No Video Editor? No Problem – Try JayCut Online

jaycut-smallAt first, it seems so simple. If you want to record a video, just flip on your webcam, record, and upload to something like YouTube. But when you go to do it, you might run into some of the same problems I did. What’s the best software for recording? How does it handle audio? What’s the best output codec? Does it run in Linux? These any many other stumbling blocks catch me every time I try to work with video. What if there were a website that could handle all this? One that could let me edit, sequence, and dub my video. One that could add text and transitions and – as long as we’re dreaming – send my video right to YouTube when I’m done? Well as you’ve probably guessed by now, there is, and it’s called JayCut.
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How to Fix Broken AVI Files with DivFix++

We’ve all had it happen. You download a (perfectly legitimate) AVI file and go to play it, only to find that it’s got a corrupted index, or bad frames, or other such flaws. Ideally, you can find a repair utility that can actually fix the files instead of all the hassle of re-downloading or re-encoding to a different format. One such utility is DivFix++. It’s free (speech and beer), multiplatform, can process multiple files at once, and most importantly, it works.
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How to Convert FLV Video to AVI Format

flv-converter-logoMost of the videos that you download from the Internet comes in Flash Video format, or better known as FLV. The most annoying thing about FLV videos is that they are sometimes incompatible with the common media player applications in Windows. You can’t add a FLV video in a powerpoint presentation or you need to convert them into other formats before you decide to burn then in a DVD drive so that you can view the videos in Television. Free FLV Converter is a simple yet useful utility for Windows that makes converting FLV videos a simple job.
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