most of the content I want to edit will be as MKV files that contain AVC, AC3, AAC, and SRT or SSA. If need be I can mux into an alternate container, or also as raw streams.
My dream app would allow me to open an existing MKV file, do timeline type edits for removing or re-ordering segments while keeping the video and audio and sub tracks in perfect sync, and then outputting the edited version by either joining or encoding into a new single MKV file.
Here's what I need it to do:
- able to edit AVC video in HD, and at least be accurate to keyframes, and of course frame accurate would be better
- able to import multiple audio tracks to the timeline from a single MKV file, or at minimum able to import AC3 and AAC tracks individually
- able to import multiple subtitle tracks to the timeline from a single MKV file, or at minimum able to import SRT or SSA tracks individually
- able to edit all of those 3 track types at once (with a single edit operation) while keeping them all synchronized to each other
- ease of use -- all I need are simple edits and maybe some fades or cross-fades, something like womble's mpeg editor would be great, since it has strong keyboard support and a simple timeline with live previews of the output
Bonus points for the following:
- smart rendering of audio and/or video
- uses x264 as its video encoder, if needed
- non-destructive editor that saves edits as a project file
So far the only tool I've found that comes near this is mkvmerge, with its ability to split or join segments of mkv files and all tracks within. If there were a timeline type gui that could act as a frontend for mkvmerge then that would be a decent enough method. I need something that makes the edit process quicker and easier, but most tools can't do that it seems. :-/
Cheers!