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Summary
Windows Movie Maker is a video editor released in Windows Vista and the latter versions. It is easy to use for light video editing. So, how to cut videos with Windows Movie Maker? Any other better software?



Part 1: What is Windows Movie Maker?

As a video editor, Windows Movie Maker is suitable for light video editing, such as cutting and segmenting, adding background music and video theme and sharing online.

But Window Movie Maker doesn’t support various formats. You may need to convert formats before your editing.

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Windows Movie Maker doesn’t support .rm or .mvb developed by Real Media. Neither MKV nor VOB does it support. Windows Movie Maker only supports these formats:

Video: .asf, .avi, .wmv

Movie: .mpeg, .mpg, .m1v, .mp2

Windows Media: .asf, .wm, .wma, .wmv

TipsIf you can play a file in Microsoft Windows Media Player but cannot input into Windows Movie Maker, you should recode the file by Windows Media Encoder beforehand.

Part 2: How to Cut Videos with Windows Movie Maker?

1. Open Windows Movie Maker and add the target video files. Then, go to the tab [Edit].
2. Drag the progress bar to select the target clip, and then press the button [Split]. The cut result will be shown at the left side.

You have to repeat this steps several times because the software cannot locate at the specific start and end points.

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3. Click [Save Movie File] to save it to [This PC]. After that, click [Next] to set the file name and the output folder.

It is recommended that the video quality be [Best quality for playback on my computer]. If you want to define another definition, click the option [Show fewer choices] for more parameters.

TipsMicrosoft Windows Media Player can save files as:
Video: .wmv
Audio: .wma
DV/AVI: .avi

Part 3: More Video Cutters (More Formats, Cutting Styles and Decoding Plug-ins)

Windows Movie Maker supports limited file formats. If the format is not available, the software will tell you the file is not found. At this situation, you should use the third-party software to convert the format.

However, Renee Video Editor can support almost all video formats in daily life. With its high compatibility, it is quietly convenient for you to merge videos even they are in different formats.

Renee Video Editor supports to output/input these video and audio formats: 

FLV (*.flv), AVI Video (*.avi), ASF Video (*.asf), 3GP Video (*.3gp), 3G2 Video (*.3g2)
AMV Video (*.amv), M4V Video (*.m4v), DVD Video(PAL)(*.vob), DVD Video(NTSC)(*.vob), 4k Video (*.mp4), DivX Video (*.avi), Xvid Video (*.avi), MKV Video (*.mkv), MOV Video (*.mov), H.264 Video (*.mp4), M2TS Video (*.m2ts), MPEG2 Video (*.vob), MPEG4 Xvid Video (*.mp4)

Renee Video Editor supports these audio formats:
SUN AU Format (*.au), M4A MPEG-4 Audio (*.m4a),M4B MPEG 4 Audio (*.m4b),
AC3 Dolby Digital AC-3 (*.ac3), OGG Ogg Vorbis Audio (*.ogg), AAC Advanced Audio Coding (*.aac), FLAC Free Lossless Audio Codec (*.flac), Aiff Audio Interchange File Format (*.aiff), AMR Adaptive Multi-Rate Audio Coding (*.amr)

Renee Video Editor can automatically recode inconsistent videos but not affect the image quality. You don’t need to set the parameters by yourself, such us the encodings, bit rates and FPS.

Besides, lossy compression degrades the image quality and the sound quality. Yet, Renee Video Editor can skip this process and edit videos without any quality degradation.

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TipsAlthough the function [Force video re-encoding] will prolong the splitting time, it can ensure frames and sounds run in parallel.

Limit Video to Time

Renee Video Editor can not only cut single video but also split package segments for a video. With this software, you can limit each segment to the fixed and length.

As we all know, different video platforms limit the upload video to different length: YouTube, 15mins; Facebook, 20mins; Dailymotion, 60mins; Twitter, 2mins 2s. If you want to split a video up to hours, you have to divide it into several parts and upload segments. The function [Limit each Segment to] in Renee Video Editor really helps you!

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Limit Video to Size

Meanwhile, the video platforms limit the upload video size from MB to GB. When your video is large but the network travels slowly, it will easily fail to upload the video. At this situation, you can use Renee Video Editor to split the video and then upload the clips in batches. It never limits any video size so you can edit your video freely.
Here are the maximum videos in these platforms:
PlatformVideo sizePlatformVideo size
YouTube123 GBFacebook1.75 GB
Twitter0.5 GBVimeo25 GB
niconico1.5 GBDailymotion2 GB
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Split Equally

Imagine you were an interviewee. When you want to show you video to your future boss, your old laptop turns on the large video at a snail pace. Are you sure it is good to your interview?

Yet, if you equally split the video and play them one by one, your boss can well appreciate your work.

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Why the split video is larger than the original one?Generally, if all parameters stay the same, including, the format, bit rate, resolution, FPS, the split video will be smaller, with less quality degraded.

However, if the output format changes (i.e. F4V to MPEG or AVI) and the other parameters remain unchanged, the split video will be larger.

Other Functions

Besides, Renee Video Editor contains hundreds of transition effects. You can add effects, watermarks, music, subtitles, opening and ending for your video.
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